Well done, Jessica, so glad you're offering free subscriptions to young activists. I am phone banking with the DCCC currently and they are having a "reproductive rights week" this week. I will let them know about your subscription offer for folks under 25, the DCCC staff are all young and can spread the word!
P.S. I read one of your books, not the latest but "Sex Object." So sorry American men have become even more barbaric than they were in my day. Whew. But I never took the NY subway either. This doesn't excuse the barbaric treatment of boyfriends and husbands and dates and ungentlemanly American males in general.
Thanks you Jessica for all of your hard work keeping us informed. There are days that I get so angry while reading your posts. I am interested in stuffing envelopes with medication, does anyone know where I can find information on how to get involved?
Two years in and still grateful every day for Jessica, Grace and their families. It seems impossible to overstate the service you bring to other women and THEIR families. Namaste
Expressing my gratitude to Jessica for all her hard work and moments of positivity during a time that has been so very dark for so many. Thanks for shining your light and reminding us that we are not alone (indeed, we are the majority!) and encouraging us to donate or volunteer to this cause so imperative to not only women, but our healthcare, our choices, and our privacy. Bravo. Much work remains to be done to reverse the horrors we have seen coming out of our federal and state governments, but I feel more encouraged this work will prevail (just like Prohibition could not last forever, neither will abortion bans and severe restrictions).
You are in the trenches for us every single day, Jessica. It is your powerful spirit and senses of justice and equity that help consolidate this vulnerable group of women and girls, offering information and education and so often, hope.
There are very few leaders who never seem to tire of the mission at hand, and you are surely at the top of that list. For myself, my daughter, and my granddaughter, I thank you from the tender places of my heart. ♥️
Jessica, asking for a friend who works with a community network that "shoves pills into envelopes" (yeah for them!!!)
You said 8,000/month are getting abortion meds, and linked to a #WeCount article. But the article specifically says "This report does not reflect any self managed abortions [i.e. made possible by mailed pills]," (Intro 2nd paragraph) and does mention 8,000 as the NEED for abortions, "This represents a national monthly average of nearly 8,000 abortions that would have occurred in [abortion ban] states. " (p. 4 2nd paragraph). I would love to know how many SMAs community networks are making possible, but unless I missed something, 8,000/month isn't the number. Help?
We must support candidates who vote to protect abortion rights. There's a website Oath - https://app.oath.vote/ - where you specify your top concern and it shows you which candidates would benefit most from your financial donation. You can specify if reproductive rights is your top priority. You can also specify getting more Dems in Congress, or Stopping Trump (or all 3). It's a great way to support causes you believe in by funding candidates in races where it makes the most difference. Folks who can't afford to donate money can forward this info to their friends. I'm forwarding to everyone I know, I should be able to get it to 150 people.
While returning to Roe would be better, far better, than the status quo, we really need to do better than Roe.
There were many humiliating (and expensive) hurdles to overcome under Roe. That is, if you were lucky enough to live in a state that really implemented Roe. What’s written on paper doesn’t work unless the people governed by the law understand it and believe in it. It’s essential to have the those enforcing the law uphold it, not subvert it.
We can and should do better than Roe. No woman should ever be second guessed when she wants to end her pregnancy, especially when her fetus has no chance of survival. A woman who knows she is pregnant and wants to be pregnant doesn’t stay pregnant for months on end and then have an abortion on a whim.
No doctor should have to practice under the threat of prosecution when providing quality medical services to the patient under his/her care. No lawyer should be writing laws to prevent women from receiving medical care when those lawyers have never had medical training and never met the women and in writing those laws have ignored the warnings and advice of medical experts.
The forced birth crowd have had their chance to pass sensible laws. They’ve failed women. Miserably. Having seen their failure, they fail us again by not fixing the mess they’ve created. The forced birth crowd can tell themselves whatever lies they choose to believe, but those lies cannot be the basis for limiting women’s reproductive rights.
Abortion on demand and without apology. It just works.
They never intended to write laws that were sensible, because they are fanatical zealots. They obviously flunked high school biology, and know nothing of reproduction see: the idiot congressperson who thought a woman could swallow a camera to check on her pregnancy, or the one who was trying to pass a law to stuff an ectopic pregnancy back into the uterus, a procedure that is impossible. obviously he didn't understand implantation, among so many other things. I agree with you most excellent point, abortion should be on demand with no government interference.
