LETTERS READ INCUBATOR XIX: How Activism Activates

Listen to this research outtake about how one Louisiana woman decided to take action about the first direct hit to destroy abortion rights. Letters Read director first interviewed Allyn Goff in 2025 for the Terri Bartlett reading. Goff became close to Bartlett as they both worked tirelessly for reproductive rights in Louisiana.

Allyn Goff joined NOW, National Organization for Women in 1989 and became president of the Louisiana chapter.

In 1989, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, a United States Supreme Court decision upheld a Missouri law imposing "restrictions on the use of state funds, facilities, and employees in performing, assisting with, or counseling an abortion. The Supreme Court in Webster allowed for states to legislate in an aspect that had previously been thought to be forbidden under Roe v. Wade (1973)." —wikipedia.org