I'm a little conflicted. I want to preface by saying that I am absolutely pro-contraception and pro-abortion. But I *am* one of the women who experienced the rare side-effects that so often get dismissed as disinformation. My doctors did not consider my health history or list of medications carefully enough, and I trusted them to do their job, so I didn't do enough of my own research either. When I came to them describing various symptoms, they told me that it probably wasn't from the birth control and essentially dismissed my concerns and treated me like I was maybe imagining things. This went on for months, and I have still not recovered from some of the side-effects to this day. My case should not be a reason to deny birth control to anyone who wants it and tolerates it well, *and also* women have a right to know that there *are* risks and not be gaslit when they experience negative health consequences. I don't feel like there is any room allowed for people like me—who fully support reproductive freedom—to share our negative experiences with birth control, and that silencing is painful.
I'm so sorry for your experience. As an RN in repro health care, I try to be so attentive to my patients' realities and to validate their experiences with birth control. I appreciate you speaking here to remind me of how important this is. I hear you.
Almost certainly not. That would mean they'd actually have to process the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of unprocessed rape kits they have sitting in storage collecting dust. The priorities are pretty glaring.
Just looked up Casey Means' license on the Oregon Medical Board's website.
She graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine (so she can't be a dope) in 2014 and then proceeded to do a residency in otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose, & throat). Her license went inactive in 2024 after practicing as a "functional medicine" specialist since 2018.
She had a baby last year. Can't find any mention of a spouse or partner.
Surgical residencies usually run five years, so it looks like she finished her training but didn't go into active practice. I'll have to do a little more searching to figure out what she HAS been doing for the last seven years...besides saying a lot of stupid shit.
This is another opportunity to confront the “creating life” fallacy. Nobody creates life. Life is a continuous process. Ovum come from a female, who came from a female who came from another female all the way back to when biology started using ova to replicate itself. All life is an ancient unbroken chain going back to the time when all life was single cell organisms.
Citing the Pill as being a threat to women’s health is a reminder that will still need some sort of narrative that completely addresses the extremely complicated hormonal regime that governs women’s reproductive cycles and provides the means of controlling fertility for the purposes of being heterosexually active without becoming pregnant.
Would someone please ask Casey Means why she wants this job when, by her "reasoning " she should be popping up a new baby every nine months? Isn't Means going against her own "life giving nature"?
Life options are only for the right kind of people, kinda like clinic picketers who tell abortion clinic staff they deserve their abortion because they're not sluts like the other women in the waiting room.
The nightmare never ends with this illegitimate (insurrectionist) authoritarian regime. This didn’t stop many white women from voting for Dear Leader while simultaneously voting to protect abortion in their states. The attacks on contraception could be seen coming from miles away as these same activists/legislators/judges have been ruthlessly attacking and sometimes successfully restricting hormone use and puberty blockers for trans youth across the country. Let us not forget our fight for bodily autonomy is connected.
In 1987, I was a 22-year-old feminist and abortion rights activist as well as an officer in my local chapter of the National Organization for Women. my chapter had several gatherings where we wrote letters to all of the Congresspersons we were represented by, opposing the nomination of Robert Bork for surgeon general. we prevailed on that score, although we didn't do so well for 5 years later trying to keep Clarence Thomas off the Supreme Court.
I'm 60 years old and watching the unfolding ruination of what had been an improving society with horror. I'm glad that I never had children.
I’m a decade older, and it’s horrifying to me as well. I saw how women suffered in the ‘60s and the pure joy we felt at having so many shackles removed in the ‘70s. It’s unfathomable what’s happening now. Clarence Thomas’ appointment to the Supreme Court was shameful, but the red flags really started waving for me as I watched Brett Kavanaugh’s not-so-different confirmation process.
Truly medieval to say contraception disrespects life. And coming from a woman just compounds the darkness of it all.
Just wanted to note that I clicked on the “Florida” pregnancy loss link, and it appears to reference the Michigan Baby Garnet case. I may be missing something, but I didn’t see anything about a Florida prosecution of a pregnancy loss/miscarriage in that linked article. The Attorney General in the Michigan Baby Garnet case references allegations of live birth and infant death. Was the link provided to the correct case?
I don’t understand how a woman can be arrested and charged for a pregnancy loss she experienced in 1979. Pregnancy losses weren’t criminalized in 1979 because abortion was legal across the country, thanks to Roe v Wade!
And who the h€ll are the people rooting around in landfills, looking for fetal tissue? It’s sick.
I'm a little conflicted. I want to preface by saying that I am absolutely pro-contraception and pro-abortion. But I *am* one of the women who experienced the rare side-effects that so often get dismissed as disinformation. My doctors did not consider my health history or list of medications carefully enough, and I trusted them to do their job, so I didn't do enough of my own research either. When I came to them describing various symptoms, they told me that it probably wasn't from the birth control and essentially dismissed my concerns and treated me like I was maybe imagining things. This went on for months, and I have still not recovered from some of the side-effects to this day. My case should not be a reason to deny birth control to anyone who wants it and tolerates it well, *and also* women have a right to know that there *are* risks and not be gaslit when they experience negative health consequences. I don't feel like there is any room allowed for people like me—who fully support reproductive freedom—to share our negative experiences with birth control, and that silencing is painful.
