Noise For Now

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Noise For Now
Formation2017
Legal status 501(c)3
PurposeReproductive justice, health care advocacy
HeadquartersSanta Fe, New Mexico
President
Amelia Bauer
Website noisefornow.org

Noise For Now (stylized as NOISE FOR NOW) is a non-profit organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico focused on health care, reproductive justice and women's rights advocacy. The organization, co-founded in 2017 by Amelia Bauer and Samantha Kirby Yoh, [1] works with prominent entertainers to raise awareness and financial support for these causes, and for specific health care providers, funds and education programs. [2]

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Projects

Benefit concerts

In 2017 and 2018, NOISE FOR NOW staged several benefit concerts, featuring the musical acts Grizzly Bear, St. Vincent, TV on the Radio, Bon Iver and Andrew Bird. [3] [4] In 2022, musician Daniel Rossen performed a live show in Santa Fe, New Mexico to benefit New Mexico abortion funds. In 2023, NOISE FOR NOW staged a series of 3 concerts with Ground Control Touring in New York, Chicago, and LA to raise money for local abortion funds. [5]

NFN x Seeding Sovereignty Campaign

In 2020, NOISE FOR NOW launched a campaign designed to help mitigate the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Indigenous communities in the United States, through the sale of masks and bandanas. The campaign enabled mask purchasers to simultaneously donate a mask to the Indigenous Impact Community Care Initiative, and a portion of the proceeds also went to the organizations Indigenous Women Rising and the Mariposa Fund for the purposes of facilitating abortion access among Indigenous and undocumented people. NOISE FOR NOW worked with artists and musical acts such as Kim Gordon, Grizzly Bear, Fiona Apple and Cat Power to drive awareness and participation. [6] [7] [8]

1973 Pro Roe Poster and T-Shirt Campaign

Also in 2020, NOISE FOR NOW designed and sold posters and t-shirts commemorating the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. [9] Posters could be purchased with the signatures of musicians Karen O, Ad-Rock, Cyndi Lauper, Jenny Lewis, and others. Sales benefitted Planned Parenthood. [10]

Our Bodies Deserve Respect Trans Awareness Campaign

NOISE FOR NOW worked with the artist Xavier Schipani to create the shirt and tote bag for this campaign. Proceeds went to Texas Health Action’s Kind Clinic, which serves the LGBTQIA+ community with locations across Texas at no cost for all services; and Independent Abortion Clinics with trans-centered programs throughout the US.

Abortion Within Reach Campaign

In 2022, The Abortion Within Reach campaign published a list of demands drafted by abortion funds for a future in which Abortion is Within Reach for ALL. These demands are supported by 100 artists, athletes and performers including Ad-Rock, Death Cab For Cutie, Bon Iver, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Neko Case, and Margo Price. [11] In honor of Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, Actor Kathryn Hahn interviewed Kwajelyn Jackson, Executive Director of Feminist Women’s Health Center and Oriaku Njoku, Executive Director of Access Reproductive Care Southeast about the state of abortion in Georgia and beyond. [12]

Good Music to Ensure Access to Safe Abortion For All Campaign

In 2021, NOISE FOR NOW, in partnership with Brilliant Corners Artist Management, Dave Eggers, Like Management, Panache Management, TMWRK, and Q Prime, released Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All, a compilation of 49 songs by 49 artists, on Bandcamp. The cover art for the project, “Liberate Abortion” painted in black on a white canvas, was done by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon. Headlined by songs from David Byrne and Devo, R.E.M., Tegan and Sara, Soccer Mommy, Sleater-Kinney, Pearl Jam, Maya Hawke, and Fleet Foxes, the release was only available for 24 hrs and raised funds for nationwide abortion access and independent abortion clinics. [13]

Other Events and Campaigns

In 2021, raffle to support black-led reproductive healthcare clinics and funds. In 2022, NOISE FOR NOW staged several art auctions to support nationwide abortion access and independent abortion clinics. [14] [15] Additionally NOISE FOR NOW had an art benefit in upstate New York to benefit local abortion funds and Planned Parenthood. [16] NOISE FOR NOW also has an ongoing partnership with Propeller called the Reproductive Freedom Campaign that raises money for the local-level organizations working throughout the US to provide and protect reproductive healthcare and abortion access. [17]

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Family planning</span> Planning when to have children

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crisis pregnancy center</span> Organization that persuades pregnant women against having abortions

A crisis pregnancy center (CPC), sometimes called a pregnancy resource center (PRC) or a pro-life pregnancy center, is a type of nonprofit organization established by anti-abortion groups primarily to persuade pregnant women against having an abortion. In the United States, CPCs that qualify as medical clinics may also provide pregnancy testing, sonograms, and other services, while many others operate without medical licensing under varying degrees of regulation. CPCs have frequently been found to disseminate false medical information about the supposed physical and mental health risks of abortion, and sometimes promulgate misinformation about the effectiveness of condoms and prevention of sexually transmitted infections. CPCs are sometimes referred to as fake abortion clinics by scholars, the media, and supporters of abortion rights, due to deceptive advertising practices that obscure the anti-abortion agenda of CPCs from potential patients seeking abortions.

