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The Suburban Women Problem

Women Talking About Their Dobbs Again (with Renee Bracey Sherman and Jen Perez)

The Suburban Women Problem

Red Wine & Blue

News, Kids & Family, Politics, Parenting, Government

4.8850 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week is the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. Politicians think reproductive freedom isn’t that big of a deal – “just a bunch of women, talking about their Dobbs again!” – but the truth is that women haven’t forgotten. We’re continuing to talk about it and share our personal stories, because those stories are how we connect with each other. We’re “heart-wired” to respond to them.We’re joined by Jen Perez, Red Wine & Blue’s progr...

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They're like, oh, those women folk talking about their dobs again.

0:10.9

It's almost like comical how much they like do not understand the power of organizing and the power of pissed off women.

0:21.2

We got to address the suburban women problem because it's real.

0:26.3

Welcome to the suburban women problem, a podcast from red, wine, and blue.

0:32.9

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us. I'm Amanda Weinstein. I'm Rachel Vindman. I'm Jasmine Clark.

0:39.3

And you're listening to the suburban women problem. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

0:48.2

Since then, we've been talking about how that's affecting women across the country and how dangerous it is for us to lose our

0:54.7

reproductive freedom. I'll get to share my conversation with Renee Bracey Sherman, the founder

0:59.9

of an organization called We Testify. Renee's been called the Beyonce of abortion storytelling.

1:06.1

So as you could imagine, we had a great conversation. And before that, we'll hear from Jen Perez, Red Wine and

1:12.2

Blues program director in Ohio. Jen has been leading the charge to collect signatures for our ballot

1:17.1

initiative to protect abortion rights here in Ohio. But first, what have we been seeing in the news

1:22.7

and what's been in our group chat? So much. Oh, the news. It's overwhelming. I know. It's like I don't even know

1:29.3

where to start. Y'all, I don't know if y'all saw the news. I think Rachel, you sent it. So maybe

1:34.2

you all saw. But once again, anti-Semitism rears its ugly head. And there was like this group of

1:43.0

protesters waving Nazi flag in front of a synagogue.

1:47.3

On Shabbat.

1:47.9

Yeah, on Shabbat.

1:49.1

And it didn't, it's like I do not understand.

1:52.7

Like Jasmine's, I have to just read Jasmine's response in the text because it was so good.

1:57.1

She was like, I just can't figure out what type of existence people have that this

2:02.4

is how to spend their time, resources, and money. Like, why? Right? Just from a purely practical

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