@dam68.bsky.social
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In a disturbing new strategy, anti-abortion policymakers are attempting to weaponize environmental laws and regulations, citing false claims that medication abortion pollutes US waterways and drinking water. Here are the facts and evidence - from the Guttmacher Institute.
Weaponizing Water: How the Campaign Against Medication Abortion Co-opts Environmental Policy
www.guttmacher.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In a disturbing new strategy, anti-abortion policymakers are attempting to weaponize environmental laws and regulations, citing false claims that medication abortion pollutes US waterways and drinking water. Here are the facts and evidence - from the Guttmacher Institute.
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The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation is one of the only research centers dedicated to understanding menopause transitions – groundbreaking work that needs to be built upon, not stymied.
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation is one of the only research centers dedicated to understanding menopause transitions – groundbreaking work that needs to be built upon, not stymied.
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I immediately block anyone that says things like, "why didn't they report or say anything..." with regard to SA, molestation of children...women, men, people.
Do you know what is done, said to people who try?
We did.
We told people.
Ask me about how badly i was beat for "airing dirty laundry."
Do you know what is done, said to people who try?
We did.
We told people.
Ask me about how badly i was beat for "airing dirty laundry."
a young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt .
Alt: a young girl is screaming
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I immediately block anyone that says things like, "why didn't they report or say anything..." with regard to SA, molestation of children...women, men, people.
Do you know what is done, said to people who try?
We did.
We told people.
Ask me about how badly i was beat for "airing dirty laundry."
Do you know what is done, said to people who try?
We did.
We told people.
Ask me about how badly i was beat for "airing dirty laundry."
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I reintroduced the Endometriosis CARE Act for the 1 in 10 women in the #FightingFifth and across the country who live with endometriosis — myself included. I see you, and I hear you. (1/2)
December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I reintroduced the Endometriosis CARE Act for the 1 in 10 women in the #FightingFifth and across the country who live with endometriosis — myself included. I see you, and I hear you. (1/2)
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ICE is detaining pregnant people in life-threatening conditions — violating its own policy and against medical advice.
They must be released immediately.
https://lat.ms/3Mv7MD2
They must be released immediately.
https://lat.ms/3Mv7MD2
Pregnant immigrants held for months in detention despite rules against it
With the immigration crackdown, more pregnant women are being detained. The ACLU alleges a woman was shackled while miscarrying and others were denied prenatal care.
www.latimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICE is detaining pregnant people in life-threatening conditions — violating its own policy and against medical advice.
They must be released immediately.
https://lat.ms/3Mv7MD2
They must be released immediately.
https://lat.ms/3Mv7MD2
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Intentionally destroying American foreign aid is needlessly costing lives around the world.
I’m joining RM Meeks on @houseforeign.bsky.social to require the State Department distribute foreign assistance before it expires, wasting taxpayer dollars.
I’m joining RM Meeks on @houseforeign.bsky.social to require the State Department distribute foreign assistance before it expires, wasting taxpayer dollars.
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Intentionally destroying American foreign aid is needlessly costing lives around the world.
I’m joining RM Meeks on @houseforeign.bsky.social to require the State Department distribute foreign assistance before it expires, wasting taxpayer dollars.
I’m joining RM Meeks on @houseforeign.bsky.social to require the State Department distribute foreign assistance before it expires, wasting taxpayer dollars.
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Thank you, @repmcgarvey.bsky.social and @crockett.house.gov for championing "The Justice for Breonna Taylor Act" to end the legalized home invasions - known as "No Knock Warrants."
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thank you, @repmcgarvey.bsky.social and @crockett.house.gov for championing "The Justice for Breonna Taylor Act" to end the legalized home invasions - known as "No Knock Warrants."
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The hundreds of thousands of people who've already died as a direct result of the USAID cuts he orchestrated also can't go out in public.
this feels like a positive thing since he was doing Nazi salutes
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The hundreds of thousands of people who've already died as a direct result of the USAID cuts he orchestrated also can't go out in public.
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The UAE is the biggest and most consistent funder of the RSF's genocidal campaign in Sudan. That’s why we need to use our significant leverage and pass my Stand up for Sudan Act to block U.S. weapons sales to the UAE until they stop arming the RSF.
Sudan's bloody civil war is worsening a major humanitarian crisis
Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The UAE is the biggest and most consistent funder of the RSF's genocidal campaign in Sudan. That’s why we need to use our significant leverage and pass my Stand up for Sudan Act to block U.S. weapons sales to the UAE until they stop arming the RSF.
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Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for working to protect health care access for millions of Americans, and holding strong against Republicans who want to shift the focus away from skyrocketing health care costs to advance their extreme anti-abortion agenda.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for working to protect health care access for millions of Americans, and holding strong against Republicans who want to shift the focus away from skyrocketing health care costs to advance their extreme anti-abortion agenda.
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Almost a quarter million more children are projected to die.
The 27% decline in global health aid from the U.S. and some EU governments will cause this shift. This aid pays for medicine, health clinics $ workers, food and other needs for children in poor countries.
🧪 archive.today/DfILk
The 27% decline in global health aid from the U.S. and some EU governments will cause this shift. This aid pays for medicine, health clinics $ workers, food and other needs for children in poor countries.
🧪 archive.today/DfILk
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Almost a quarter million more children are projected to die.
The 27% decline in global health aid from the U.S. and some EU governments will cause this shift. This aid pays for medicine, health clinics $ workers, food and other needs for children in poor countries.
