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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · Sep 11

The bill bolsters shield laws, protecting health care providers from prosecution by anti-abortion attorneys general.
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California Law Will Let Providers Mail Abortion Pills Anonymously

The bill bolsters shield laws, protecting health care providers from prosecution by anti-abortion attorneys general.

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Sep 11

To understand the “person-level impact” of Dobbs, consider the
“unique barriers to care that women serving in the military experience” and the underrepresentation of adolescents in research.

Policy is influenced by “systemic racism, racialization, and place-specific processes.”

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AcademyHealth @academyhealth.bsky.social · Sep 11

Evolving restrictions and funding cuts for abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care call for collaboration with marginalized communities for effective research. Learn about successful partnerships in our latest blog. buff.ly/PwdHKAc

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John Corbett @johnlcorbett.bsky.social · Apr 11

“Conservative attorneys general… are infuriated by the reality that their citizens can circumvent a state ban... That’s why conservative states are looking for ways to project bans beyond state borders [like] making it a crime to help someone plan a legal abortion in another state.”

The Alabama Case That Could Undo the Right To Travel Out of State for an Abortion

The case underscores that stakes in travel cases go beyond the freedom to move from state to state.

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · Apr 10

Diana Greene Foster—who received a MacArthur Genius Grant following her landmark Turnaway Study—has been researching post-Roe abortion access.
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Top Abortion Researcher Gets Funding Cut by Trump Admin Over Nonsensical 'Gender Identity' Claim

Diana Greene Foster—who received a MacArthur Genius Grant following her landmark Turnaway Study—has been researching post-Roe abortion access.

www.jezebel.com

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 5

European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights reports “a creeping expansion of anti-abortion Christian nationalist groups in the UK since 2013” and calls “for parliamentary debate to cut the time limit for abortion in the UK.”
#resist
#abortion

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The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow | Deborah Frances-White

Women’s rights – especially abortion – are truly at risk, says writer and broadcaster Deborah Frances-White

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 4

The Love Them Both Act was introduced April 3, 2025 by Illinois Rep Mary Miller seeking to block the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Office of Congressional Workplace Rights from interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to include coverage for abortions or related services.
#resist

Congress Bot @congressbot.bsky.social · Apr 4

🟥 H.R.2644 - Prohibit regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act from applying to abortion or the coverage of abortion or abortion-related services

✏️ Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]

🔗 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2644

To prohibit regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act from applying to abortion or the coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 4

Read the Amici Curiae brief filed in SCOTUS case Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et. al., in support of respondents:

“Amici strongly oppose political interference in patients’ ability to obtain care from qualified providers.”
#abortionaccess

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 3

“Downstream consequences” of abortion bans on patients with critical diseases:
🔴restricted/delayed treatment resulting in preventable deaths,
🔴uncertainty among doctors as to what constitutes an imminent threat to mother’s life,
🔴inequities in care for indigent.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US doctors describe three patient deaths that could have been prevented with abortion access in new study

Doctors in states with abortion bans say patients were not told of abortion care as option for fear of legal consequences

www.theguardian.com

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Apr 3

It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Apr 2

I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action.

She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.

This is what bans do.

Her Fetus Has No Heartbeat—They Still Won't Give Her An Abortion

South Carolina's ban is torturing a 31-year-old mom *right now*

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 2

Weekly mifepristone effective birth control with no side effects associated with hormonal contraceptives like weight gain, loss of libido or feelings of depression” and no “increased risk of breast cancer and thrombosis.”

Mifepristone is Healthcare.
#mifepristone

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Mifepristone as Weekly Contraceptive Performs 'Beyond Expectations' in Clinical Trials

For decades, research has indicated that mifepristone may be a safe and effective contraceptive, but no one has conducted a large clinical trial to produce the evidence required to form the basis for ...

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 2

“the people of Wisconsin squarely rejected the influence of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and billionaire special interests. And their message? Stay out of our elections and stay away from our courts.”
#abortionaccess
#reproductivejustice
#bodilyautonomy
#proabortion

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Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate

Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 30

Staffers at 18 rape crisis centers told ProPublica that payments were delayed for months after North Carolina’s state Legislature directed $15 million for sexual assault survivors away from Democratic-led agencies that had long overseen such money.

By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.

