Pay What You Can: Abortion In the US: Realities, Laws & Healing

DATE of Session: Saturday December 14, 2024 and begins at 11am PT / 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET

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This is a Pay What You Can course made possible by a Seed Support grant from Abortion Conversation Project to reduce abortion stigma and The Praxis Project. ANTE UP! is a project of the SPM Disability Justice Fund. To attend each participant must complete the information before registering as we are vetting each participant to maintain safety and educational integrity of the space. To recieve the CEs you must attend the full 5 hours of the class. Link to webinar is emailed one week before session begins and a reminder the day before. This class is a LIVE virtual course that lasts 5 hours with several breaks throughout. This class is NOT recorded. If you have access needs read the information below and if you still have questions reach out to Bianca at [email protected].

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The Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs decision in June 2022 has impacted Roe v. Wade created challenges and criminalized many pregnant people and those supporting them in finding quality abortion care. What we think we know about abortion is not exactly correct; especially as new legislation and decades of organizing for body autonomy have demonstrated. This class offers an overview of what options exist for pregnant people and what to expect when seeking an abortion, support for pre and post care, social impact of policies and climate chaos on abortion, sex after abortion, and debunking myths while reminding us of community knowledges, practices, and rituals for pregnancy options who have been organizing for generations. This class is taught with frameworks guided by equity, reproductive justice, and disability justice frameworks.

Learning Objective

Participants will learn about all the abortion options available in the US along with state laws, health outcomes, and current events.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the webinar participants will be able to:

• Identify types of termination procedures available for each trimester
• Examine state laws and requirements for accessing abortion support and care
• List three aftercare needs for people experiencing termination
• Implement gender-inclusive language when discussing reproductive organs and termination
• Incorporate abortion into a sex positive framework
• Prepare responses to questions about sex after abortion

This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 5 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification.

AASECT Human Sexuality Core Knowledge Areas

C: Socio-cultural factors in relation to sexual values and behaviors

D: Issues related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity

G: Sexual and reproductive anatomy/physiology

H: Health/medical factors that may influence sexuality

Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact [email protected].

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Accessibility Information

All videos will have English subtitles, font size on powerpoint will be 24+, communication via chat and emoji's are welcome as forms of engagment, and captions will be turned on. Please contact Bianca to request access needs and to confirm your needs are supported and honored at [email protected].

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Bianca I Laureano is the foundress of ANTE UP! Professional Development, an award-winning sexuality educator, supervisor, trainer, and curriculum writer. Bianca has worked in the US sexuality field for over two decades and was a bilingual hotline counselor at the National Abortion Federation from 2000-2002, a clinic escort, abortion doula with The Doula Project in NYC, and SisterSong Board Member in 2019-2020. She is the editor of The People's Book of Human Sexuality: Expanding the Sexology Archive (2023 Routledge). Learn more about Bianca at her website www.BiancaLaureano.com

Event Venue

Online