🧪 archive.today/DfILk
The 27% decline in global health aid from the U.S. and some EU governments will cause this shift. This aid pays for medicine, health clinics $ workers, food and other needs for children in poor countries.
🧪 archive.today/DfILk
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@repnikema.bsky.social and over 110 members of Congress just reintroduced legislation declaring abortion a human right.
We're proud to stand with them in support of safe, compassionate, abortion care for all.
We're proud to stand with them in support of safe, compassionate, abortion care for all.
Congresswoman Nikema Williams Introduces Resolution Declaring Abortion as a Human Right
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) introduced a Congressional Resolution, along with 109 other members, affirming reproductive freedom as a human right. According to the U...
nikemawilliams.house.gov
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@repnikema.bsky.social and over 110 members of Congress just reintroduced legislation declaring abortion a human right.
We're proud to stand with them in support of safe, compassionate, abortion care for all.
We're proud to stand with them in support of safe, compassionate, abortion care for all.
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Abortion is a human right, and the United States must be accountable for its human-rights record. The Constitution obligates us to uphold the human rights conferred by the international treaties we have signed. (1/2)
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Abortion is a human right, and the United States must be accountable for its human-rights record. The Constitution obligates us to uphold the human rights conferred by the international treaties we have signed. (1/2)
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This week, Senate Republicans gave LIFETIME judicial appointments to more anti-abortion fanatics who support fetal personhood—the dangerous idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a pregnant woman.
They're hoping you don't notice. I won’t let this fly under the radar.
They're hoping you don't notice. I won’t let this fly under the radar.
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This week, Senate Republicans gave LIFETIME judicial appointments to more anti-abortion fanatics who support fetal personhood—the dangerous idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a pregnant woman.
They're hoping you don't notice. I won’t let this fly under the radar.
They're hoping you don't notice. I won’t let this fly under the radar.
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The world’s richest man cut aid to the world’s poorest people.
Now, 12 million more children under 5 could die because of it.
Pulling the rug out from millions of people, especially women and children, only endangers America’s long-term safety, strength, and prosperity.
Now, 12 million more children under 5 could die because of it.
Pulling the rug out from millions of people, especially women and children, only endangers America’s long-term safety, strength, and prosperity.
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries are a key factor, researchers say.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The world’s richest man cut aid to the world’s poorest people.
Now, 12 million more children under 5 could die because of it.
Pulling the rug out from millions of people, especially women and children, only endangers America’s long-term safety, strength, and prosperity.
Now, 12 million more children under 5 could die because of it.
Pulling the rug out from millions of people, especially women and children, only endangers America’s long-term safety, strength, and prosperity.
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Reproductive care is a basic human right—no matter what President Trump and Speaker Johnson say. I’m co-leading 110 Democrats in introducing a resolution to commend state and local governments who are hanging tough for women's health care as MAGA theocrats work to destroy it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reproductive care is a basic human right—no matter what President Trump and Speaker Johnson say. I’m co-leading 110 Democrats in introducing a resolution to commend state and local governments who are hanging tough for women's health care as MAGA theocrats work to destroy it.
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If Ohio Republicans’ obsession with rolling back abortion access – even after voters passed a ballot measure protecting their repro freedom in 2023 – proves anything, it’s that the GOP doesn’t care about Americans. They care about enforcing their extreme agenda.
Ohio lawmakers can't stop abortion, but they're working to make it harder. Here's how • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republicans have started to pass anti-abortion bills that attempt to get around the state's constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights. Abortion rights advocates are frustrated, but ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If Ohio Republicans’ obsession with rolling back abortion access – even after voters passed a ballot measure protecting their repro freedom in 2023 – proves anything, it’s that the GOP doesn’t care about Americans. They care about enforcing their extreme agenda.
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this is one of the worst things to happen in the 21st century, and like... its pulling teeth to get anyone to mention that its happening at all.
The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
this is one of the worst things to happen in the 21st century, and like... its pulling teeth to get anyone to mention that its happening at all.
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"It's important not to lose track of what is behind the numbers. Sometimes we talk about numbers. Oh, this is an increase in mortality, a percent increase. What is a percent? It's a human. It's a child. It could be your child. It could be my child."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"It's important not to lose track of what is behind the numbers. Sometimes we talk about numbers. Oh, this is an increase in mortality, a percent increase. What is a percent? It's a human. It's a child. It could be your child. It could be my child."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
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This week, we won a court order stopping the federal government from defunding Planned Parenthood.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
Court order secures medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a victory in a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday.
cbs6albany.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This week, we won a court order stopping the federal government from defunding Planned Parenthood.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
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The Gates Foundation says child deaths are rising for the first time this century — 200,000 more kids under 5 will die this year.
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
More kids are dying—thanks to Trump
For decades, the United States has played a major role in reducing child mortality. The Trump administration’s stance seems to be “well, what if we didn’t?” The Gates Foundation issued a ...
www.dailykos.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Gates Foundation says child deaths are rising for the first time this century — 200,000 more kids under 5 will die this year.
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has been quietly working to remove in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for active duty military members.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been quietly working to remove in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for active duty military members.
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President Trump’s barbaric anti-family, anti-freedom policies are killing women. There are no words to describe the pain Tierra Walker’s family and too many other families across the country are feeling. Accessible reproductive healthcare saves lives.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
President Trump’s barbaric anti-family, anti-freedom policies are killing women. There are no words to describe the pain Tierra Walker’s family and too many other families across the country are feeling. Accessible reproductive healthcare saves lives.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."