Repros for Iowa

After graduating from the University of Iowa College of Nursing in December 2007, Katy began her nursing career at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on the Neuroscience Intermediate Inpatient Unit as a staff nurse.  In 2014, she transferred to the Surgical and Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit and became an Assistant Nurse Manager of the unit in 2017.  She completed training and have been practicing as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) since 2017 and took the role of Coordinator in 2020.  As Coordinator of this program, Katy continues to see patients as a SANE, manage the rest of the SANE team, and work with our community partners to ensure they are all providing the best possible care to our patients/victims/survivors.

April is sexual assault awareness month. This interview is with Storm O'Brink.

Storm O’Brink, C-CBE (they/them/their) is the volunteer coordinator for the Rape Victim Advocacy Program in Iowa City, full-spectrum doula, and certified childbirth educator. They started their career in anti-violence work in 2016 at Transformative Healing, an LGBTQIA centered sexual assault advocacy program which was defunded in 2017. They are a co-creator of the Queer Health Advocates program and a co-facilitator of the Queer Art Healing Group.. They have facilitated many workshops for healthcare professionals on sexual violence, medical violence, and LGBTQIA healthcare. In their role at RVAP they specialize in working with survivors of medical and obstetric violence, as well as LGBTQIA survivors. They also provide technical assistance and training to any organization looking to improve services to survivors. Storm’s areas of interest in doula work include birth and medical trauma, postpartum services, reproductive healthcare, trans families, and abortion. 

Give it up for Christie! I got to hear her speak at some rallies and decided to have a conversation with her.

I got to speak with DVIP for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

We got to speak about all the work they do!

To get involved please visit www.oneiowa.org

It's been a long two months but we're back! 

I got together with the following people from previous episodes for a season 1 wrap up: Yasmina, Gabriela, Heather, Aline, Mandi and Rue.

Q&A

I got to speak with Elizabeth Eek about her story and how harmful 6 week abortion bans can be.

TW: This episode contains talk about mental illness and suicidal ideation.


I got to speak with Rue, who told me about her abortion story and why she decided to become a reproductive rights advocate.

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