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"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters on Capitol Hill that she was so troubled about Weldon’s vaccines stance that she shared her concerns with the White House, and she was not surprised that his nomination had been pulled."
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#PublicHealth #CDC #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #HHS #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #science
Experts Warn TX Bill Targeting Online Abortion Pills Will Have Widespread Impact
#TXBill #OnlineAbortionPills #ReproductiveJustice #AbortionRestrictions #MaternalHealth
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Experts Warn TX Bill Targeting Online Abortion Pills Will Have Widespread Impact
The measure may be the most meaningful attempt this year to block the ordering and mailing of abortion medications.Shefali Luthra (Truthout)
Weeks later, and we’re STILL fired up about the incredible power of our communities coming together for reproductive freedom! 🔥
This moment from the Reproductive Justice Day of Action @ NM Legislature is a reminder: we are the power, and we are unstoppable ✊🏽💜
#NMLeg #NMPol #NewMexico #ReproductiveJustice #ReproductiveRights
The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil
#Censorship #SpeechPolices #ReproductiveJustice #ArrestedForOpinions #MahmoudKhalil
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The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil
The significance of the Trump administration’s arrest and threat to deport the Palestinian activist cannot be overstatedArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe on Abortion 'After Dobbs'
#ReproductiveJustice #AbortionDebate #AbortionRights #PostDobbs #AbortionBook
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David S. Cohen and Carole Joffe on Abortion ‘After Dobbs’
Their newest book tackles abortion questions that have arisen post-Dobbs, and the importance of storytelling.Natasha Roy (Rewire News Group)
"Less than a year later, St. Luke’s is the one major institution — other than advocacy groups — standing in the way of restrictions on emergency abortion care in Idaho, a state with one of the most absolute abortion bans in the country."
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#healthcare #hospitals #advocacy #courts #idaho #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #EMTALA #USlaw
Idaho’s Largest Health System Is Taking on the State’s Abortion Ban
It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.ProPublica
"But those new rules were reversed in January after nearly two dozen states sued the Biden administration to block separate parts of the measure aimed at protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination. In January, a federal judge struck down the changes, which tossed out the expanded protections for pregnant and parenting students, too."
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#ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #breastfeeding #education #HigherEd #lgbtq #dei #equity #inclusion
Pregnant and parenting students face loss of new Title IX protections
When new Title IX rules for LGBTQ students were rolled back, expanded protections for student parents were tossed out, too. Now advocates hope to restore them.Bracey Harris (NBC News)
Trump Quietly Made 3 Chilling Moves Against Reproductive Freedom
#TrumpAdministration #DemocracyDocket #BirthControlAccess #ReproductiveJustice #WomensHealth
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Trump Quietly Made 3 Chilling Moves Against Reproductive Freedom - Democracy Docket
The moves are all steps toward achieving the Project 2025 goals of banning abortion and restricting access to birth control nationwide.Democracy Docket
A Health System Is Fighting Idaho's Abortion Ban. It's Not Its First Controversial Stance.
#WomensRights #HealthcareNow #ReproductiveJustice #HealthcareIsARight #AbortionRights
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Idaho’s Largest Health System Is Taking on the State’s Abortion Ban
It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.ProPublica
"Below, hear empowering words from Stacey Abrams, the well-known author, politician, and voting-rights activist; Meena Harris, founder of Phenomenal Media; Amanda Nguyen, an astronaut and civil-rights activist who founded Rise; and Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund."
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#advocacy #activism #CivicEngagement #vote #voting #CivilRights #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice
Stacey Abrams, Meena Harris, and More Reflect For IWD 2025
For International Women's Day, we asked leading activists like Alexis McGill Johnson and Amanda Nguyen about how we can fight for women's rights in 2025.Lena Felton (POPSUGAR)
Missouri Republicans Want People To Donate To Crisis Pregnancy Centers Instead Of Paying Taxes
#ReproductiveJustice #TransvaginalUltrasound #MOGOP #TaxDonation #WyomingLaw
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Missouri Republicans Want People To Donate To Crisis Pregnancy Centers Instead Of Paying Taxes
Also too: Wyoming will now force abortion patients to have transvaginal ultrasounds.Robyn Pennacchia (Wonkette)
Trump's DOJ Doesn't Care If Pregnant People Die
#ReproductiveJustice #BidenEra #AbortionBanIdaho #TrumpDOJ #PregnantRights
Young People Are Fleeing States With Abortion Restrictions
#ReproductiveHealthcare #AbortionRights #ReproductiveJustice #ProChoiceExodus #WorkforceMigration
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Young People Are Fleeing States With Abortion Restrictions - Ms. Magazine
One in five individuals planning to have children within the next decade has moved—or knows someone who has moved—to another state due to abortion restrictions. Characterizing the exodus as a “brain drain,” Dr. Jamila K.Carrie N. Baker (Ms. Magazine)
Trump's DOJ Moves to Dismiss Idaho Emergency Abortion Case
#IdahoLaw #HealthcareAccess #WomenRights #PregnantWomensRights #ReproductiveJustice
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Trump’s DOJ Moves to Dismiss Idaho Emergency Abortion Case
Dismissing the case “will leave the health and lives of pregnant Idahoans hanging in the balance,” said an ACLU officer.Zane McNeill (Truthout)
"The Trump administration is dropping a yearslong legal battle with Idaho over the right to an abortion in a medical emergency one day ahead of a major hearing — reversing its stance in one of the highest-profile cases it inherited from the Biden administration."
