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1margd
Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication
In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy.
Eleanor Klibanoff | March 10, 2023
...The friends texted with the woman, sending her information about Aid Access, an international group that provides abortion-inducing medication through the mail, the lawsuit alleges. Text messages filed as part of the complaint seem to show they instead found a way to acquire the medication in Houston, where the two women lived.
A third woman delivered the medication, the lawsuit alleges, and text messages indicate that the wife self-managed an abortion at home.
...The lawsuit relies heavily on screenshots from a group chat the ex-wife had with two friends seemingly seeking to help her terminate her pregnancy...
(Marcus) Silva is asking a Galveston judge to award him more than $1 million in damages and an injunction stopping the defendants from distributing abortion pills in Texas...represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general and architect of the state’s prohibition on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, and state Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park...
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/10/texas-abortion-lawsuit/
In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy.
Eleanor Klibanoff | March 10, 2023
...The friends texted with the woman, sending her information about Aid Access, an international group that provides abortion-inducing medication through the mail, the lawsuit alleges. Text messages filed as part of the complaint seem to show they instead found a way to acquire the medication in Houston, where the two women lived.
A third woman delivered the medication, the lawsuit alleges, and text messages indicate that the wife self-managed an abortion at home.
...The lawsuit relies heavily on screenshots from a group chat the ex-wife had with two friends seemingly seeking to help her terminate her pregnancy...
(Marcus) Silva is asking a Galveston judge to award him more than $1 million in damages and an injunction stopping the defendants from distributing abortion pills in Texas...represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general and architect of the state’s prohibition on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, and state Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park...
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/10/texas-abortion-lawsuit/
22wonderY
An All-Republican State Supreme Court Unanimously Protects Abortion Rights
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/republican-north-dakota-supreme-cour...
Chief Justice Jon J. Jensen noted that the state constitution grants all residents the right “of enjoying and defending life and liberty” and “pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.” These guarantees “implicitly include the right to obtain an abortion to preserve the woman’s life or health,” Jensen wrote. When the state classifies emergency abortions as de facto criminal unless proven otherwise, it deprives patients of “a right to enjoy and defend life and a right to pursue and obtain safety.” The chief justice backed up this conclusion by pointing out that North Dakota expressly permitted abortions to protect life or health in 1887, before it became a state, and preserved this exception in a series of statutes passed after its admission to the union in 1889. The right is thus “deeply rooted in North Dakota’s history and culture,” a key component of “ordered liberty before, during, and at the time of statehood.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/republican-north-dakota-supreme-cour...
Chief Justice Jon J. Jensen noted that the state constitution grants all residents the right “of enjoying and defending life and liberty” and “pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.” These guarantees “implicitly include the right to obtain an abortion to preserve the woman’s life or health,” Jensen wrote. When the state classifies emergency abortions as de facto criminal unless proven otherwise, it deprives patients of “a right to enjoy and defend life and a right to pursue and obtain safety.” The chief justice backed up this conclusion by pointing out that North Dakota expressly permitted abortions to protect life or health in 1887, before it became a state, and preserved this exception in a series of statutes passed after its admission to the union in 1889. The right is thus “deeply rooted in North Dakota’s history and culture,” a key component of “ordered liberty before, during, and at the time of statehood.”
3krazy4katz
Thank you both for this information. It is useful to know the most critical places to focus when it comes to women's rights.
42wonderY
Try to pick up a copy of New Handbook for a Post-Roe America. It’s already out of date considering the fast activities of Republican state congresses. But it does have good self-help and activist material.
5margd
Cruel. Can you imagine the terror of a little girl whose first period begins at school, without preparation, teachers unable to explain? At best older students might "explain"?
Florida GOP bill would ban girls from talking about their periods in school
Ken Tran | March 19, 2023
...medical providers...recommend talking to children about puberty and changes in their bodies before they occur...
...House Bill 1069 would only permit “instruction in acquired immune deficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted diseases, or health education” only in grades 6 through 12.
