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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · Jun 4
Hello world! We are Autonomy News, a new worker-owned reproductive justice news outlet cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.

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Welcome to Autonomy News
Welcome to Autonomy News, a new publication created and owned by two reproductive rights and justice journalists. We write about bodily autonomy and the attacks levied by politicians and activists wh...
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In this week's roundup, updates on the many abortion pill lawsuits, a "blue" state governor poised to make some not-so-progressive moves, and the Hawleys are at it again:
Florida and Texas Sue the FDA, Planned Parenthood Loses Appeal, and More: December 15 News Roundup
Plus, Josh and Erin Hawley launch a new dark money group.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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It’s another very stacked roundup this week. But there is something fun amid all the bleak news:
Court Strikes Down Clinic ‘Buffer Zone,’ House Speaker Blocks Military IVF Coverage: December 8 News Roundup
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December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Autonomy News “Autonomy News is the first worker-owned outlet covering reproductive rights and justice, featuring original reporting as well as digestible weekly roundups of all the news on the bodily autonomy beat. Cofounders Garnet and Susan are trained reporters and union organizers. They don't believe their work should be behind a paywall, so Autonomy News is free to read thanks to the support of readers and donors.” - Susan Rinkunas, Co-founder Buy a subscription here!
December 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The abortion fund @yellowfund.bsky.social recently announced it would halt funding and support for callers with appointments at any Planned Parenthood affiliate—not just PPSE—due to the allegations. Yellowhammer said it was already working with indie clinics most as that was better for patients
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December 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Employees had already made several explosive allegations public, like that Akposé said in a meeting that “we talk about abortion too much.” But sources tell me she was alarmingly open to slashing abortion services:
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screenshot 1/2 with some text highlighted in blue, denoted by two asterisks: More alarmingly, Akposé suggested cutting abortion services. In Georgia—the only state in PPSE’s territory where abortion isn’t totally banned—PPSE had only offered medication abortion for some time. However, thanks to a grant, it resumed procedural abortions in early 2024, Cameron said. But after Akposé became interim CEO, Cameron recalled her asking, **“Why was it that we were able to stop procedures before? Why are we able to do them again? What's our return on investment for that?” Staff explained several times that if the affiliate halted the care, it would need to repay the grant, which was worth several hundred thousand dollars.** That was just one example of Akposé not seeming to understand how restricted grants work, a basic detail for a nonprofit administrator. screenshot 2/2 with some text highlighted in blue, denoted by two asterisks: In early 2025, Akposé also expressed that she would stop abortions if given the chance, in order to limit what she viewed as potential legal risk from providing the care. “She said that, **if there were such a time that PPFA would allow the affiliates to sign a waiver to not do abortion care, that she would sign it because she wouldn't want to take that risk on,”** Cameron recalled. Autonomy News was first to report the existence of such waivers in June. They would have allowed affiliates to halt abortions in order to remain in the Medicaid program under a federal budget provision “defunding” large abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. PPFA initially declined to confirm this reporting, only to say in September that waivers had been discussed but were now moot because of legal technicalities.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Akposé fired the entire public policy team, a reckless move ahead of 2026 when Georgia will consider a total abortion ban and Ossoff seeks reelection.

The board recently said allegations against leadership or the board were without merit—but announced that national would hire a GA state director 👀
screenshot 1/2 with some text highlighted in blue: The first accountability action listed in the statement is the launch of a nationwide search for a permanent CEO, suggesting Akposé won’t remain in the role long term. (The board also said she “will receive new key performance indicators for increased accountability.”) The next item is that the national organization's advocacy arm, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, will “take a more active role” in political work in Georgia and hire a state director. The previous Georgia state director was employed by PPSE. **Akposé laid that person off in September, along with other policy staff, citing budgetary constraints.** She cut this role despite the fact that this year could be critical in terms of preserving what little abortion access remains in Georgia: Sources who spoke with Autonomy News expect Georgia Republicans to pursue a total abortion ban in the session starting in January, superseding the state’s current six-week limit. There’s also a high-stakes Senate race in which Democrat Jon Ossoff is seeking reelection, a contest that could decide control of the chamber. screenshot 2/2 with some text highlighted in blue, denoted by two asterisks: Autonomy News asked PPFA when, if ever, it would step in to address concerns about decisions made by an affiliate board. A spokesperson said that while PPFA “can offer guidance and best practices related to hiring practices to affiliate boards and management, ultimately, the boards and management are the decision-makers related to personnel at their organizations.” We also asked the federation to explain why, if personnel decisions are made locally, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund will hire a Georgia state director. **The spokesperson said the Action Fund “has a mandate to protect and expand rights and access across the country, and where a local advocacy organization is unable to support those national goals, the Action Fund has a responsibility to step in.”** The spokesperson confirmed that, at this time, Georgia is the only state planned to have a director employed by the Action Fund, though that could change.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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NEW: The controversial interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast floated ending in-clinic abortion procedures and spoke of dropping abortion care altogether.

