CBC Canada<p>Author, gynecologist Jen Gunter says she's moving back to Canada as reproductive rights erode in U.S.<br>Jen Gunter, a Winnipeg-born gynecologist and bestselling author, says she's had enough with the United States, but she’s also prescribing a stark warning for Canadian voters concerned about the future of their own reproductive health care.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jen-gunter-trump-canada-1.7508222?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/je</span><span class="invisible">n-gunter-trump-canada-1.7508222?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Yup. It's ALL ABOUT PROTECTING WOMEN! RIIIIIGHT!!!</p><p>A Woman Spent 2 Nights In Jail After She Miscarried. Advocates Say It's Only The Beginning.</p><p>It was the first such arrest in Georgia, but it likely won't be the last.</p><p>By Paige Skinner, April 8, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "'This case impacts the young woman from Tifton, but it also impacts every single woman out there of reproductive age, who knows she can get pregnant, who knows she can miscarry,' Georgia state Sen. Sally Harrell told HuffPost. 'It makes every woman of reproductive age afraid.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/georgia-miscarriage-abortion-laws_n_67f41619e4b084709d832d05" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/georgia-mis</span><span class="invisible">carriage-abortion-laws_n_67f41619e4b084709d832d05</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandmaidsTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandmaidsTale</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffWomensBodies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffWomensBodies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a></p>
Nat Oleander<p>ESSENTIAL reading, y'all.</p><p>And please subscribe to Valenti's "Abortion, Every Day."</p><p><a href="https://jessica.substack.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jessica.substack.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/prochoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prochoice</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminist</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> </p><p>I shed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TearsOfMirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TearsOfMirth</span></a> 😂 at the sight of a sign that says "So Bad, Even the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introverts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introverts</span></a> Are Here!" </p><p>Other signs say: <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopTheHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheHate</span></a><br>FREE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <br>"If you cut off MY <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a>, can I cut off yours?" with woman wielding a pair of scissors 😂 </p><p>And a poster that reads "Shame on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>" — Damn right! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectedDemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectedDemocrats</span></a> are behaving as if they were elected to support the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> agenda. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schiff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fetterman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fetterman</span></a>, Go home!</p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/maternal-child-health-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/05/maternal-child-health-cuts</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Fertilityproblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fertilityproblems</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pregnancy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gender</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a></p>
S. E. Wigget<p>BOOM! Layered! and Feminist Buzzkills recently did a live performance in Washington, DC. Here’s the recordig.</p><p>"May the dick punching of Elon Musk commence!"</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/a7O_dPdJFtc?si=vPQNxjeQ0bNZA8wG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/a7O_dPdJFtc?si=vPQNxj</span><span class="invisible">eQ0bNZA8wG</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BoomLawyered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoomLawyered</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FeministBuzzkills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBuzzkills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LizWinstead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizWinstead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FuckthePatriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckthePatriarchy</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"GOP leadership has set its sights in recent months on disempowering conservative-coded <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>, especially. The state-level laws restricting <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> disproportionately affect Republican-voting women... And there's been a big push to take female leaders down a peg, with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> influencers now openly saying women shouldn't be in leadership."<br>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@AmandaMarcotte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AmandaMarcotte</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/04/03/mike-johnson-melts-down-after-proxy-vote-failure-exposes-magas-pro-family-lie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/04/03/mike-john</span><span class="invisible">son-melts-down-after-proxy-vote-failure-exposes-magas-pro-family-lie/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sexism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Three critically ill patients in US could have survived with abortions, study shows <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/abortion-critically-ill-patients" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/03/abortion-critically-ill-patients</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Healthcareindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcareindustry</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USsupremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USsupremecourt</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/RoevWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoevWade</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doctors</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indiana</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Missoni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Missoni</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Featured story: These legislative proposals mark the most significant effort by Republicans to allay concerns from patients and providers about Texas abortion law. But now advocates worry this "clarification " poses new dangers to pregnant people. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/republican-abortion-laws-texas-legislature-exceptions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/republican-a</span><span class="invisible">bortion-laws-texas-legislature-exceptions/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>To listen to oral arguments before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> in the dispute over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCarolina</span></a>'s attempt to defund <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedParenthood</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirthControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CancerScreenings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancerScreenings</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilyPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionIsHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionIsHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/oral_argument</span><span class="invisible">s/live.aspx</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Follow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’ opinion announcements today at below link, the court will also be hearing oral arguments in Medina v. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedParenthood</span></a> South Atlantic.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirthControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CancerScreenings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancerScreenings</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilyPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionIsHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionIsHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/announcement-of-opinions-for-wednesday-april-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scotusblog.com/2025/04/announc</span><span class="invisible">ement-of-opinions-for-wednesday-april-2/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>WI's high turnout suggests that voters can grasp that courts/ <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> matters. It turns out families talk about more than the price of groceries. Dems shouldn’t shy away from raising issues of justice & fairness & indiv <a href="https://toad.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a>.</p><p>One of the leading issues -was in the st SC contest 2 yrs ago, was <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a>. Dems in WI hammered away at the theme that the R-backed cand -would ban abortion +ARG their SC could affect citizens’ access to HC.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/wakeup-call-wisconsin-democrat-supreme-court-booker-crawford-booker-filibuster-musk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/wakeup-call-w</span><span class="invisible">isconsin-democrat-supreme-court-booker-crawford-booker-filibuster-musk</span></a></p>
The USA Potato<p><strong>She Launched “The Daily Show.” Now She’s Fighting Red State Abortion Bans.</strong></p>
<p>For abortion rights advocate Lizz Winstead, her work has never felt more urgent. But her path to advocacy was a curvy one. She started out as a comedian, first as a stand-up and eventually as the co-creator of The Daily Show, which redefined television by deftly combining comedy and politics. “I kept getting increasingly unnerved […]</p>
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US news | The Guardian<p>US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/hhs-cdc-fda-layoffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/02/hhs-cdc-fda-layoffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
The USA Potato<p><strong>Why Some Doctors Are Pushing to End Routine Drug Testing During Childbirth</strong></p>
<p>The request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn drug test. Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns and her hospital colleagues had done it countless times before. This time, however, the request gave the doctor pause. A patient at Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut, the largest health system in the state, had said that […]</p>
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Deep Breath; Start Again<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federated.press/@The_Icarian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The_Icarian</span></a></span> Our local pregnancy center has everyone fooled. They pretend to be a medical clinic (they are not) & they do ultrasounds to show clients the "baby". If mom is hesitant to continue the pregnancy, she's told she needs more ultrasounds, until she's past the point where she can decide to end her pregnancy. It's insidious. They offer the only free pregnancy tests around, so they're busy. And it looks like a clinic. Deceitful. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPols</span></a></p>
Faraiwe<p>Judge says Alabama can NOT charge people who help Alabamians get abortions out of state.</p><p><a href="https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/07/WAWC-v.-Marshall-Decision-3.31.2025.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2</span><span class="invisible">023/07/WAWC-v.-Marshall-Decision-3.31.2025.pdf</span></a></p><p>( Case 2:23-cv-00450-MHT-KFP ) </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurdReich</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RoevWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoevWade</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>A Win for Repro Rights: Alabama Can’t Charge Activists Helping Patients Get Out of State Abortions</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/alabama-cant-charge-abortion-groups-for-helping-patients-out-of-state-criminal-conspiracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/alabama-cant-charge-abortion-groups-for-helping-patients-out-of-state-criminal-conspiracy/</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Reproduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reproduction</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortions</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Of the ~25M <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> who receive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContraceptiveCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContraceptiveCare</span></a> annually, 18% receive it from publicly supported <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clinics</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TitleX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleX</span></a>-funded centers, Baden said. They include women who are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/underinsured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underinsured</span></a>.</p><p>In 2019, during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first term, his admin altered the half-century-old program banning clinics receiving Title X aid from referring patients for abortions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilyPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaternalMortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaternalMortality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CancerScreenings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CancerScreenings</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionIsHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionIsHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The WSJ reported last week <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> planned an immediate freeze of $27.5M in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilyPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPlanning</span></a> grants for groups including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlannedParenthood</span></a>.</p><p>PPFA says >300 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> centers are in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TitleX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleX</span></a> network & Title X-funded centers received >1.5M visits in 2023.</p><p>The loss of funding will mean that “cancers go undetected, access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirthControl</span></a> is severely reduced, & the nation’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/STI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STI</span></a> crisis worsens,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, PPFA president.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
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