In practice, we see what “pro-life” really means: LET WOMEN SUFFER, LET WOMEN DIE.
Whether you think that statement is over the top or not, you should read Jessica Valenti’s excellent book, Abortion.
Abortion bans have never been about saving the unborn. It is all about controlling women, taking away our rights.
I consider myself well informed about abortion access and laws restricting access, but I’m still learning a lot from reading Jessica Valenti’s excellent book. Everyone should read it.
I hope MVP's campaign does a women-centric event/interview with women and girl dads to talk about rights, freedom, character, values, and so on. I hope too she brings all the women victims to Dobbs decision, victims of his assault and so on. Rachel did a new report on C. Hayes tonight about trump trying to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels AGAIN this summer. Maybe at this women-centric event, we can have all the women he assaulted, it is a long list, including E Jean Carol and Stormy D sitting in the front row. This will be schadenfreude for the shtick he tried to pull off on Hillary in 2016 but well deserved.
Kobach is a fucking idiot who when appointed to trump's election fraud committee could not find any. And was so inept in court the judge remanded him to take remedial law courses.
Nearly 100 pregnant people did not receive packages with the medicine they requested, thanks to a postal worker "tipster" and Rip the dog. Drug sniffing dogs are intercepting abortion pills in the mail.
Is there anything they won't try? I just also read in Mother Jones that a Trump PAC is sending out notices to seniors that Harris will cancel Medicare.. All they do is lie!
Just like the letters they (Trump campaign) sent to homeowners telling them the government was taking their home and giving it to illegal immigrants. Lying fuckin bastards.
This case tees up the issue to land right in the Supreme Court next spring. The suit was filed in Amarillo, TX, where the only federal judge is Kaczmarek, who is blatantly anti-abortion. So the plaintiffs will win at the trial court level, setting up the appeal, in either 2 (first the appeals court, then the Supreme Court), or 1 (straight to SCt) steps. No mystery about why it was filed now: no matter who wins the election, this will be waiting for them, with a Supreme Court that spelled out how it wanted the case presented so they could rule the way they want to.
What does this mean for the OB crash carts? Are we going go from having doctors running timed drills to access the medication when patient are hemorrhaging after birth, to not having it available at all??? I’m due in June, this isn’t an abstract threat to me.
Although it’s absolutely criminal we have to have drills about getting the locked up Miso….we have it down. It’s for our own sanity, as well as for the safety of our patients. And remember we have a shit ton of other agents that are first line for hemorrhage, and acute awareness of the need to act decisively and swiftly if things go down, now more than ever.
I know you can’t help but have heightened anxiety being pregnant in this time and place, but take heart at that knowledge.
I hope you have the kind of OB you can have a close conversation with about all the stress amidst your happy anticipation of June. You may have to broach the subject yourself, because we’re in trauma mode right now, and not every doc is a natural talker, but we follow patients’ lead well.
Have fun connecting with your little fetus as they grow inside you- this crazy time can’t take that joy from you.🫶🏼
Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate the reassurance. Watching women’s healthcare deteriorate in front of us, while still wanting to grow my family, is surreal. I’m both livid and terrified.
If Trump wins the election, which he very well might, the medication becomes illegal everywhere, under all circumstances, on January 20th anyway. So this only pertains to if Harris wins the election, and becomes president despite the legal challenges, insurrection, and/or coup attempts. In that situation, the administration is going to spend its four years deciding when and how to comply with adverse supreme court decisions, of which there will be a great many.
The vast majority of Americans are nowhere near ready for what's going to happen. If you have the ability to leave the country, now is the time to take advantage of that.
In practice, we see what “pro-life” really means: LET WOMEN SUFFER, LET WOMEN DIE.
Whether you think that statement is over the top or not, you should read Jessica Valenti’s excellent book, Abortion.
Abortion bans have never been about saving the unborn. It is all about controlling women, taking away our rights.
I consider myself well informed about abortion access and laws restricting access, but I’m still learning a lot from reading Jessica Valenti’s excellent book. Everyone should read it.
I hope MVP's campaign does a women-centric event/interview with women and girl dads to talk about rights, freedom, character, values, and so on. I hope too she brings all the women victims to Dobbs decision, victims of his assault and so on. Rachel did a new report on C. Hayes tonight about trump trying to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels AGAIN this summer. Maybe at this women-centric event, we can have all the women he assaulted, it is a long list, including E Jean Carol and Stormy D sitting in the front row. This will be schadenfreude for the shtick he tried to pull off on Hillary in 2016 but well deserved.
