I had hormone-responsive inflammatory breast cancer two years ago. To help cut down on the chances of recurrence, my oncologist recommended that I have my ovaries removed to minimize my estrogen levels, which I did. All of this interference with OB/GYN care scares me because I can see the anti-abortion crowd getting to a point where they decide that women should have to keep their reproductive organs no matter what. I see no reason to assume that they’ll reach a point where they’re satisfied.
I really liked Desi Lydic’s response (Daily Show) on Moreno calling him out for complaining about WOMEN-who-can’t-have-abortions having opinions about abortion while also just *conveniently ignoring* his party — including himself — full of MEN who have strong opinions on abortion.
Gee it’s almost like they think women’s opinions aren’t as important… huh.
Until abortion is legal for everyone no matter what the reason is no one is free.
I've also been thinking about what if the red states refuse to certify the electors and there is a standoff. The House gets to choose. I think the GOP has this game plan. What do the Dems have in place? Happy Saturday!
As a 70+ plus childless cat woman, I care very much about reproductive rights. I have nieces and a great-niece who can allbe affected by these draconian, cruel abortion bans.
I am especially concerned about our great-niece, who is growing up in Ron DeSantis ' Florida. How are children growing up in a state that restricts sex education to abstinence only indoctrination supposed to be prepared to develop healthy attitudes about their bodies and health?
Thry love the IDEA of a child. They don't care about actual living, breathing children, especially if they are born to low income women or to Black and Brown women.
"AAPLOG recommends that in cases of deadly complications like massive placental abruption, women shouldn’t be given an abortion but made to go into vaginal labor in order to deliver “an intact fetal body.”
Is this supposed to happen BEFORE or AFTER the woman bleeds to death??
it’s just astounding to me that the first amendment keeps a state from stopping the thomas more society from lying about abortion reversal, but doesn’t stop another state from preventing a parent from telling the truth about where a daughter can get abortion care. we are in bizarro world.
Wow. "Extrauterine children" Aren't all actual children "extrauterine"? When birth occurs and you get a baby, isn't it now extrauterine? If you can't actually stick the kid back in the uterus, I think it needs another distinguishing title.
I cannot wait for “Pro Life” to become a joke term. I personally can’t see the term without thinking of the absurdity of calling yourself “pro life” when your policies are geared towards tormenting the lives of women and girls.
It already is a joke to thinking people, they love war, executions, won't help kids who are already born to get free lunch, never vote to pay to help anyone poor, unless they can preach at them. Support assault weapons on our streets, and so on. They are "Forced Birthers". They made up the "pro-life " moniker as a marketing term, it was never the reality.
The only people who should have any power in relacion to abortion are: the pregnant woman, a Medical person who puts her health and desires first, and her partner IF he puts her desires and health before anything else. “Pro-life”. Is a lie!
Thank you for your work, Jessica! Please do take breaks when you need them! We can’t do anything when we are burned out and rest and joy are acts of resistance! ✊🏻
The Reproductive Health Initiative for Telehealth Equity & Solutions has published "State Policies Impacting TMAB Access for Medicaid Enrollees," (undated, but I accessed it today), https://www.rhites.org/tmab-map-medicaid=enrollees. In seventeen states, state Medicaid funds are used to cover abortion. In another four states (Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania) open cases or ballot initiatives would require Medicaid to cover abortion care. The states providing funding for Medicaid abortions are Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. All these states allow telemedicine prescription of medication abortion medication over a link providing real-time audio and video. Most of the states allow prescription in audio-only telemedicine. Ten allow the patient's request to be recorded and sent to the provider later.
I had hormone-responsive inflammatory breast cancer two years ago. To help cut down on the chances of recurrence, my oncologist recommended that I have my ovaries removed to minimize my estrogen levels, which I did. All of this interference with OB/GYN care scares me because I can see the anti-abortion crowd getting to a point where they decide that women should have to keep their reproductive organs no matter what. I see no reason to assume that they’ll reach a point where they’re satisfied.
I really liked Desi Lydic’s response (Daily Show) on Moreno calling him out for complaining about WOMEN-who-can’t-have-abortions having opinions about abortion while also just *conveniently ignoring* his party — including himself — full of MEN who have strong opinions on abortion.
