In this Episode of Wine, Women, and Revolution Heather is joined by Roxanne Sutocky from the Cherry Hill Women’s center to talk about the future of abortion rights in NJ and across the globe. They discuss some of the struggles caused by the pandemic as well as some global victories. How will the new president and new justices affect Roe? Finally they talk about how we all need to apply pressure here in NJ to make our legislators support a bill that provides true equitable care for all.

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Roxanne Sutocky 0:00
When we started to see states really manipulating and taking advantage of the emergency powers bestowed upon them because of COVID to close reproductive health care centers outright. We started to see increases in the number of people that were traveling.

Heather Warburton 0:21
This is Wine Women and Revolution with your host, Heather Warburton. Hi and welcome to Wine Women and Revolution. I’m your host Heather Warburton coming at you here on Create Your Future Productions. You can find us online at www.YourFutureCreator.com. Follow us on all the social medias and get us wherever you get your podcasts from. Today I have friend of the show join me first time on my new network here. But you know, I always had her on a couple of times, I think at least twice if not three times. And she was the host when we did our weed Women and wellness event out at the Cherry Hill Women’s Center. Welcome back to the show Roxanne Sutocky.

Roxanne Sutocky 1:02
Hi Heather. Thanks so much for having me here today.

Heather Warburton 1:05
Yeah, it’s been a while since we’ve talked. There’s a lot has happened since last, we talked about what was going on with reproductive freedom in this country. We have a new president, we have a new Supreme Court, all kinds of stuff is going on. We have had a global pandemic, I think since the last time I spoke to you. So things have changed quite a bit. How’s everybody doing out at the Women Center? First,

Roxanne Sutocky 1:28
We’re hanging in there, you know, we have been deemed essential workers, you know, there has been no change in the need, or urgency of the need for abortion care. So we’ve been hanging in there, definitely been tough. But we have a tough group of folks that tend to dig their heels in to the work when it gets difficult. Very, very proud to work with everybody at the Cherry Hill woman center.

Micah Rasmussen 1:58
Yeah, I would also like to attest the fact that everyone that I’ve met there is amazing people, they really are like, I’ve never seen such a great group of people in the healthcare field. But everyone I’ve met there, I’ve absolutely loved. So you’ve got a great group there.

Roxanne Sutocky 2:12
Thank you. I think, you know, all health care workers have had to make a lot of adjustments with the pandemic, but we’re uniquely suited because since we provide abortion care, we are always pivoting based on all of the, you know, different laws and, and things that are kind of constantly changing in our world, which I know we’ll talk about today.

Heather Warburton 2:33
Yeah, well, I guess we have to start off with. How did COVID affect the care, you’re able to provide locally and nationally because you do work with some centers outside of New Jersey.

Roxanne Sutocky 2:45
Right, so the Cherry Hill Women’s Center is one of our affiliated centers. And I work as the Director of Community Engagement and work with all of the women’s centers. So we have five clinics in four states and our Advocacy Center, which is where all of our phone calls come in. And we work on logistics and financial planning. For people who are coming in for their appointment, we have our Hartford GYN center in Connecticut. And then we have