Leader of the affiliate serving Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi remains in her role after an investigation that sources call a "farce."
Embattled Planned Parenthood Affiliate CEO Wanted to Halt Abortions
Sources level new allegations against Planned Parenthood Southeast interim CEO Mairo Akposé, who remains in her role after an investigation they call a "farce."
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December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Latest on Planned Parenthood SE affiliate debacle from @autonomynews.co. Whether this is targeted anti-abortion infiltration or the case of a useless board hiring an incompetent exec, PPFA & PPSE's major donors/foundation funders ought to be raising hell about it.
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Embattled Planned Parenthood Affiliate CEO Wanted to Halt Abortions
Sources level new allegations against Planned Parenthood Southeast interim CEO Mairo Akposé, who remains in her role after an investigation they call a "farce."
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December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Planned Parenthood Southeast interim CEO Mairo Akposé told staff she would consider ending abortion care entirely at PPSE, per sources speaking to Autonomy News.

They also said dysfunction at the affiliate went beyond what was reported this fall after the launch of the SavePPSE campaign. More:
Embattled Planned Parenthood Affiliate CEO Wanted to Halt Abortions
Sources level new allegations against Planned Parenthood Southeast interim CEO Mairo Akposé, who remains in her role after an investigation they call a "farce."
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December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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What do we say when the government comes asking for data it's not entitled to? Fuck you, make me.

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The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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We’re proud to be in such excellent company on this list, alongside many of the publications that inspired us to take the leap! Thanks for including us, @marisakabas.bsky.social
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December 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Autonomy News is six months old today!!!
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Autonomy News launched six months ago today! Help us dedicate ourselves to this work full-time while keeping our reporting paywall-free in 2026.

Give $60, $66, or $600 to our end-of-year campaign today:
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December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Blown away by people's support for this independent publication, owned by @garnethenderson.com and me. We smashed our initial goal of $50,000 and are making amazing progress to our new one.

Who's going to donate $66.66 in honor of our six-month anniversary? 😈
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We're more than 80% of the way to our stretch goal! Help us close the gap today:
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Help us make our work sustainable by making a tax-deductible gift to Tiny News Collective—our fiscal sponsor—on behalf of Autonomy News. $61,585 raised [blue thermometer] 82% of $75,000 goal · 25 supporters Campaign ends Dec 31, 2025 at 11:59pm
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Autonomy News launched six months ago today! Help us dedicate ourselves to this work full-time while keeping our reporting paywall-free in 2026.

Give $60, $66, or $600 to our end-of-year campaign today:
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December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Judge Indira Talwani held the hearing last week, as we told you in the @autonomynews.co roundup.

Planned Parenthood's own lawsuit against HHS is currently under consideration by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which lifted Talwani's injunction in that case
More Than 200 Members of Congress Demand FDA Restrict Abortion Pills, Abortion Banned Again in North Dakota: November 24 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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NEW: A federal judge has once again blocked the Trump admin from enforcing a budget law provision "defunding" Planned Parenthood—this time in response to suit from 22 states and Washington DC. HOWEVER judge pauses injunction for 7 days to allow HHS to appeal
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screenshot 1/2: Fed’n of Am., Inc. v. Kennedy, Civil Action 1:25-cv-11913 (the “Planned Parenthood litigation”). In the action now before the court, twenty-two States2 and the District of Columbia (the “Plaintiff States”) claim, inter alia, that Section 71113 failed to provide clear notice to States that participate in the joint Federal / State Medicaid program, as required by the Spending Clause of the United States Constitution. Pending before the court is the Plaintiff States’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction [Doc. No. 60] seeking to enjoin Defendants from implementing or enforcing Section 71113 pending a final ruling on the merits of this case. For the reasons stated infra, **Plaintiff States have standing to bring this action and have demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on their claim that Section 71113 fails to provide clear notice as required by the Spending Clause of the United States Constitution. Accordingly, the Plaintiff States’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction [Doc. No. 60] is GRANTED,** as set forth below. screenshot 2/2: Here, Defendants have not shown that they are likely to prevail on appeal where Plaintiff States, as discussed at length above, have shown a substantial likelihood of success on their Spending Clause claim. Accordingly, a stay pending appeal is DENIED. **To assist in orderly review, however, the court finds it prudent to administratively stay the injunctive relief granted herein for seven days, to allow Defendants, if they so choose, to file an appeal and seek a stay on the merits in the appellate court.** See Fed. R. Civ. P. 62(d). V. Conclusion For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff States’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction [Doc. No. 60] is GRANTED. It is hereby ORDERED that: 1. Defendants, their agents, employees, appointees, successors, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants are hereby enjoined from enforcing, retroactively enforcing, or otherwise applying the provisions of Section 71113 of “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” against the Plaintiff States.
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Good morning! First Choice v. Platkin oral arguments start momentarily and I will be following along. More background on this case and its importance in this thread/this @autonomynews.co story:
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Unfortunately the people attacking our rights were still hard at work last week. Catch up with the latest news roundup:
Appeals Court Sides with Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Josh Hawley’s Wife Wants a Promotion: December 1 News Roundup
Plus, Congress is about to fight over abortion and Obamacare—again.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM