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Kaitlyn Anne
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🩺 Writing about repro care and letting the soft animal of my body love what it loves within the confines of capitalism
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600+ Planned Parenthood staff from 22 states (and counting) have now signed on to a letter my friend and I wrote in response to an irresponsible @nytimes.com piece that ran over the weekend! #abortion #plannedparenthood #reprorights
Yes, Planned Parenthood workers are tired
No, they are not routinely "botching" IUD insertions or abortions
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.

We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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@evanurquhart.bsky.social
@miralazine.bsky.social
@lizsaila.bsky.social
A screenshot of a multi‐column table listing several U.S. presidential Executive Orders relating to LGBTQ+ rights and antidiscrimination policies. Each row has columns for “Origin” (POTUS), “Number/Identifier” (e.g., EO 13988), “Title” (such as Preventing and Combating Discrimination…), “Action Type” (e.g., Broad Nondiscrimination, Military Nondiscrimination), “Summary” (key points of each order), and “Date Signed.” The listed orders span from early 2021 through early 2025, covering topics like preventing discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, banning conversion therapy, rescinding prior harmful EOs, and restricting or expanding DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives. A spreadsheet at the top shows columns tracking anti‐LGBTQ bills by status and year: total bills (334), 2025 bills (327), 2024 rollovers (7), how many passed committees (3), passed one chamber (5), passed both chambers (0), enacted (1), vetoed (0), failed (3), and carried forward (0). Below that, another header row lists different types of anti‐LGBTQ legislation (e.g., gender‐affirming care bans, pronoun bans, “Don’t Say Gay,” drag bans, bathroom bans) with the total count of each category (e.g., 55 for gender‐affirming care bans, 20 for pronoun bans, 14 for “Don’t Say Gay,” etc.). A color‐coded U.S. map spans the lower half, with states shaded from light orange to deep red according to how many anti‐LGBTQ bills they contain. Texas appears in the darkest red (46 bills), with lighter shades indicating fewer bills in other states. A note at the bottom right explains that the map shows total tracked bills per state, which does not necessarily reflect each bill’s likelihood of passage.
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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juliannemcshane.bsky.social
NEW: 30 major anti-abortion leaders on Wednesday wrote to the DOJ formally asking them to enforce the Comstock Act banning the mailing of abortion pills

This appears to be the first step towards a threat legal scholars have been warning about: a de facto federal abortion ban
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aul.org
January 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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kylietcheung.bsky.social
At least 100 minors—including at least 6 childre under 12—had to leave TX for abortion in 2023. Child welfare advocates say most of the pregnancies resulted from rape.

In 2021, Greg Abbott shrugged off concerns about his abortion laws by pledging to "eliminate rape":
Texas' Abortion Ban Is Forcing Children Under 12 to Travel Out-of-State for Care
In 2023, six children under 12 were among at least 100 minors who had to leave Texas to have abortions.
www.jezebel.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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jessicavalenti.bsky.social
At the newsletter right now:

The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
Breaking: Trump is Scrubbing HIPAA Info off HHS Website
The White House is deleting information on reproductive health privacy and discrimination at pharmacies
jessica.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Remember — the first lie of fascism is inevitability. And it is a lie. We can fight back.
apoorvanyt.bsky.social Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Feb 3
SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say (Gift Article)
Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
kaitlynwrites.bsky.social
This is horrifying. Why should birth rates and marriage be linked to federal funding for transportation? Do we not deserve safe roads if we’re not churning out babies or getting married? www.cpr.org/2025/01/31/c...
Colorado’s low birth rate could put federal transportation dollars at risk under new Trump policy
A new memo from the Trump administration prioritizes transportation projects in states with high birthrates, those that comply with federal immigration enforcement and those without vaccine or mask ma...
www.cpr.org
February 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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alicemiranda.bsky.social
A Louisiana court has indicted a NY doctor for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine.

Experts are skeptical they can enforce a judgment even if they get a conviction, but it could still create a chilling effect for other doctors in blue states.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Louisiana challenges abortion shield laws with indictment of New York telehealth doctor
The case is one of the first direct challenges to shield laws enacted in blue states that protect providers who prescribe abortion pills to out-of-state patients.
www.politico.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Also, the whole subsection for Adolescent Health was deleted.
January 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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amylittlefield.bsky.social
NEW: The CDC appears to have removed its prescribing guidelines for PReP, STIs, and birth control. The former links now lead to a “page not found” message.
January 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
kaitlynwrites.bsky.social
If you’ve had an abortion, I love you.
December 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM