Pillanthropic

Fe’s Noise for Now hosts community session

As debate over abortion in America continues, the drug mifepristone—a part of the most e ective non-surgical means for ending a pregnancy—now seems to be in conservatives’ crosshairs. In short, the drug is used in conjunction with another, misoprostol, to become what is colloquially known as “the abortion pill,” by blocking the progesterone in a pregnant person’s body, preventing the continuation of the pregnancy.

While the US Supreme Court recently o ered reprieve from a restrictive ruling out of Texas governing access to mifepristone, any sense of relief could be temporary: The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals will take up the case again next month. As Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said last week: “Make no mistake: the legal battle around reproductive health access in this country is far from over.” To that point, organizers from Santa Fe-based nonprofit Noise for Now, which uses the power of music to raise funds for reproductive health causes, plan to address mifepristone at the upcoming Teach-In Happy Hour, the first in a planned series of community/educational gatherings.

“Most people, when they are looking for an abortion, turn to family or a loved one,” says Noise For Now founder and Director Amelia Bauer, “and a really easy way to get engaged and do more is to just start learning about all the options and to become a resource in your community.”

Bauer says would-be attendees to the upcoming event at Honeymoon Brewery can expect a low-pressure conversational/Q&A sort of thing wherein she and Noise for Now Assistant Director Allegra Love will have plenty of knowledge to impart, not to mention hard kombuchas and New Mexico beers.

“We’ll be talking about where the case is now, the implications of the rulings and generally how the pills work and what an abortion pill is as opposed to emergency contraception or Plan B,” Bauer explains.

For Love, a lawyer who previously worked with immigrants facing crises and detention along the border, the series aims to inform as well as foster community.

“You think about the anti-abortion movement, and where people congregate is in the church,” she says. “We don’t have many places where we find ourselves meeting to share ideas and build power together, right? We have to create space.”

Bauer agrees: “Something Allegra and I talk about a lot is how sometimes just showing up and being with like-minded people will lead you down the path of how to engage in a way that makes the most sense for you.”

Please note that those who can produce sperm are also encouraged to attend and learn, too. (Alex De Vore)

NOISE FOR NOW TEACH-IN HAPPY HOUR 5:30-7 pm Thursday, April 27. Free Honeymoon Brewery 907 W Alameda St., Ste. B, (505) 303-3139