I'm so sorry for your experience. As an RN in repro health care, I try to be so attentive to my patients' realities and to validate their experiences with birth control. I appreciate you speaking here to remind me of how important this is. I hear you.
Thank you, Lisa. I really appreciate your kind words and the work that you do ❤️
Are old men being charged for old sexual assault/rape cases as their young descendants are doing 23&me tests?
Almost certainly not. That would mean they'd actually have to process the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of unprocessed rape kits they have sitting in storage collecting dust. The priorities are pretty glaring.
Just looked up Casey Means' license on the Oregon Medical Board's website.
She graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine (so she can't be a dope) in 2014 and then proceeded to do a residency in otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose, & throat). Her license went inactive in 2024 after practicing as a "functional medicine" specialist since 2018.
She had a baby last year. Can't find any mention of a spouse or partner.
Surgical residencies usually run five years, so it looks like she finished her training but didn't go into active practice. I'll have to do a little more searching to figure out what she HAS been doing for the last seven years...besides saying a lot of stupid shit.
Just go read her Wikipedia page.
She sounds like the kind of quack you'd expect her to be.
They trying take the birth control out of birth control.
Tennessee wants insurance to cover contraception? That isn't a typo? Interesting they think it will stand up in court after Hobby Lobby
Thanks for this update. Always something new 😬
This is another opportunity to confront the “creating life” fallacy. Nobody creates life. Life is a continuous process. Ovum come from a female, who came from a female who came from another female all the way back to when biology started using ova to replicate itself. All life is an ancient unbroken chain going back to the time when all life was single cell organisms.
Citing the Pill as being a threat to women’s health is a reminder that will still need some sort of narrative that completely addresses the extremely complicated hormonal regime that governs women’s reproductive cycles and provides the means of controlling fertility for the purposes of being heterosexually active without becoming pregnant.
How will Dr Cassidy and concerned Collins vote on this nominee🤔
I am old. Older than dirt. I remember when a surgeon general was fired for suggesting that is was healthy for young people to masturbate.
By "informed consent" Means and other MAHA charlatans mean that they want to lie to people by spreading crank theories and misinformation.
Would someone please ask Casey Means why she wants this job when, by her "reasoning " she should be popping up a new baby every nine months? Isn't Means going against her own "life giving nature"?
Not to mention, she just had her first baby at 38. The hypocrisy of these wellness grifters knows no bounds.
Life options are only for the right kind of people, kinda like clinic picketers who tell abortion clinic staff they deserve their abortion because they're not sluts like the other women in the waiting room.
So Casey has been denying her life-giving hormones since she started menstruating....guess she was saving her eggs for the right bidder
I just wanna know if her sperm donor made a live appearance or not.
Maybe it’s the magic $$$ supplements she’s been peddling?
The nightmare never ends with this illegitimate (insurrectionist) authoritarian regime. This didn’t stop many white women from voting for Dear Leader while simultaneously voting to protect abortion in their states. The attacks on contraception could be seen coming from miles away as these same activists/legislators/judges have been ruthlessly attacking and sometimes successfully restricting hormone use and puberty blockers for trans youth across the country. Let us not forget our fight for bodily autonomy is connected.
In 1987, I was a 22-year-old feminist and abortion rights activist as well as an officer in my local chapter of the National Organization for Women. my chapter had several gatherings where we wrote letters to all of the Congresspersons we were represented by, opposing the nomination of Robert Bork for surgeon general. we prevailed on that score, although we didn't do so well for 5 years later trying to keep Clarence Thomas off the Supreme Court.
I'm 60 years old and watching the unfolding ruination of what had been an improving society with horror. I'm glad that I never had children.
I second that I am child free as well. I’m happy for people who have them. ♥️
I’m a decade older, and it’s horrifying to me as well. I saw how women suffered in the ‘60s and the pure joy we felt at having so many shackles removed in the ‘70s. It’s unfathomable what’s happening now. Clarence Thomas’ appointment to the Supreme Court was shameful, but the red flags really started waving for me as I watched Brett Kavanaugh’s not-so-different confirmation process.
I am just a few years younger and I feel this so hard.
Truly medieval to say contraception disrespects life. And coming from a woman just compounds the darkness of it all.
Just wanted to note that I clicked on the “Florida” pregnancy loss link, and it appears to reference the Michigan Baby Garnet case. I may be missing something, but I didn’t see anything about a Florida prosecution of a pregnancy loss/miscarriage in that linked article. The Attorney General in the Michigan Baby Garnet case references allegations of live birth and infant death. Was the link provided to the correct case?
We keep hoping it won’t get worse, but they just don’t give up on making us miserable by showing us how little we matter.
I don’t understand how a woman can be arrested and charged for a pregnancy loss she experienced in 1979. Pregnancy losses weren’t criminalized in 1979 because abortion was legal across the country, thanks to Roe v Wade!
And who the h€ll are the people rooting around in landfills, looking for fetal tissue? It’s sick.
That was my thought exactly, don’t they have better things to do? (landfills) Apparently not. And good point about Roe in 1979. This is a witch-hunt.
Like that one wackjob who was keeping a bunch of fetuses and embryos in her fridge. EEEEEWWW!