Talk about the medical crises, chaos, and death unleashed by trump and his minions Alito/Thomas and the rest of the mfers, not just about rights/bans/freedom/healthcare in the abstract. Talk about what THEY have done that we are witnessing everywhere and confront them with it. Hold them accountable. Ask them what a woman experiencing miscarriage who can't get the medical treatment she needs should do, and don't get into verbal gymnastics arguing over whether abortion is healthcare (because it is too easy for them to just say 'it is not' like that mfer from project 2025 did on msnbc).
Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
SB8, the Republican-backed Texas law that banned abortions in early pregnancy, is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics found.
Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year after SB8 was passed. https://
Of course it is, in saner times those women could have got an early abortion, instead of not getting much, if any, prenatal healthcare because the fanatics have driven out all the sane GYNs.
I read that earlier today. Such a sad testimonial of the patriarchy as well as the families who still mourn (and always will) the loss of their precious infants.
Sad, yes. The perpetrators are fucking around with a social order that was working and I wish we could laugh at these project 2025 and trump minions and shove them off the stage to oblivion, preferably permanently branding them stupid, ridiculous, preposterous, and whatever else because that is who they are. We need to show them at least this November they are the dregs of the American society lacking in intellect, ideas, and thoughts befitting a modern American state... these are not serious people and must be dealt with accordingly.
Thank you for this. Something that occurred to me, in reading the New York Times coverage today, was that for all the short-term horror, in the long run, SCOTUS may have turned out to do us a favor in making the Dobbs ruling. Like prohibition, which took 12 years to overturn, Americans are seeing the folly and harm of trying to make abortion illegal. I predict we will get Roe, or something better than Roe, enshrined in legislation or the Constitution out of this. We may even get the ERA! Maybe not in my lifetime, but in my daughter’s lifetime, and/or that of my 3 granddaughters. Meanwhile, I just donated 2 subscriptions. i can’t express enough gratitude for the work you all are doing.
I think - I HOPE - that is ultimately where we get. But dang, I shudder to think how much suffering has to happen to women and girls before we get there.
What the heck was “posted” from the Supreme Court? Will there be a decision tomorrow?
Well done, Jessica, so glad you're offering free subscriptions to young activists. I am phone banking with the DCCC currently and they are having a "reproductive rights week" this week. I will let them know about your subscription offer for folks under 25, the DCCC staff are all young and can spread the word!
P.S. I read one of your books, not the latest but "Sex Object." So sorry American men have become even more barbaric than they were in my day. Whew. But I never took the NY subway either. This doesn't excuse the barbaric treatment of boyfriends and husbands and dates and ungentlemanly American males in general.
Thanks you Jessica for all of your hard work keeping us informed. There are days that I get so angry while reading your posts. I am interested in stuffing envelopes with medication, does anyone know where I can find information on how to get involved?
Two years in and still grateful every day for Jessica, Grace and their families. It seems impossible to overstate the service you bring to other women and THEIR families. Namaste
Remember, half the voters in Red States are women.
Vote BLUE.
Expressing my gratitude to Jessica for all her hard work and moments of positivity during a time that has been so very dark for so many. Thanks for shining your light and reminding us that we are not alone (indeed, we are the majority!) and encouraging us to donate or volunteer to this cause so imperative to not only women, but our healthcare, our choices, and our privacy. Bravo. Much work remains to be done to reverse the horrors we have seen coming out of our federal and state governments, but I feel more encouraged this work will prevail (just like Prohibition could not last forever, neither will abortion bans and severe restrictions).
You are in the trenches for us every single day, Jessica. It is your powerful spirit and senses of justice and equity that help consolidate this vulnerable group of women and girls, offering information and education and so often, hope.
There are very few leaders who never seem to tire of the mission at hand, and you are surely at the top of that list. For myself, my daughter, and my granddaughter, I thank you from the tender places of my heart. ♥️
If be happy to sponsor some new folks that subscribe by paying their monthly amount. This message is really important.
🙏🏼❤️
Thank you for helping tell this story every day.
Jessica, asking for a friend who works with a community network that "shoves pills into envelopes" (yeah for them!!!)
You said 8,000/month are getting abortion meds, and linked to a #WeCount article. But the article specifically says "This report does not reflect any self managed abortions [i.e. made possible by mailed pills]," (Intro 2nd paragraph) and does mention 8,000 as the NEED for abortions, "This represents a national monthly average of nearly 8,000 abortions that would have occurred in [abortion ban] states. " (p. 4 2nd paragraph). I would love to know how many SMAs community networks are making possible, but unless I missed something, 8,000/month isn't the number. Help?
We must support candidates who vote to protect abortion rights. There's a website Oath - https://app.oath.vote/ - where you specify your top concern and it shows you which candidates would benefit most from your financial donation. You can specify if reproductive rights is your top priority. You can also specify getting more Dems in Congress, or Stopping Trump (or all 3). It's a great way to support causes you believe in by funding candidates in races where it makes the most difference. Folks who can't afford to donate money can forward this info to their friends. I'm forwarding to everyone I know, I should be able to get it to 150 people.
While returning to Roe would be better, far better, than the status quo, we really need to do better than Roe.
There were many humiliating (and expensive) hurdles to overcome under Roe. That is, if you were lucky enough to live in a state that really implemented Roe. What’s written on paper doesn’t work unless the people governed by the law understand it and believe in it. It’s essential to have the those enforcing the law uphold it, not subvert it.
We can and should do better than Roe. No woman should ever be second guessed when she wants to end her pregnancy, especially when her fetus has no chance of survival. A woman who knows she is pregnant and wants to be pregnant doesn’t stay pregnant for months on end and then have an abortion on a whim.
No doctor should have to practice under the threat of prosecution when providing quality medical services to the patient under his/her care. No lawyer should be writing laws to prevent women from receiving medical care when those lawyers have never had medical training and never met the women and in writing those laws have ignored the warnings and advice of medical experts.
The forced birth crowd have had their chance to pass sensible laws. They’ve failed women. Miserably. Having seen their failure, they fail us again by not fixing the mess they’ve created. The forced birth crowd can tell themselves whatever lies they choose to believe, but those lies cannot be the basis for limiting women’s reproductive rights.
Abortion on demand and without apology. It just works.
They never intended to write laws that were sensible, because they are fanatical zealots. They obviously flunked high school biology, and know nothing of reproduction see: the idiot congressperson who thought a woman could swallow a camera to check on her pregnancy, or the one who was trying to pass a law to stuff an ectopic pregnancy back into the uterus, a procedure that is impossible. obviously he didn't understand implantation, among so many other things. I agree with you most excellent point, abortion should be on demand with no government interference.
Talk about the medical crises, chaos, and death unleashed by trump and his minions Alito/Thomas and the rest of the mfers, not just about rights/bans/freedom/healthcare in the abstract. Talk about what THEY have done that we are witnessing everywhere and confront them with it. Hold them accountable. Ask them what a woman experiencing miscarriage who can't get the medical treatment she needs should do, and don't get into verbal gymnastics arguing over whether abortion is healthcare (because it is too easy for them to just say 'it is not' like that mfer from project 2025 did on msnbc).
Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
SB8, the Republican-backed Texas law that banned abortions in early pregnancy, is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics found.
Infant deaths in Texas rose by nearly 13% the year after SB8 was passed. https://
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1805317491834421603
Of course it is, in saner times those women could have got an early abortion, instead of not getting much, if any, prenatal healthcare because the fanatics have driven out all the sane GYNs.
I read that earlier today. Such a sad testimonial of the patriarchy as well as the families who still mourn (and always will) the loss of their precious infants.
Sad, yes. The perpetrators are fucking around with a social order that was working and I wish we could laugh at these project 2025 and trump minions and shove them off the stage to oblivion, preferably permanently branding them stupid, ridiculous, preposterous, and whatever else because that is who they are. We need to show them at least this November they are the dregs of the American society lacking in intellect, ideas, and thoughts befitting a modern American state... these are not serious people and must be dealt with accordingly.
I love how you think, Padma!
Thank you for this. Something that occurred to me, in reading the New York Times coverage today, was that for all the short-term horror, in the long run, SCOTUS may have turned out to do us a favor in making the Dobbs ruling. Like prohibition, which took 12 years to overturn, Americans are seeing the folly and harm of trying to make abortion illegal. I predict we will get Roe, or something better than Roe, enshrined in legislation or the Constitution out of this. We may even get the ERA! Maybe not in my lifetime, but in my daughter’s lifetime, and/or that of my 3 granddaughters. Meanwhile, I just donated 2 subscriptions. i can’t express enough gratitude for the work you all are doing.
I think - I HOPE - that is ultimately where we get. But dang, I shudder to think how much suffering has to happen to women and girls before we get there.
Yes, the price is always in blood and suffering by people who can get pregnant, and children and those who love them.
I also really needed this today. Thank you for providing this reminder of hope and strength.
Thank you for your tireless, fearless work, Jessica.