Bonus Episode: Abortion Pills Are in My Medicine Cabinet and They Should Be in Yours Too - with Amy Merrill, MA

Shameless Sex

Amy Baldwin

Self-improvement, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Education

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Amy Merrill is an artist/activist at the intersection of creative communications, technology, and social change. In 2015, she co-founded Plan C to transform access to abortion pills by mail in the US, and under her co-leadership Plan C has grown to an annual audience of millions on an award-winning website, press reach in the billions, nationwide partnerships in research, creative and tech and “Plan C” as a household term for abortion pills. She was named in Fast Company’s 2023 Most Creative People in Business, serves as advisor for new gen-z emergency contraception brand Julie and new abortion chatbot Charley, and was an inaugural member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute’s Design Science Studio in 2020. Amy holds 20+ years navigating complex social issues, from human trafficking to economic injustice to gender equity: which led to reproductive health and access as a current focus. Her design studio Eyes Open leads creative communications for purpose-driven individuals and organizations. She is based in the Bay Area CA. To learn more about Plan C go to https://www.plancpills.org

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0:00.0	I'm Amy, Sex Educator, Sex and Relationship Coach, and co-owner of Pure Pleasure Shop.
0:07.0	And I'm April, Sex Toy Maven, VP of Hot Octopus, and I've dedicated my life to the business of sex.
0:13.0	We're two people with a passion for educating and inspiring shame-free conversations about sex and relationships.
0:19.0	Welcome to the Shameless Sex Revolution.
0:26.0	Want to learn more? Go to Shameless Sex.com.
0:28.0	And for 15% off of some of our favorite sex toys,
0:31.0	use coupon code Shameless Sex at pure Pleasure Shop. com. sex collective. Visit pleasure podcast. Well, hello everyone and welcome back to the Shameless Sex Podcast.
0:48.8	This is another bonus episode for you.
0:51.6	If you're new, shameless sex,
0:53.0	we release episodes every Tuesday.
0:56.6	And sometimes we do a free episode on a Friday,
0:59.9	like once a month, we kind of imp for that.
1:01.7	And it's ad free. Well, well first of all why do we have
1:04.8	that because well it's not cheap to have run a podcast and we dedicate so much of our life to
1:11.7	it so just so you know if you listen to our other episodes
1:15.0	and you hear ads, we are very particular about our sponsors.
1:18.0	We only choose sponsors that we absolutely love, we believe in,
1:21.0	we try all the products.
1:22.0	So yes, there's that and then but sometimes I know
1:25.4	you just want to like get a free gift and listen to something without ads so that's what
1:28.6	we're doing today also trigger warning for people.
1:33.1	I don't even know what the topic of this
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