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Cofounder @autonomynews.co. Investigative reporter and researcher: abortion, reproductive justice, disinformation.

Seen in The Nation, ELLE, Scientific American, WIRED, and more. Wyoming-born New Yorker.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · Jun 4
BREAKING NEWS

(from me and @susanrinkunas.com)
autonomynews.co 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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garnethenderson.com
RIP William Randolph Hearst. You would have loved Ryan Lizza
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
garnethenderson.com
I’m so tired!
susanrinkunas.com Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 7h
Hi @cnbc.com this story on abortion has multiple serious errors that need correcting

1. States that ban abortion prohibit procedures and pills. There is no state that bans one and not the other
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/a...
Screenshot with part of a sentence highlighted in blue: Even so, simply the possibility of legal action has had a chilling effect on providers who are afraid to prescribe mifepristone, via telehealth or through the mail, **to patients across state lines where the medicine is legal but surgical abortion is not.** "Louisiana has indicted a doctor in New York for providing telehealth medication abortion to someone in Louisiana. Texas has sued a doctor in New York for for doing the same thing," O'Connor said. "That in and of itself, it has a really serious chilling effect on doctors feeling as comfortable prescribing."
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.

All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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cvh.bsky.social
I've talked about it a few times, but I started clinic escorting the week after this shooting because I was so horrified. I guess I've been doing it for 10 years, but it feels awful just how much we've backslid.
garnethenderson.com Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 14h
Robert Dear, the man accused of perpetrating a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015, has died in federal custody just days shy of the 10-year anniversary of the shooting, which killed three people and injured nine
Man charged in Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting dies in federal custody
The man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services has died in federal custody
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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susanrinkunas.com
A manufactured case that could nonetheless be a death blow to Planned Parenthood started with these propaganda videos released a decade ago. Daleiden received legal assistance on that campaign from Leonard Leo, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Students for Life:
www.autonomynews.co/the-plot-to-...
screenshot 1/2: In United States ex rel. Doe v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Alex Doe accuses Planned Parenthood of violating the federal False Claims Act by improperly billing Texas Medicaid for $17 million in non-abortion services provided during yearslong litigation over whether it could remain in the program. The suit, later joined by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeks $1.8 billion in penalties. In February, a three-judge panel said PPFA was immune from the suit, but then the anonymous plaintiff asked for a hearing before the full court and that request was approved. Doe filed the suit in 2021 in Amarillo, Texas, where Planned Parenthood doesn’t have a single clinic, but where he was guaranteed to draw anti-abortion Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. Who is this savvy litigant? Both KFF Health News and The Guardian revealed Alex Doe to be David Daleiden, the anti-abortion activist who in 2015 falsely accused Planned Parenthood of profiting from the sale of fetal tissue for scientific research. Daleiden’s organization, the Center for Medical Progress, released deceptively edited sting videos that resulted in several fruitless investigations of Planned Parenthood, though they did lead states, including Texas and South Carolina, to kick the healthcare provider out of Medicaid. Now, he’s weaponizing the Texas Medicaid policy change to try to shut down multiple Planned Parenthood affiliates, and perhaps the entire organization. screenshot 2/2: Before the arguments in Medina, Elizabeth Sepper, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law and a scholar on religious liberty and health law, predicted a horrifying possibility. If the Supreme Court sided with South Carolina—which it did—a litigant could replicate Daleiden’s arguments to sue Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, claiming it needs to repay any reimbursements for Medicaid services rendered since 2018, plus damages. Such a lawsuit could decimate the two remaining Planned Parenthoods in the state that provide essential healthcare services, including abortions until six weeks of pregnancy, as well as the entire PPSAT affiliate, which has 14 health centers across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Doe lawsuit and any potential copycats that could bankrupt Planned Parenthood are part of an organized campaign that has been in the works for years, with legal assistance from judicial activist Leonard Leo, as well as Alliance Defending Freedom and Students for Life, per a book from New York Times reporters. PPFA’s general counsel said in an August 2023 statement about the Doe suit that “the plaintiffs’ only goal in this case is to achieve their decades-long goal of shutting down Planned Parenthood to advance a political agenda.” What could be a death blow to Planned Parenthood started with propaganda videos released a decade ago.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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susanrinkunas.com
Dear said “no more baby parts” during his arrest—referring to deceptively edited videos shared in 2015 by the anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress. CMP founder David Daleiden is the anonymous plaintiff in an active suit seeking to bankrupt Planned Parenthood
www.autonomynews.co/the-plot-to-...
garnethenderson.com Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 14h
Robert Dear, the man accused of perpetrating a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015, has died in federal custody just days shy of the 10-year anniversary of the shooting, which killed three people and injured nine
Man charged in Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting dies in federal custody
The man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services has died in federal custody
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
garnethenderson.com
Robert Dear, the man accused of perpetrating a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015, has died in federal custody just days shy of the 10-year anniversary of the shooting, which killed three people and injured nine
Man charged in Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting dies in federal custody
The man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services has died in federal custody
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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I think you could say happy birthday to my amazing cofounder @susanrinkunas.com by scheduling your preventive health care AND putting a little something in the @autonomynews.co tip jar, personally
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I think you could say happy birthday to my amazing cofounder @susanrinkunas.com by scheduling your preventive health care AND putting a little something in the @autonomynews.co tip jar, personally
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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We're bringing the holiday spirit over here: bsky.app/profile/auto...
autonomynews.co Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 9d
We just added five holiday ornaments to our merch store! Get a jump on your gifting or decorating 🌲🎁
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graphic showing five holiday ornaments on a blue background with the Autonomy News logo at bottom center. Ornaments from left to right: Just "abortion" ornament https://www.bonfire.com/just-abortion-ornament/ Bad stork ornament (Victorian woman swinging a parasol at a stork trying to bring her a baby) https://www.bonfire.com/bad-stork-ornament/ All Comstocks Are Bastards ornament (Anthony Comstock) https://www.bonfire.com/all-comstocks-are-bastards-ornament/ Cursive abortion ornament https://www.bonfire.com/cursive-abortion-ornament/ Say the word abortion ornament https://www.bonfire.com/say-the-word-abortion-ornament/
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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OR (most fun option), grab some merch!
autonomynews.co Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 4d
We just updated our best-selling Bad Stork design to pop on darker colors like black, navy, maroon, and forest green. Check out new shirts and black totes:
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Photo 1/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. It shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text. This item is a short sleeve shirt in forest green Photo 2/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. This item is a crewneck sweatshirt in maroon The design shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text. Photo 3/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. This item is a muscle tank in navy. The design shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text. Photo 4/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. This item is a black cotton tote bag. The design shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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As usual, a lot happening on the bodily autonomy beat this week:
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.
www.autonomynews.co
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
same, but offense
annamerlan.bsky.social Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d
I’m not picking now to pay for a man’s Substack, no offense
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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robertsilverman.bsky.social
It would also give *Ryan Lizza*—who could, in theory, have leaked this info at any point over the last 12-16 months—a role in both RFK’s appointment and the untold preventable deaths. But Lizza either isn’t self aware enough to realize that or is too busy selling Substack subscriptions to care
samadams.bsky.social Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 4d
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
A Twitter account called Ivanka News tweets an AI image of a young woman wearing Muslim garb. The woman is holding a sign that says "I came here illegally. Should I be deported?" Ivanka News writes: What is your response to this person ?? In the "About this account" tab, it appears the account is based in Nigeria An account called MAGA scope writes: Who, in your view is the great enemy of the United States? Communism, Islam, Democratic Party, or Satan? The account is based in Nigeria. An account called MAGA Nadine writes: You go to work and find this. What would you do? The attached pic is an AI image that shows a microwave. The microwave has a sign that says "For religious reasons, this microwave is now making halal food only." The account is based in Morocco. An account called America First posts an AI image of Tulsi Gabbard. They wrote: How would you rate your trust in Tulsi Gabbard on a scale of 1-10?
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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derekhelling.bsky.social
Especialmente @autonomynews.co
andylevy.net andy™ @andylevy.net · 4d
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
a good list of people who are better recipients of your money than ryan fucking lizza

