Montuna

08/21/2026

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'Mostly the cases are extreme and a matter of life or death because Afghan women are no longer able to look after themselves or seek basic medical advice freely'

08/20/2026

Thank you, everyone, for all your love and well wishes. 💜

My shoulder continues to need regular physical therapy, and for now, we are still unable to physically support others in their healing journeys. I suppose there is an eternal lesson here: healer, heal thyself.

In the meantime, we are referring folks to the amazing healers and practitioners in our community. You can find our community list at www.montuna.org/nosotres. Please reach out if you need help finding a specific referral.

🌿 Montuna will be closed until August 30. When we return, we will be offering virtual and spiritual support only while my body continues its own healing.
And during this pause, I will be welcoming my 48th turn around the sun. ☀️ I’ll spend some of that time contemplating this journey while visiting Alaaskaq and lands stewarded since time immemorial by Indigenous peoples, including Iñupiat peoples, and later traveling through Apsáalooke stolen homelands.

May Spirit guide my heart—and all of ours—toward a world that is more just, equitable, respectful, reciprocal, and compassionate.

With gratitude, always. 🌿

08/18/2026

In just a few days—on August 25—I’ll officially complete another trip around the sun. 48, to be exact.☀️💜

This year, instead of birthday gifts, I’m asking my community to help me celebrate in a way that feels much more meaningful.

I created a birthday fundraiser for , an organization I’m proud to serve as a board member. Their work is deeply aligned with the future I want to help build—one rooted in reproductive justice, compassionate care, access, dignity, and community.

So this year, my birthday wish is simple:

💜 Skip the gift.
💜 Donate whatever you can.
💜 Help me turn another year around the sun into an opportunity to support this important work.

Whether it’s $5, $25, $50, or whatever feels right, every contribution matters. And if donating isn’t possible right now, sharing the fundraiser with your community is also a meaningful way to support.

I’m grateful to celebrate 48 years surrounded by people who believe, as I do, in collective care, reproductive freedom, and showing up for one another.

Thank you for celebrating with me and for helping me put a little more care into the world. ✨

🎈 Birthday fundraiser link in bio.

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08/18/2026

Fetal personhood is a reproductive justice issue because it is about power: who is recognized as a full person, who gets to make decisions about our bodies, and who is most likely to be surveilled, controlled, or criminalized. By granting embryos or fetuses legal rights that can be placed above those of pregnant people, fetal personhood threatens abortion access, miscarriage care, IVF, contraception, and other forms of reproductive health care.

Its harms are also not experienced equally. Black, Indigenous, immigrant, disabled, low-income, LGBTQ+ communities, and people already impacted by policing and family surveillance are more likely to experience the consequences of pregnancy criminalization.

Reproductive justice requires more than protecting access to abortion. It means protecting our right to bodily autonomy, to have children, to not have children, and to raise our families in safe and sustainable communities—without state control, punishment, or criminalization.

Shout out to Pregnancy Justice and If/When/How for the amazing work they do every.single.day!!

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08/17/2026

🎂 For my birthday this year, I’m asking for something that means a lot to me.

Instead of gifts, I’m inviting my community to help me support Repro TLC and their work making reproductive care, information, and support more accessible to the people who need it.
Reproductive justice and community care are not simply part of my work—they are deeply connected to how I understand love, solidarity, and caring for one another. 💜

So, if you were thinking about buying me a birthday drink, dinner, or a little something, consider putting that love toward Repro TLC instead. Every contribution—whatever the amount—becomes part of something bigger.

And if donating isn’t possible right now, sharing the fundraiser is also a beautiful birthday gift. (Gracias!)

🎈 Support my birthday fundraiser here:
https://givebutter.com/support.../jacobajackiecruzrodrguez

Here’s to another trip around the sun filled with ✨community, care, reproductive freedom, healing, and collective power. ✨


www.reprotlc.org

Repro TLC (formerly Midwest Access Project) fills gaps nationwide in clinical training and education while mobilizing our network to advocate for more just and equitable sexual and reproductive care.

08/12/2026

Loretta Ross on Reproductive Justice Futurism, and the dangers of gene selections.
Do you even imagine what would the world look like?

Watch the full conversation between Loretta J. Ross & Thomas Hübl ...

08/08/2026

Amazing job opportunity to all the Doula. We love out there elevated access is looking for Doulas to support traveler abortion seekers. ❤️

https://www.elevatedaccess.org/get-involved/doulas?fbclid=PARlRTSATj_pNwZG9mAmZkaWQWUMG_BpWAa9KLs0zh76zVS3D2V4TDxmV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp2bs_PdgqRaQARNNCRPTT7q5GCZgytKryHjYVNXUp6NqTvLbk3XNC_SF72G7_aem_2BJrFxIU0oG6xaR_u2D9tw

Doula Accompaniment Program We are seeking expansive, reproductive justice-centered, community-focused abortion doulas to support passengers traveling to their appointments. About Elevated Access Elevated Access was founded in 2022 in response to increasing restrictions on abortion and gender-affirm...

08/06/2026

Una violación a nuestros derechos humanos

07/12/2026

Rooted in Tradition. Growing the Future.
At Montuna, I believe healing is carried through community and the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next. My work is devoted to preserving ancestral traditions of care—wisdom passed down by midwives, herbalists, healers, and elders.

That is why I feel so deeply connected to ReproTLC.

While Montuna helps preserve ancestral community knowledge, ReproTLC invests in the next generation of reproductive health professionals by training and supporting providers, midwives, abortion doulas, and community health workers. To me, these are part of the same lineage: one honors the wisdom of those who came before us; the other prepares those who will care for our communities in the future.

As both the founder of Montuna and a member of ReproTLC's Board of Directors, I believe we have a responsibility to protect what is sacred while creating opportunities for those who will carry this work forward.

To support that vision, Montuna is offering a selection of healing services as a fundraiser for ReproTLC, with all proceeds supporting their mission. Every session becomes an investment in compassionate, community-centered reproductive health care.

Whether you receive a healing session, share this fundraiser, or make a donation, you become part of this shared commitment to sustaining care for generations to come.

Thank you for walking this path with me.

With gratitude,

Jacoba
Montuna

Your support through our network creates solidarity to continue the fight!

07/06/2026

🌿 Rooted in tradition. Growing the future. 🌿

For many years, Montuna has been a space for preserving and sharing ancestral traditions of healing—knowledge carried by midwives, herbalists, healers, and our elders. It is work rooted in the belief that care belongs in community.

That is one of the reasons I'm so honored to serve on the Board of Directors of ReproTLC.

To me, Montuna and ReproTLC are connected by the same thread.
✨ Montuna helps preserve ancestral community knowledge.
✨ ReproTLC invests in the next generation of reproductive health professionals.

One carries forward the wisdom of those who came before us. The other helps prepare those who will care for our communities in the years ahead.

To support that vision, Montuna is offering a selection of healing services as a fundraiser for ReproTLC. Every session booked through this campaign helps invest in the future of compassionate, community-centered reproductive health care.
If you've been thinking about scheduling time for yourself, this is a beautiful opportunity to receive care while helping strengthen the people who will continue caring for others.

Thank you for believing that healing is something we inherit, nurture, and pass on together.
🌿 Learn more or book a session through the fundraiser: https://givebutter.com/board-network-giving-ypwrit/jacobajackiecruzrodrguez

✨ Supporting the Future of Reproductive Health Care ✨
In celebration of 20th Anniversary, I will be offering during limited days a number of:
🌿 Sobadas
🌿 Santiguos
🌿 Cierres con rebozos
for diverse grief experiences and pregnancy outcomes through Montuna, with all proceeds supporting Repro TLC.

Many of you know that I currently serve on the Board of Directors of Repro TLC, an organization that is very close to my heart. What I appreciate most about Repro TLC is its commitment to strengthening reproductive health care through the training and support of reproductive health providers, CPMs, abortion doulas, and community health workers.

As someone whose work has always existed at the intersection of community care, reproductive health, and midwifery, I deeply value organizations that invest in a diverse and sustainable workforce. Our communities deserve access to compassionate, skilled support in many forms.

This fundraiser is my small way of supporting a mission that aligns deeply with my values and the work I have dedicated my life to.

💌 To request an appointment, send us a DM. We will share available dates and information on how to make your donation to Repro TLC.

Thank you for helping support the future of reproductive health care and community-based care.
With gratitude,
Jacoba at Montuna