...First periods typically start between ages 10 and 15, but can begin as young as 9 years old. That means a student could likely be in third grade up to tenth grade, or later, when a period begins.
...“Does this bill prohibit conversations about menstrual cycles because we know that typically, the age is between 10 and 15,” (Democratic state Rep. Ashley Gantt) asked. “So if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in fifth grade or fourth grade, would that prohibit conversations from them since they are in a grade lower than sixth grade?”
(Republican state Rep. Stan McClain) confirmed that the bill’s language would do exactly that: “It would” McClain responded...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-gop-bill-ban-girls-145244703.html
Florida GOP bill would ban girls from talking about their periods in school
Ken Tran | March 19, 2023
...medical providers...recommend talking to children about puberty and changes in their bodies before they occur...
...House Bill 1069 would only permit “instruction in acquired immune deficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted diseases, or health education” only in grades 6 through 12.
...First periods typically start between ages 10 and 15, but can begin as young as 9 years old. That means a student could likely be in third grade up to tenth grade, or later, when a period begins.
...“Does this bill prohibit conversations about menstrual cycles because we know that typically, the age is between 10 and 15,” (Democratic state Rep. Ashley Gantt) asked. “So if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in fifth grade or fourth grade, would that prohibit conversations from them since they are in a grade lower than sixth grade?”
(Republican state Rep. Stan McClain) confirmed that the bill’s language would do exactly that: “It would” McClain responded...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-gop-bill-ban-girls-145244703.html
6kiparsky
>5 margd: It's hard to imagine what sort of idiocy leads to laws like this. It seems that a law like this is predicated on the idea that "if we don't talk about it, sex will just go away".
Do Republicans really believe that young people will not figure out about sex unless they're told about it?
Do Republicans really believe that young people will not figure out about sex unless they're told about it?
8krazy4katz
I just can't imagine why people are afraid of children talking about menstruation. A natural process that females go through. Better to know that and what it means. Why are we suddenly so crazy?!
9margd
>7 2wonderY: Wonder what kind of penalty these idiots envision for playground talk?? :(
10margd
>5 margd: How would this go in FL under proposed bill?
Las Vegas kindergarten teacher informs her students that she's pregnant:
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1638885304382914565
Las Vegas kindergarten teacher informs her students that she's pregnant:
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1638885304382914565
11margd
Never mind if a girl's parent subscribes to murderous levels of "purity" or "honor", and her life might be in danger. Then there's incest...
Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion
A bill would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which aims to limit minors’ ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent.
Alanna Vagianos | Mar 28, 2023
...House Bill 242, which passed through the state House and is likely to move quickly through the Senate, seeks to limit minors’ ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent. The legislation would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which is defined in the bill as an “adult who, with the intent to conceal an abortion from the parents or guardian of a pregnant, unemancipated minor, either procures an abortion … or obtains an abortion-inducing drug” for the minor. “Recruiting, harboring, or transporting the pregnant minor within this state commits the crime of abortion trafficking,” the legislation adds.
Abortion trafficking would be a felony, and those found guilty would face two to five years in prison. The legislation also includes a statute allowing the Idaho attorney general to supersede any local prosecutor’s decision, preemptively thwarting any prosecutor who vows not to enforce such an extreme law.
Since the bill would criminalize anyone transporting a pregnant minor within the state to get an abortion or to obtain medication abortion, it could apply to an aunt who drives a pregnant minor to the post office to pick up a package that includes abortion pills. Or it could target an older sibling who drives a pregnant minor to a friend’s house to self-manage an abortion at home. Either violation would carry a minimum sentence of two years in prison.
The legislation doesn’t actually say anything about crossing state lines, but Republican lawmakers are creative. Most pregnant people in Idaho are not traveling to obtain an abortion elsewhere in the state, since nearly all abortions are illegal in Idaho; they’re traveling to the border with the intent of crossing state lines, likely into Washington, Oregon or Montana, to get an abortion there...