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#healthcare #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #emergency #EMTALA #idaho #courts #USpol
"Black and Hispanic people paid more in out-of-pocket costs for maternal care than Asian and white people with the same commercial insurance, a new study published in JAMA Health Forum found.
Why it matters: Black mothers in the U.S. face a pregnancy-related death rate that is more than three times the rate for white mothers. About 80% of these deaths are preventable."
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#healthcare #insurance #copayments #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #prenatal
'Brain drain': Here's why red states with fleeing workers are losing their competitive edge
#AbortionRestrictionsImpact #ReproductiveJustice #PolicyAdvocacy #BusinessResponsibility #RedStatesBrainDrain
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'Brain drain': Here's why red states with fleeing workers are losing their competitive edge
Republican lawmakers across the United States are determined to force people who become pregnant to carry their pregnancies to term by passing abortion bans and "fetal personhood" laws, but a new report shows that in many states, they are choosing ch…Julia Conley (Alternet.org)
WOMEN PUNISHED: Why Trump is so DANGEROUS when it comes to abortion
#ReproductiveJustice #PoliticsOfFear #TrumpDangerous #WomenHealthcare #ProChoice
War on Women Report: 'Fetal Personhood' Bill Introduced in Congress; Trump Antiabortion and Pro-Project 2025 Cabinet
#ReproductiveJustice #WomensRights #EmpoweredFemaleElectorate #AbortionRights #WarOnWomen
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War on Women Report: ‘Fetal Personhood’ Bill Introduced in Congress; Trump Antiabortion and Pro-Project 2025 Cabinet - Ms. Magazine
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 and mothers in the “ideal, natural family structur…Ava Slocum (Ms. Magazine)
A Montana Bill Would Treat Cross-Border Abortion Seekers as Criminal Traffickers of Their 'Unborn Children'
#FetalPersonhood #VotersRights #BallotInitiative2026 #ReproductiveJustice #CrossBorderAbortion
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A Montana Bill Would Treat Cross-Border Abortion Seekers as Criminal Traffickers of Their ‘Unborn Children’ - Ms. Magazine
A Montana Bill Would Treat Cross-Border Abortion Seekers as Criminal Traffickers of Their ‘Unborn Children’Shoshanna Ehrlich (Ms. Magazine)
NSW Greens introduce abortion access bill
#NSWGreens #HealthcareReform #PoliticsNSW #AmandaCohn #ReproductiveJustice
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NSW Greens introduce abortion access bill
NSW Greens MLC Amanda Cohn has introduced a bill to significantly expand access to abortion services across the state. Pip Hinman reports.Green Left
Here's your tiny sliver of good news from the far-right Supreme Court
#LegalBattleOverAbortion #ProChoice #AbortionViolence #ReproductiveJustice #RoeVWade
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Here’s your tiny sliver of good news from the far-right Supreme Court
Things are grim right now, so it’s more important than ever to celebrate the small wins, like the United States Supreme Court unexpectedly declining to hear a case that would have allowed them ...Daily Kos
Surprise, Surprise--SCOTUS Gave Us One Good Piece of Abortion News
#AbortionDebate #AbortionNews #ReproductiveJustice #SCOTUSDecision #SCOTUSAbortion
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Surprise, Surprise—SCOTUS Gave Us One Good Piece of Abortion News
The Court declined to take up a pair of cases that could have upended protections for abortion clinics.Natasha Roy (Rewire News Group)
Analysis: Student Worker Unions Are a Force for Reproductive Justice
#ReproductiveJustice #LaborRights #WorkersRights #StudentActivism #ReproductiveHealthCare
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Analysis: Student Worker Unions Are a Force for Reproductive Justice
In the post-Roe era, student unions are increasingly helping student workers secure access to reproductive health care.Natasha Roy (Rewire News Group)
Study: Abortion bans make pregnancy more dangerous
#RightToLife #PregnancySafety #ReproductiveJustice #EndAbortionStigma #AbortionBansHarmWomen
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Study: Abortion bans make pregnancy more dangerous
"Right to life, your name's a lie, you don't care if women die!" The truth of this popular chant is being underlined by a new article by investigative journalism outlet Pro-Publica, "Texas banned aborJane Cutter (Liberation News)
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared
#RoeVsWade #TXleg #MiscarriageAwareness #ReproductiveJustice #HealthcareAccess
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Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. by Lizzie ...Daily Kos