Kobach is a fucking idiot who when appointed to trump's election fraud committee could not find any. And was so inept in court the judge remanded him to take remedial law courses.
https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/kris-kobach-ordered-to-take-remedial-legal-classes-by-federal-judge/
Oh this was a delight to read, truly. Fuck that guy.
My pleasure, I like to let everyone know who the players are!
May they pay at the ballot box for this abomination.
Whoa, have you all seen this?!
Nearly 100 pregnant people did not receive packages with the medicine they requested, thanks to a postal worker "tipster" and Rip the dog. Drug sniffing dogs are intercepting abortion pills in the mail.
https://x.com/theintercept/status/1846673771580530709
Article:
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/16/abortion-pills-mail-usps/
Thanks for sharing that article. Terrifying on many levels, particularly for those in states where abortion is severely limited.
So they're really just blatantly out here already re-enforcing the Comstock Act... cool cool cool cool cool
AND this happened back in '22! What the fuck
which begs the question who trained dogs to detect federally legal pills?
https://substack.com/@mommadillo/note/c-72911363?r=iggr&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Is there anything they won't try? I just also read in Mother Jones that a Trump PAC is sending out notices to seniors that Harris will cancel Medicare.. All they do is lie!
Just like the letters they (Trump campaign) sent to homeowners telling them the government was taking their home and giving it to illegal immigrants. Lying fuckin bastards.
projection too, they are the ones that want to do that.
How can we help get this news out?
I shared this to Twitter/X.
I hope the Harris campaign starts talking this up right away.
This case tees up the issue to land right in the Supreme Court next spring. The suit was filed in Amarillo, TX, where the only federal judge is Kaczmarek, who is blatantly anti-abortion. So the plaintiffs will win at the trial court level, setting up the appeal, in either 2 (first the appeals court, then the Supreme Court), or 1 (straight to SCt) steps. No mystery about why it was filed now: no matter who wins the election, this will be waiting for them, with a Supreme Court that spelled out how it wanted the case presented so they could rule the way they want to.
😡
Filed in Texas? ? They aren't even 1 of the 3 state AG's filling the case. More judge shopping to find the most extreme fascist.
What does this mean for the OB crash carts? Are we going go from having doctors running timed drills to access the medication when patient are hemorrhaging after birth, to not having it available at all??? I’m due in June, this isn’t an abstract threat to me.
Anne-
Although it’s absolutely criminal we have to have drills about getting the locked up Miso….we have it down. It’s for our own sanity, as well as for the safety of our patients. And remember we have a shit ton of other agents that are first line for hemorrhage, and acute awareness of the need to act decisively and swiftly if things go down, now more than ever.
I know you can’t help but have heightened anxiety being pregnant in this time and place, but take heart at that knowledge.
I hope you have the kind of OB you can have a close conversation with about all the stress amidst your happy anticipation of June. You may have to broach the subject yourself, because we’re in trauma mode right now, and not every doc is a natural talker, but we follow patients’ lead well.
Have fun connecting with your little fetus as they grow inside you- this crazy time can’t take that joy from you.🫶🏼
Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate the reassurance. Watching women’s healthcare deteriorate in front of us, while still wanting to grow my family, is surreal. I’m both livid and terrified.
This exact same thought crossed my mind. Get it now to have it ready just in case. This is absolute madness to even have to consider this!!!
Yes, it is, please protect yourself against their evil fuckery.
I would bring it with me, just in case. But I’m wishing you a safe delivery and healthy baby.
Anne, I really do wish you a safe delivery and a healthy outcome for you and your babe.
Just when I think my rage has reached a maximum, here we are once again. Thank you for all you do, Jessica.
Dirty Bastard republicans! Perhaps this will seal their fate come Election Day and we will have a Big Blue Wave.
May you be a prophetess.
My thought as well. But I’m anxious to see this covered in the MSM…
They'll either ignore it, or rationalize it.
Once again, Jessica breaks news. Thanks for being on top of this.
If Trump wins the election, which he very well might, the medication becomes illegal everywhere, under all circumstances, on January 20th anyway. So this only pertains to if Harris wins the election, and becomes president despite the legal challenges, insurrection, and/or coup attempts. In that situation, the administration is going to spend its four years deciding when and how to comply with adverse supreme court decisions, of which there will be a great many.
The vast majority of Americans are nowhere near ready for what's going to happen. If you have the ability to leave the country, now is the time to take advantage of that.
The audacity of Kris Kobach who is the AG of a PRO CHOICE state to bring this suit is bananas.
I was thinking the same thing