A Texas coffeehouse is taking the direct approach in its response to Texas Republicans’ draconian ban on abortion.
As McClatchy Newspapers reported:
When the Tumbleweed + Sage Coffeehouse started giving away free contraceptive kits in late July, word spread fast, and calls flooded the Texas town’s police department.
Each kit comes packed with two Plan B pills, pregnancy tests and condoms, plus an instruction pamphlet. Anyone who needs a kit is welcome to come inside and take one, or ask at the drive-thru.
“You’re allowed to rest in our cafe, do whatever you need to do. We’re here for you,” owner Destiny Adams said in a social media post, announcing that her Wolfforth coffee shop had begun offering the kits.
As of Aug. 18, they’ve given away at least 75 kits, many to young women and mothers, Adams told McClatchy News.
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Adams is able to provide the kits through a partnership with Jane’s Due Process, she told McClatchy News, a Texas-based nonprofit focused on providing young people access to abortion and birth control.
A visit to Tumbleweed + Sage’s website tells us that they’re just getting started:
As part of our mission to be inclusive for all we are going to start stocking our restrooms with feminine hygiene products, baby wipes and diapers, dental dams, deodorant, and more. These will all be handed out for free to our community with the same no questions ask policy. They will just come take what they need from our restrooms.
If I lived in the Wolfforth area, I’d be buying ALL my coffee there; this is great stuff. As it is, there are several ways in which we can help them out, ranging from straight-up donations to purchasing items on their Amazon wish list. The various donation links can be found on their website, linked above; I don’t want to copy them here, because they may change without notice.