Tag: reproductive rights

Reproductive Left 1/3/17

Producer/Host: Abbie Strout

Issue: Social and political issues that impact our sexual and reproductive health produced by WERU in collaboration with Mabel Wadsworth Center – www.mabelwadsworth.org.

Program Topic: Happy New Year with host Abbie Strout

For the first episode of 2017, Andrea Irwin, executive director of Mabel Wadsworth Center, guest hosts to give our listeners a chance to get to know your host Abbie Strout. On this episode, Abbie discusses how she got involved in reproductive rights and at Mabel Wadsworth Center. She provides an overview of the education and community engagement work at the Center and announces some news.

There wasn’t time for our “Ask Mabel” segment this month, but we promise to answer your sexual and reproductive health questions in February.

Guest: Andrea Irwin, Executive Director, Mabel Wadsworth Center

Maine Currents 10/19/16

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

“Rights At Risk” panel discussion featuring Andrea Irwin, JD, Executive Director of Mabel Wadsworth Center and Eliza Townsend, Executive Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby, discussing the impacts of court decisions on women’s reproductive rights here in Maine and across the country. Judy Kahrl of Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights facilitated. Recorded at the Bangor Public Library on September 29th, 2016.

We also have a report on Friday’s announcement that a mining company’s lawsuit against the country of El Salvador was dismissed after 7 years of struggle.

FMI:
www.mabelwadsworth.org/
www.mainewomen.org/
www.grandmothersforreproductiverights.org/
www.stopesmining.org/
www.elsalvadorsolidarity.org/

Reproductive Left 2/3/15

Producer/Host: Abbie Strout

Issue: Social and political issues that impact our sexual and reproductive health produced by WERU in collaboration with Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center – www.mabelwadsworth.org.

Program Topic: Reproductive Justice

Key Discussion Points:
a) Intersection of reproductive rights and racial justice.
b) What is reproductive justice?
c) Organizations mentioned:

ACLU of Maine: www.aclumaine.org
Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP): clpp.hampshire.edu
Forward Together: www.forwardtogether.org
Maine Family Planning: www.mainefamilyplanning.org
Sister Song: www.sistersong.net

Guests:
Samaa Abdurraqib, Reproductive Freedom Organizer, ACLU of Maine

WERU News Report 7/15/14

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

People lined the sidewalk outside the Hobby Lobby in Bangor Saturday to protest the recent Supreme Court decision allowing the company to deny health insurance coverage for birth control methods the owners oppose on religious grounds. The protest was organized by the Mabel Wadsworth Center. We spoke with their Education and Outreach Coordinator Abbie Strout, and with many of the participants:

FMI: http://www.mabelwadsworth.org

WERU News Report 3/1/11

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meaghan LaSala

Segment 1: Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center in Bangor, Maine and HR1: Proposed Cuts to Family Planning & Planned Parenthood and Reproductive Choice in Maine
What is the history of the MWWHC? How would HR1’s proposed cuts to Family Planning and Planned Parenthood affect people in Maine? What bills in Maine are targeting reproductive choice? How can listeners learn more?
Guest: Ruth Lockhart, Executive Director of the Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center. www.mabelwadsworth.org

Segment 2: The new “Maine People’s Voting Coalition”- An Interview with Edward Schlick, the group’s founder
Formerly known as the “Maine People’s Veto Alliance”, this new group has already broadened the scope of it’s mission. What are the group’s goals? How many people are involved? How do they plan to use social media to network across the state and mobilize members?