Gee it’s almost like they think women’s opinions aren’t as important… huh.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8RXMD4U/
I read this newsletter again. All I could think is "Rape is about power and control. So are abortion bans. I saw this billboard on Twitter:
https://x.com/investigatorcps/status/1839702512107925679?s=51&t=tWXy-TLrl9kbbmjparJf8Q
Until abortion is legal for everyone no matter what the reason is no one is free.
I've also been thinking about what if the red states refuse to certify the electors and there is a standoff. The House gets to choose. I think the GOP has this game plan. What do the Dems have in place? Happy Saturday!
Isn't it an abortion no matter if you get to the fetus cesarian or vaginally? Tomato - tomato.
Why aren't they blaming the hospital legal teams not allowing the doctors to perform life
saving abortions? I can tell the DOJ is making this a top priority - not.
Again another reason politicians should not be in our doctor's office - not every woman who hits 50
and stops her period!
As a 70+ plus childless cat woman, I care very much about reproductive rights. I have nieces and a great-niece who can allbe affected by these draconian, cruel abortion bans.
I am especially concerned about our great-niece, who is growing up in Ron DeSantis ' Florida. How are children growing up in a state that restricts sex education to abstinence only indoctrination supposed to be prepared to develop healthy attitudes about their bodies and health?
Another thing I heard years ago:
"A conservative believes that life begins at conception and ends after birth."
Thry love the IDEA of a child. They don't care about actual living, breathing children, especially if they are born to low income women or to Black and Brown women.
I think many of the men in particular don't even really love their own children that much, except as some sort of legacy of theirs.
Interesting this:
"AAPLOG recommends that in cases of deadly complications like massive placental abruption, women shouldn’t be given an abortion but made to go into vaginal labor in order to deliver “an intact fetal body.”
Is this supposed to happen BEFORE or AFTER the woman bleeds to death??
That was my question! And “made to go into vaginal labor” how exactly? Pitocin? Strong language?
The founding fathers owned other human beings, so holding them up as some example of 18th Century enlightenment isn’t going to work very well.
it’s just astounding to me that the first amendment keeps a state from stopping the thomas more society from lying about abortion reversal, but doesn’t stop another state from preventing a parent from telling the truth about where a daughter can get abortion care. we are in bizarro world.
Wow. "Extrauterine children" Aren't all actual children "extrauterine"? When birth occurs and you get a baby, isn't it now extrauterine? If you can't actually stick the kid back in the uterus, I think it needs another distinguishing title.
I cannot wait for “Pro Life” to become a joke term. I personally can’t see the term without thinking of the absurdity of calling yourself “pro life” when your policies are geared towards tormenting the lives of women and girls.
They're forced birthers. They are anti-choice.
They most definitely are NOT "pro-pro-life".
Let’s just call them murderers.
It already is a joke to thinking people, they love war, executions, won't help kids who are already born to get free lunch, never vote to pay to help anyone poor, unless they can preach at them. Support assault weapons on our streets, and so on. They are "Forced Birthers". They made up the "pro-life " moniker as a marketing term, it was never the reality.
https://www.printmag.com/political-design/the-semiotics-of-a-movement-how-pro-life-became-a-marketing-campaign/
The only people who should have any power in relacion to abortion are: the pregnant woman, a Medical person who puts her health and desires first, and her partner IF he puts her desires and health before anything else. “Pro-life”. Is a lie!
Thank you for your work, Jessica! Please do take breaks when you need them! We can’t do anything when we are burned out and rest and joy are acts of resistance! ✊🏻
Yeah. Pace yourself. Don't get in your own way.
The Reproductive Health Initiative for Telehealth Equity & Solutions has published "State Policies Impacting TMAB Access for Medicaid Enrollees," (undated, but I accessed it today), https://www.rhites.org/tmab-map-medicaid=enrollees. In seventeen states, state Medicaid funds are used to cover abortion. In another four states (Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania) open cases or ballot initiatives would require Medicaid to cover abortion care. The states providing funding for Medicaid abortions are Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. All these states allow telemedicine prescription of medication abortion medication over a link providing real-time audio and video. Most of the states allow prescription in audio-only telemedicine. Ten allow the patient's request to be recorded and sent to the provider later.