This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 30th, 2023. That’s Jessica Marchbank from the Bloomington office of All Options. Abortion is now illegal in Indiana with very few exceptions, and Marchbank has advice for Hoosiers struggling with reproductive rights. Hear more later in the show on a new episode of Activate! But first, your daily headlines: Richland Bean …
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WFHB Assistant Program Director Christine Brackenhoff speaks with Jess Marchbank, the state programs manager for the All Options Pregnancy Resource Center in Bloomington. They discuss what All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center is and does, All-Options’ experience since the Supreme Court’s overturn Roe v. Wade, what the Hoosier Abortion Fund is and how it works, and how volunteers can support pregnant people …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 25th, 2022. Later in the program, demonstrators gathered outside the Indiana Statehouse earlier today to protest Indiana’s proposed abortion ban. WFHB News speaks with several protesters. More in the top half of today’s program. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Assistant Program Director Christine Brackenhoff speaks with Jess …
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The Indiana Chapter of the Women’s March on Washington is organizing its third annual march, which will take place this Saturday in downtown Indianapolis. The march starts at 1 p.m. at Monument Circle and continues to the American Legion Mall. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky and All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center will host a reproductive rights advocacy training session at 10 …
Read More »Vice President Mike Pence attended his son’s wedding at Brown County State Park this weekend; The State of Indiana is hiring a private law firm to administer public requests for Vice President Mike Pence’s email records; Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed an executive order detailing steps to allocate funds from Indiana’s share of the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation agreement; A 2017 …
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