If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, go back and start there! In the first half of my conversation with longtime abortion rights activist and former nurse Joanie (@joaniephotos42 on Instagram), we talked about the devastating personal experience that ignited her love of Planned Parenthood and abortion rights activism, her early days doing clinic defense, and how the reproductive rights movement has evolved over the decades.

In Part 2, Joanie and I go deeper into the intersections of Christian nationalism, child protection, and the hypocrisy of so-called “pro-life” politics. We discuss:

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  The horror of forcing children to give birth and how the U.S. is normalizing legalized child abuse under the guise of “family values.”

  
  


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  How extremist religious teachings have warped morality and emboldened abusers within churches and conservative circles.

  
  


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  The connection between defunding sex education and increasing child victimization — and why comprehensive, science-based sex ed is essential for prevention.

  
  


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  The criminalization of miscarriage and abortion, and the growing threat of law enforcement surveillance on private medical events.

  
  


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  Why abortion access is an economic justice issue that affects entire communities, not just individual women.

  
  


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  The importance of community care, social contracts, and fighting isolation under capitalism — because, as Joanie says, “healthy people keep other people healthy.”

  
  

At the end of this episode, I circle back to Joanie’s question: “How do we find out who’s ratting out women for miscarrying?” When I said, “I’m working on it,” I meant exactly that.

👉 That’s the focus of my Miscarriage of Justice investigative series — where I dig into public records, expose predatory networks, and document how personal grief is being weaponized into criminal prosecution. It’s part of my larger independent feminist reporting on what I call The Forced Birth Industrial Complex, published on my Substack, The Abortionfluencer Files.: https://theabortionfluencer.substack.com

If you want to go deeper and see the receipts, documents, and investigations, you’ll find them there.

🔗 Other People Mentioned:

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  Monte Mader — Christian nationalism survivor, feminist educator, and advocate for unlearning religious indoctrination: @montemader on Instagram

  
  


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  Reichwing Watch — Social media account documenting right-wing child sex abuse cases and hypocrisy: @reichwingwatch on Instagram