Most teenagers and adolescents voluntarily include at least one parent in abortion decisions. But for the minority of those who don’t, it’s often for good reason. Studies show that requiring parental involvement can increase the risk of harm or abuse, delay care and lead minors to seek out dangerous alternatives...
...parental consent laws are common. Currently, 36 states require some kind of parental involvement for a minor to receive abortion care. Almost all of those states have a judicial bypass process that allows a minor to obtain approval from a court without alerting their parents, although this procedure is time-consuming and confusing, and it puts up many logistical barriers for young people who have few resources...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-abortion-bill-trafficking-travel_n_641b62c3...
Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion
A bill would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which aims to limit minors’ ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent.
Alanna Vagianos | Mar 28, 2023
...House Bill 242, which passed through the state House and is likely to move quickly through the Senate, seeks to limit minors’ ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent. The legislation would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which is defined in the bill as an “adult who, with the intent to conceal an abortion from the parents or guardian of a pregnant, unemancipated minor, either procures an abortion … or obtains an abortion-inducing drug” for the minor. “Recruiting, harboring, or transporting the pregnant minor within this state commits the crime of abortion trafficking,” the legislation adds.
Abortion trafficking would be a felony, and those found guilty would face two to five years in prison. The legislation also includes a statute allowing the Idaho attorney general to supersede any local prosecutor’s decision, preemptively thwarting any prosecutor who vows not to enforce such an extreme law.
Since the bill would criminalize anyone transporting a pregnant minor within the state to get an abortion or to obtain medication abortion, it could apply to an aunt who drives a pregnant minor to the post office to pick up a package that includes abortion pills. Or it could target an older sibling who drives a pregnant minor to a friend’s house to self-manage an abortion at home. Either violation would carry a minimum sentence of two years in prison.
The legislation doesn’t actually say anything about crossing state lines, but Republican lawmakers are creative. Most pregnant people in Idaho are not traveling to obtain an abortion elsewhere in the state, since nearly all abortions are illegal in Idaho; they’re traveling to the border with the intent of crossing state lines, likely into Washington, Oregon or Montana, to get an abortion there...
Most teenagers and adolescents voluntarily include at least one parent in abortion decisions. But for the minority of those who don’t, it’s often for good reason. Studies show that requiring parental involvement can increase the risk of harm or abuse, delay care and lead minors to seek out dangerous alternatives...
...parental consent laws are common. Currently, 36 states require some kind of parental involvement for a minor to receive abortion care. Almost all of those states have a judicial bypass process that allows a minor to obtain approval from a court without alerting their parents, although this procedure is time-consuming and confusing, and it puts up many logistical barriers for young people who have few resources...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-abortion-bill-trafficking-travel_n_641b62c3...
12margd
And some plodding R politicians think ectopic pregnancies can simply be relocated to the uterus... Embryology is so amazingly complex that I'm amazed any of us are here, much less in the tidy little boxes than the cis, heterosexual ones these guys would mandate.
Anna Arutyunyan et al. 2023. Spatial multiomics map of trophoblast development in early pregnancy. Nature (29 March 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05869-0
Abstract
The relationship between the human placenta—the extraembryonic organ made by the fetus, and the decidua—the mucosal layer of the uterus, is essential to nurture and protect the fetus during pregnancy. Extravillous trophoblast* cells (EVTs) derived from placental villi infiltrate the decidua, transforming the maternal arteries into high-conductance vessels1. Defects in trophoblast invasion and arterial transformation established during early pregnancy underlie common pregnancy disorders such as pre-eclampsia2. Here we have generated a spatially resolved multiomics single-cell atlas of the entire human maternal–fetal interface including the myometrium, which enables us to resolve the full trajectory of trophoblast differentiation. We have used this cellular map to infer the possible transcription factors mediating EVT invasion and show that they are preserved in in vitro models of EVT differentiation from primary trophoblast organoids3,4 and trophoblast stem cells5. We define the transcriptomes of the final cell states of trophoblast invasion: placental bed giant cells (fused multinucleated EVTs) and endovascular EVTs (which form plugs inside the maternal arteries). We predict the cell–cell communication events contributing to trophoblast invasion and placental bed giant cell formation, and model the dual role of interstitial EVTs and endovascular EVTs in mediating arterial transformation during early pregnancy. Together, our data provide a comprehensive analysis of postimplantation trophoblast differentiation that can be used to inform the design of experimental models of the human placenta in early pregnancy.
