Carolyn Harding with Maggie Scotece, Interim Executive Director of the Abortion Fund of Ohio.
Maggie Scotece, JD is a long-time abortion advocate, doula, and former AFO volunteer & Board Member currently serving as the organization’s Interim Executive Director. Since transitioning to this role in February 2022, Maggie has demonstrated her dedication to uplifting the stories of those most impacted by the barriers in Reproductive Justice spaces. She is a licensed attorney in Ohio with six years of experience in civil-rights law and direct, short-term legal assistance. Maggie has worked to make civic engagement and public policy conversations more accessible through her tenure on the Fair Districts Mapping Competition Advisory Committee and the Ohio Democratic Disability Caucus. They bring deep-rooted connections to Disability Justice organizing to their work at AFO, including their experience as a disabled activist and co-founder of the Supported Decision Making Network of Ohio. Over the last decade, Maggie has played an active role in community organizing spaces, including her involvement with the Ohio Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild where she began volunteering on their Protestor Jail Support and Legal Helpline in 2020. Maggie continues to work with local clinic escort programs, Racial Justice organizing, criminal justice reform, and movement lawyering.
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When Row v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022. What was the Abortion Fund of Ohio focused on before the ruling, and what has changed since then?
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