i'll add @assignedmedia.org and @autonomynews.co and @lawdorknews.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Many people are saying
susanrinkunas.com Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 4d
Hypothetically you could subscribe to @autonomynews.co, a worker-owned publication covering reproductive rights and justice—or support our EOY fundraiser so @garnethenderson.com can pay ourselves a living wage
autonomy-news.monkeypod.io/give/support...
www.autonomynews.co/support/
andylevy.net andy™ @andylevy.net · 4d
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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There's even more Bad Stork merch in our store, including mugs, notebooks, and shirts and totes in lighter colors
www.bonfire.com/store/autono...
Autonomy News | Bonfire
Official merchandise for Autonomy News, a worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Also, abornaments:
autonomynews.co Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 9d
We just added five holiday ornaments to our merch store! Get a jump on your gifting or decorating 🌲🎁
www.bonfire.com/store/autono...
graphic showing five holiday ornaments on a blue background with the Autonomy News logo at bottom center. Ornaments from left to right: Just "abortion" ornament https://www.bonfire.com/just-abortion-ornament/ Bad stork ornament (Victorian woman swinging a parasol at a stork trying to bring her a baby) https://www.bonfire.com/bad-stork-ornament/ All Comstocks Are Bastards ornament (Anthony Comstock) https://www.bonfire.com/all-comstocks-are-bastards-ornament/ Cursive abortion ornament https://www.bonfire.com/cursive-abortion-ornament/ Say the word abortion ornament https://www.bonfire.com/say-the-word-abortion-ornament/
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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bad(die) stork
autonomynews.co Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 4d
We just updated our best-selling Bad Stork design to pop on darker colors like black, navy, maroon, and forest green. Check out new shirts and black totes:
www.bonfire.com/bad-stork-sh...
www.bonfire.com/bad-stork-to...
Photo 1/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. It shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text. This item is a short sleeve shirt in forest green Photo 2/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. This item is a crewneck sweatshirt in maroon The design shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text. Photo 3/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. This item is a muscle tank in navy. The design shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text. Photo 4/4 of Autonomy News merchandise with a Victorian postcard printed on it. This item is a black cotton tote bag. The design shows a woman about to hit a stork with a parasol because it's trying to bring her a baby. Red text below the photo says "And the villain still pursues her," plus our logo is underneath in the right corner in white text.
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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alisonannyoung.bsky.social
FDA delays left recalled ByHeart baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert tells Healthbeat. Nearly a week was lost clearing bureaucratic hurdles before all state and local food safety officials were told where formula was being sold. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/22/b... #IDsky #Medsky
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of ...
www.healthbeat.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
garnethenderson.com
Another good result, and again the target here was a major children’s hospital. As noted in my story about @queerdoc.bsky.social, they’re the only smaller provider known to have been in DOJ’s crosshairs, though I’m curious if one or two others may emerge: www.autonomynews.co/doj-subpoena...
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM