Resources

It’s your body. It’s your choice. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Also there are some super solid options for Male contraceptives and surgeries that are way less invasive and dangerous to their female counterparts. The Skimm has summed up a lot very beautifully and the Oregon websites still have working links:

https://www.theskimm.com/news/reproductive-rights-gov

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/healthypeoplefamilies/abortionaccess/pages/legal-rights-privacy.aspx#:~:text=In%202017%2C%20Oregon%20passed%20the,right%20to%20provide%20an%20abortion.

https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/diseasesconditions/hivstdviralhepatitis/hivprevention/pages/health-services.aspx#:~:text=Free%20Condoms&text=Many%20Local%20Public%20Health%20Authorities,delivered%20discreetly%20to%20your%20door.

Keep Calm, Carry Documentation, Know your rights. The National Immigration Justice Center has done a beautiful job of outlining your rights. Our land is governed by laws, use them to your advantage. Unfortunately these laws are under threat from executive orders, so please keep yourself informed. Here are some important links to help!

https://immigrantjustice.org/know-your-rights/ice-encounter#:~:text=Stay%20calm%20and%20don't,wallet%20to%20show%20your%20papers

https://www.catholiccharitiesoregon.org/services/migrant-services/immigration-legal-services/

https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/ProBonoOR/dl

It is always important to know your sources when reading/listening to news. Harvard released a well sourced graphic about most major news sources and how they lean politically and how factual vs opinion focused they are.

Don’t just believe that your preferred news source has your best interests at heart.

https://guides.library.harvard.edu/newsleans/thechart

We don’t know what will stick, but the spaghetti is being thrown.

To find the latest Executive Orders and to view what has already been written:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/