Fig. 1: Trophoblast cell states in the early maternal–fetal interface. ( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05869-0#Sec2 )
Fig. 3: Benchmark of EVTs derived from primary-derived trophoblast organoids and TSCs. ( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05869-0#Sec5 )
Discussion
In the postimplantation embryo, trophectoderm* differentiates into trophoblast that invades the uterus to transform the maternal arteries. Defective trophoblast invasion is the primary underlying cause of the great obstetric syndromes that include pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction, unexplained stillbirth, placental abruption and preterm labour2. We made use of a historical collection of first-trimester pregnant hysterectomies to delineate the trophoblast landscape at the implantation site, where fetal and maternal cells intermingle. The human implantation sites profiled in our study were collected more than 30 years ago and have been stored in liquid nitrogen. We report new high-quality multiomics and spatial data, and developed a statistical framework (StOrder) that describes the complete trophoblast invasion trajectory during the first trimester of pregnancy. This includes the unbiased transcriptomics profile of eEVTs {endovascular extravillous trophoblast cells} that replace the endothelium from the maternal arteries and placental bed GCs {placental bed giant cells}, present deeper in the decidua and the inner third of the myometrium. We use the complete in vivo trophoblast trajectory to benchmark current PTOs {Primary trophoblast organoids} and TSCs {trophoblast stem cells} in vitro trophoblast models and demonstrate that they faithfully recapitulate EVT differentiation. Terminal eEVTs and deep invasive GCs are absent in our in vitro cultures, and we reason that maternal signals from uterine cells and maternal serum are required to generate them.
Our systems biology approach has enabled us to explore potential interactions between EVTs and maternal decidual cells. First, we predict the ligand–receptor interactions between the maternal macrophages and EVT, in keeping with the importance of decidual innate immune cells for placentation32. We further explore the poorly described macrophage–EVT signalling axis in vitro and describe upregulation of motility genes in the EVT subsets. Second, we pinpoint the potential molecular and cellular mediators of arterial transformation during early pregnancy. Interactions between PV1-AOC3 and iEVT { interstitial EVTs} could drive iEVT tropism towards the arterial wall and mediate the destruction of arterial smooth muscle media. eEVTs have a specific ECM that could allow them to form the plug. There are also specific interactions with endothelial cells that enable eEVTs to adhere to them. These novel interactions add to our understanding of the communication between endothelial and eEVT cells44. The effect of defective arterial transformation in the later stages of pregnancy is well-described and underpins the great obstetric syndromes9. Our study increases the understanding of these major pregnancy disorders, all of which have their origins in the first trimester45. In addition, our roadmap of trophoblast differentiation can be used as a blueprint to design improved in vitro models that fully recapitulate the early stages of implantation.
*The trophoblast is the outer layer of cells of the blastocyst. Trophoblasts are present four days after fertilization in humans. They provide nutrients to the embryo and develop into a large part of the placenta.
** The trophectoderm is a layer of cells on the outer edge of a blastocyst*** . These cells provide nutrients for the developing embryo, facilitate implantation into the uterine lining and become part of the placenta.
The trophectoderm begins to form around the 5th day after an egg is fertilized, at the same time as the rest of the blastocyst.