The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 1

Nevada federal judge rules parental consent is required before abortion, vacates injunction preventing enforcement of 1985 parental consent law.
#parentalconsent
#abortionban
#reproductiverights
#bodilyautonomy
#OBGYN
#mybodymychoice
#medicationabortion
#mifepristone
#misoprostol
#resist
#privacy

Nevada federal judge lifts 40-year pause on parental notification for abortion

A 1985 Nevada law requiring minors to notify their parents before receiving an abortion, which in its 40-year history was never enforced, will go into effect following a federal judge’s ruling.

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 1

“U.S. patriarchal authoritarianism is on the rise, and democracy is on the decline. But day after day, we stay vigilant in our goals to dismantle patriarchy at every turn. The fight is far from over. We are watching, and we refuse to go back. This is the War on Women Report.”
#resist
#feminism

Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · Apr 1

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) introduced the Stop Comstock Act to Congress in an effort to prevent Trump and fellow antiabortion proponents from abusing the long outdated Comstock Act.

This is the War on Women report:

The War on Women Report: Women Jailed for Miscarriages, Dragged from Town Halls, and Denied Healthcare

MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide—the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives ...

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Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts @pplm.org · Apr 1

Title X is a lifeline. It’s the nation’s only federal program dedicated to ensuring people can access affordable birth control and sexual and reproductive health care. Any move to cut or freeze Title X isn’t just misguided, it’s a direct attack on health care.
Take Action at ImForPP.org #ImForPP

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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · Mar 31

Yellowhammer Fund won its lawsuit against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. The court made it clear: Alabama’s laws do not extend beyond state lines to penalize people for getting or assisting with legal healthcare elsewhere.

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Apr 1

Legal clinics serving indigent communities and addressing civil rights violations under attack.

“…this is a deeply cynical exercise of power, where the actual goal is to create an atmosphere of intimidation for law school clinics across the country.”
#resist

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Northwestern faces another congressional investigation

This time, a committee argues that legal clinics at the law school are using tax dollars to “engage in progressive-left political advocacy.”

chicago.suntimes.com

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Kitsap Abortion Resources and Access @kitsapabortion.bsky.social · Mar 17

Beautiful art print by Meredith Stern with the words "in dark times we grow towards the light"

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Mar 31

“These Puzzles Fund Abortion” sells crosswords to support the following abortion funds:

🔴Baltimore Abortion Fund (BAF)
🔴Chicago Abortion Fund
🔴Indigenous Women Rising
🔴Tampa Bay Abortion Fund (TBAF)
🔴Mariposa Fund

Abortion funds work to ensure that people have access to abortion resources.

These Puzzles Fund Abortion @tpfa.bsky.social · Mar 29

*sings in Bon Jovi*

WHOAA
We’re halfway there
WHOA-OH
Abortion is healthcare

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Mar 30

“We know intimate partner violence during pregnancy is linked to miscarriage, hemorrhage, placental disruption and postpartum depression. It’s also linked to negative infant outcomes, preterm birth, low birth weight….These are really non-partisan issues.”
#resist
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Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence

Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Mar 30

“She placed the bag of blood soaked pads on the desk, demanding to know “is this enough blood for you?!”
#abortionban
#reproductiverights
#bodilyautonomy
#OBGYN
#mybodymychoice
#medicationabortion
#mifepristone
#misoprostol
#abortionfund
#pregnancyjustice
#privacy

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Being Pro Choice Is Not Enough To End Abortion Stigma

By GTHQ founder Asha Dahya “Is this enough blood for you?!” These were the words uttered by a frustrated Mindy Swank, who at 27 weeks pregnant was hemorrhaging blood, clearly experiencing som…

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Mar 30

“…states want the FDA to ban telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone, ban the drug’s use after seven weeks of pregnancy and prevent pharmacies from dispensing the drug.”
#mifepristone
#misoprostol
#medicationabortion
#abortionban
#telehealth

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Missouri et al. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al. - Health Care Litigation Tracker

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Mayday @jamlmat.bsky.social · Mar 30

“This is really a story about privilege…on the aggregate, for someone who is Hispanic or Black, the impact is greater.”

In states where abortion is legal, “it’s one thing for the options to exist and another for Hispanic women to know about them and access them.”

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Between lack of access and limited resources: Hispanic women bear the brunt of state abortion bans

A new study reveals that in states with tighter restrictions on reproductive rights, births have risen, especially among Latinas

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