Sending Those Who Choose Abortion to Jail or to Their Death: The Growing Visibility of 'Abortion Abolitionists'
#ReproductiveJustice #CriminalizingAbortion #GrowingAntiChoiceMovement #AbortionRights #ExecutionsForAbortion
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Sending Those Who Choose Abortion to Jail or to Their Death: The Growing Visibility of 'Abortion Abolitionists' - Ms. Magazine
Abortion abolitionists push for laws that equate abortion with murder and call for prosecuting or executing those who seek or provide it.Shoshanna Ehrlich (Ms. Magazine)
Texas Won't Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
#MaternalMortality #SepsisInPregnancy #PregnancyHealth #ReproductiveJustice #MaternalHealthAdvocacy
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and analyzed the outcomes before and after the ban.ProPublica
Weaponizing Aid: How U.S. Policies Undermine Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Crises
#GenderBasedViolence #ForeignAidPolicy #NGOFundingRestrictions #VulnerableWomenRights #ReproductiveJustice
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Weaponizing Aid: How U.S. Policies Undermine Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Crises - Ms. Magazine
U.S. restrictions on foreign aid like the global gag rule are endangering women and girls by cutting off access to reproductive healthcare.Ira Memaj (Ms. Magazine)
Judge: Missouri Voted For Choice, Period
#PlannedParenthoodVictory #MissouriAbortionBan #ReproductiveJustice #JudgeJerriZhang #PelvicExamMandateBlocked
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Judge: Missouri Voted For Choice, Period
Reproductive rights groups celebrated on Friday after a Missouri judge temporarily blocked significant abortion restrictions that were kept in place despite voters' approval of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to the procedure.Jake Johnson (Crooks and Liars)
2 States Target NY Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills. Here's What's Next.
#AbortionRights #MailOrderPills #TwoStatesTargetNY #MedicalFreedom #ReproductiveJustice
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2 States Target NY Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills. Here’s What’s Next. | Truthout
The cases will test the relatively new shield law infrastructure and the health care model it has enabled.britney (Truthout)
New York rejects Louisiana request to extradite doctor who prescribed abortion pills - video
#ProChoice #LouisianaRequestDenied #NewYorkRefusesExtradition #ReproductiveJustice #GovernorKathyHochul
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New York rejects Louisiana request to extradite doctor who prescribed abortion pills – video
New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, has rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor who was charged there with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor.Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
#ReproductiveJustice #RisingInfantMortality #FertilityRatesUp #AbortionRestrictions #AbortionPolicyImpact
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Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Fertility rates also up in states with bans and restrictionsNancy Lapid (The Independent)
Dr. Oz Could Decide If Pregnant Patients Get Emergency Care In Anti-Abortion States
#EMTALA #ReproductiveJustice #PregnantPatients #TrumpAdministration #EmergencyCare
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Elizabeth Warren Presses Trump Pick Dr. Oz on Emergency Abortion Care
Mehmet Oz, Trump’s choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, would oversee enforcement of the federal emergency medical care law.Tessa Stuart (Rolling Stone)
'Silence Is an Enemy': Rep. Frankel Leads the Fight for Global Reproductive Rights
#WomenEmpowerment #ReproductiveJustice #LegislationChange #RepealGlobalGagRule #Advocacy
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‘Silence Is an Enemy’: Rep. Frankel Leads the Fight for Global Reproductive Rights - Ms. Magazine
The Global HER Act, by Rep. Lois Frankel, would repeal the global gag rule, restricting funding for international healthcare providers offer abortionShoshanna Ehrlich (Ms. Magazine)
Death threats follow Michigan Democratic lawmaker's decision to have herself sterilized
#PoliticalReaction #SterilizationDecision #ReproductiveJustice #DeathThreats #ReproductiveRights
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Death threats follow Michigan Democratic lawmaker’s decision to have herself sterilized
Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) said she’s received death threats after revealing during a rally last week that she underwent voluntary sterilization because she was concerned about the future of reproductive health care during Presid…Andrew Roth, Michigan Advance (Alternet.org)