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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on a Substack live right now with @shoutyourabortion.bsky.social: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

Make sure to read @404media.co’s incredible reporting on this - then check out my newsletter for more info on how the anti-abortion movement is working with abusers to target women

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

It's so, so important that when these bills come up, we don't let Republican lawmakers gaslight voters. There's a reason they're 'redefining' contraception!

Learn more about the SB 323 here: jessica.substack.com/i/174968251/...

All-Male Committee Will Decide South Carolina Abortion Ban

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

I can't stress this enough: opposing birth control isn’t a fringe position in the anti-abortion movement—it’s the norm. 'Mainstream' groups like Students for Life say so explicitly on their websites!

But because mainstream outlets don't report on it, most Americans don't know

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite part:

“Over time, a woman using birth control pills runs the definite and intentional risk of killing one or more of her children as a result. Therefore, it is morally unacceptable to be on the pill while engaging in sexual intercourse.”

I guess we're all serial killers! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 1d

The South Carolina senator behind SB 323 says his bill wouldn't outlaw birth control.

But we found a pamphlet he wrote that says “all forms of the birth control pill” kill a “human being.”

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Mary Nasca @mnasca.bsky.social · 1d

“Reporters, take note: there are zero mainstream articles pointing out that the White House now considers birth control a form of abortion.”

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Eight More Abortion Arrests in Texas

10.8.25

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re still trying to figure out why Trump’s FDA approved a generic form of mifepristone, I break it down here.

The short version, which I also laid out in the newsletter, is that the agency didn’t really have a choice.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI: One of Turning Point USA’s first campus events since Charlie Kirk’s murder is a panel of abortion “abolitionists” — extremists who want women executed for ending their pregnancies.

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Turning Point USA Hosts Campus Event Pushing Death Penalty for Abortion Patients

10.3.25

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7d

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7d

By the way, that's not the only big news in Abortion, Every Day:

If Oklahoma healthcare providers want to keep their Medicaid funding, they'll have to sign what amounts to an anti-abortion loyalty pledge—promising they won't even refer patients for abortions, or affiliate with pro-choice groups

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7d

This comes at the same time that Turning Point USA has been making a concerted push to reach younger women. I hope that any female college students tempted to go to these events take note jessica.substack.com/p/turning-po...

Turning Point USA Hosts Campus Event Pushing Death Penalty for Abortion Patients

10.3.25

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7d

One of the panelists Turning Point will host at the University of Alabama next week said of women who have abortions: "You forfeit your right to live.”

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7d

At the newsletter right now:

One of Turning Point USA’s first campus events since the murder of Charlie Kirk will be a panel with leaders of the abortion ‘abolition’ movement - extremists who lobby for abortion patients to get the death penalty

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7d

Don't ever let anyone scare you about have a teenage daughter - it's the best 💜

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 8d

When the news is coming this fast, I need a place to talk it out—and that means a livestream. This week, I couldn’t think of a better partner-in-fire than @mintimm.bsky.social of @reproductivefreedomforall.org

Join us live: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 9d

On the one hand, I'm so proud and in awe of these young people who are taking care of their community.

On the other, I can't believe in 2025 that women have been reduced to starting underground birth control networks

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A student 'womb service' works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 9d

If you're on tiktok please go interact with the video there - I've been shadow-banned, along with lots of other folks who make videos about abortion www.tiktok.com/@auntiekillj...

SB 323 is not just about #southcarolina - it’s about all of us. They’re telling us clearly - in writing! - the future they want for American women. Are we going to listen? #fyp #politics #news

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 9d

Not done yet!

- life-threatening pregnancies treated with c-sections & vaginal delivery rather than standard abortion, even when fetus isn't viable
- force anti-choice propaganda video in public school classrooms & AG could go after schools that don't comply
- charge providers under the RICO Act

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 9d

SB 323 is model legislation from National Right to Life - so this is their roadmap for all of us:

- no exceptions for rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormalities
- patients charged with murder
- birth control ban
- ban on pro-choice websites, abortion referrals, or even general info on abortion

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 9d

All eyes on South Carolina, where the anti-abortion movement is using the state as a testing ground for what they want nationally

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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