An abortion fund is a non-profit organization that provides financial and logistical assistance to individuals who cannot afford the costs of an abortion. Abortion funds play a role in financing abortion services in countries where abortion is legal but not accessible. For example, health insurance may not cover abortion or transportation to abortion clinics may be financially or logistically infeasible. Abortion funds also provide assistance in cities, states, provinces or countries where abortion is illegal and women travel elsewhere to obtain a legal abortion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reproductive justice</span> Social justice movement

Reproductive justice is a critical feminist framework that was invented as a response to United States reproductive politics. The three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent a child or children in safe and healthy environments. The framework moves women's reproductive rights past a legal and political debate to incorporate the economic, social, and health factors that impact women's reproductive choices and decision-making ability.

The Feminist Abortion Network (FAN) is a national consortium of independent, feminist, not-for-profit abortion care providers. Although more than fifty such health care providers once existed, today fourteen clinics remain in operation. FAN was formed in 2006 to promote information-sharing, cross-organizational strategizing and improve the overall efficacy and reach of the member clinics.

A medical abortion, also known as medication abortion, occurs when drugs (medication) are used to bring about an abortion. Medical abortions are an alternative to surgical abortions such as vacuum aspiration or dilation and curettage. Medical abortions are more common than surgical abortions in most places, including Europe, India, China, and the United States.

Abortion in Uganda is illegal unless performed by a licensed medical doctor in a situation where the woman's life is deemed to be at risk.

The SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, also known as SisterSong, is a national activist organization dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color. The non-profit defines reproductive justice as the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.

Abortion in Missouri is illegal except in cases of medical emergency. In 2014, a poll by the Pew Research Center found that 52% of Missouri adults said that abortion should be legal vs. 46% that believe it should be illegal in all or most cases. According to a 2014 Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) study, 51% of white women in the state believed that abortion is legal in all or most cases.

Abortion in Delaware is legal up to the point of fetal viability. 55% of adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal and 38% stated it should be illegal in all or most cases. There was a therapeutic exceptions in the state's legislative ban on abortions by 1900. Informed consent laws were on the books by 2007. In 2017, Senator Bryan Townsend, D-Newark introduced legislation to try to make clear that abortion would remain legal in the state in case 1973's Roe v. Wade ruling was overturned. The legislation was subsequently updated. Attempts have been made to introduce mandatory ultrasound laws, but they failed to get out of committee. State legislators tried to move ahead the week at which a woman could get a legal abortion in 2019.

Abortion in Hawaii is legal. 66% of adults in Hawaii said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Hawaii began allowing elective abortion care de jure in 1970, the first state to do so. State law enacted at that time stated said, "the State shall not deny or interfere with a female's right to choose or obtain an abortion of a nonviable fetus or an abortion that is necessary to protect the life or health of the female."

Abortion in Idaho is illegal from fertilization. Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022 abortion in Idaho was criminalized via the trigger law which states that a person who performs an abortion may face two to five years of imprisonment. The ban allows exceptions for rape, incest, or maternal health. The law took effect on August 25, 2022.

Abortion in Massachusetts is legal up to at least the 24th week of pregnancy, with exceptions allowing later termination of pregnancies in some circumstances. Modern Massachusetts is considered one of the most pro-choice states in the country: a PEW research poll finding that 74% of residents supported the right to an abortion in all or most cases, a higher percentage than any other state. Marches supporting abortion rights took place as part of the #StoptheBans movement in May 2019.

Abortion in Wisconsin was made illegal after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2022, except when the life of the mother is in danger.

Abortion in California is legal up to the point of fetal viability. An abortion ban was in place by 1900, and by 1950, it was a criminal offense for a woman to have an abortion. In 1962, the American Law Institute published their model penal code as it applied to abortions, with three circumstances where they believed a physician could justifiably perform an abortion, and California adopted a version of this code. In 2002, California passed a law guaranteeing women the right to have an abortion "prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman." In 2022, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, which amended the Constitution of California to explicitly protect the right to abortion and contraception by a margin of 33.76%.

Abortion in Maryland is legal up to the point of fetal viability or when necessary to preserve the life or health of the pregnant person. The first laws regulating abortion in the state were passed in 1867 and 1868, banning abortion except by a physician to "secure the safety of the mother." Abortion providers continued to operate, with a robust network of referrals from regular physicians to "skilled abortionists" such as Dr. George Lotrell Timanus, who practiced from the 1920s through the 1950s in Baltimore. Medical and legal enforcement became more strict from the 1940s through 60s, with numerous police raids on abortion providers. In 1968, Maryland passed a liberalized abortion law that clarified the wording of the previous law, allowing abortion in hospital settings in cases of rape, severe fetal deformity, or when life and health were endangered.

Abortion in New Mexico is legal at all stages of pregnancy, except in the city of Hobbs, where a local ordinance was passed in November 2022 to prevent abortion clinics from operating. The number of abortion clinics in New Mexico has declined over the years, with 26 in 1982, 20 in 1992 and 11 in 2014. There were 4,500 legal abortions in 2014.

Abortion in Florida is currently legal until the 15th week of gestation and is governed by the State Legislature. The State of Florida banned abortion with limited exceptions in 1900. This ban was overturned in 1973 by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case Roe v. Wade. The Florida Legislature eventually repealed it, and as of 2023, a new case challenging the 15-week abortion ban is pending under court for review.

Abortion in Wyoming is legal as of January 2023 due to a district court injunction.

References

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  10. ↑ "Noise For Now Is Selling "Pro Roe" Posters Signed by Karen O, Ad-Rock, TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, and More". FLOOD. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  11. ↑ "Actors, Musicians, And Athletes Join Forces For "Abortion Within Reach" Campaign". Kill The Music. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
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