The trophectoderm can also be called the trophoblast or T cells.
https://www.fertilitysmarts.com/definition/1331/trophectoderm-te-fertility
***The blastocyst is a structure formed in the early embryonic development of mammals. It possesses an inner cell mass (ICM) also known as the embryoblast which subsequently forms the embryo, and an outer layer of trophoblast cells called the trophectoderm. 1 2 This layer surrounds the inner cell mass and a fluid-filled cavity (Wikipedia)
Anna Arutyunyan et al. 2023. Spatial multiomics map of trophoblast development in early pregnancy. Nature (29 March 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05869-0
Abstract
The relationship between the human placenta—the extraembryonic organ made by the fetus, and the decidua—the mucosal layer of the uterus, is essential to nurture and protect the fetus during pregnancy. Extravillous trophoblast* cells (EVTs) derived from placental villi infiltrate the decidua, transforming the maternal arteries into high-conductance vessels1. Defects in trophoblast invasion and arterial transformation established during early pregnancy underlie common pregnancy disorders such as pre-eclampsia2. Here we have generated a spatially resolved multiomics single-cell atlas of the entire human maternal–fetal interface including the myometrium, which enables us to resolve the full trajectory of trophoblast differentiation. We have used this cellular map to infer the possible transcription factors mediating EVT invasion and show that they are preserved in in vitro models of EVT differentiation from primary trophoblast organoids3,4 and trophoblast stem cells5. We define the transcriptomes of the final cell states of trophoblast invasion: placental bed giant cells (fused multinucleated EVTs) and endovascular EVTs (which form plugs inside the maternal arteries). We predict the cell–cell communication events contributing to trophoblast invasion and placental bed giant cell formation, and model the dual role of interstitial EVTs and endovascular EVTs in mediating arterial transformation during early pregnancy. Together, our data provide a comprehensive analysis of postimplantation trophoblast differentiation that can be used to inform the design of experimental models of the human placenta in early pregnancy.
Fig. 1: Trophoblast cell states in the early maternal–fetal interface. ( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05869-0#Sec2 )
Fig. 3: Benchmark of EVTs derived from primary-derived trophoblast organoids and TSCs. ( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05869-0#Sec5 )
Discussion
In the postimplantation embryo, trophectoderm* differentiates into trophoblast that invades the uterus to transform the maternal arteries. Defective trophoblast invasion is the primary underlying cause of the great obstetric syndromes that include pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction, unexplained stillbirth, placental abruption and preterm labour2. We made use of a historical collection of first-trimester pregnant hysterectomies to delineate the trophoblast landscape at the implantation site, where fetal and maternal cells intermingle. The human implantation sites profiled in our study were collected more than 30 years ago and have been stored in liquid nitrogen. We report new high-quality multiomics and spatial data, and developed a statistical framework (StOrder) that describes the complete trophoblast invasion trajectory during the first trimester of pregnancy. This includes the unbiased transcriptomics profile of eEVTs {endovascular extravillous trophoblast cells} that replace the endothelium from the maternal arteries and placental bed GCs {placental bed giant cells}, present deeper in the decidua and the inner third of the myometrium. We use the complete in vivo trophoblast trajectory to benchmark current PTOs {Primary trophoblast organoids} and TSCs {trophoblast stem cells} in vitro trophoblast models and demonstrate that they faithfully recapitulate EVT differentiation. Terminal eEVTs and deep invasive GCs are absent in our in vitro cultures, and we reason that maternal signals from uterine cells and maternal serum are required to generate them.
Our systems biology approach has enabled us to explore potential interactions between EVTs and maternal decidual cells. First, we predict the ligand–receptor interactions between the maternal macrophages and EVT, in keeping with the importance of decidual innate immune cells for placentation32. We further explore the poorly described macrophage–EVT signalling axis in vitro and describe upregulation of motility genes in the EVT subsets. Second, we pinpoint the potential molecular and cellular mediators of arterial transformation during early pregnancy. Interactions between PV1-AOC3 and iEVT { interstitial EVTs} could drive iEVT tropism towards the arterial wall and mediate the destruction of arterial smooth muscle media. eEVTs have a specific ECM that could allow them to form the plug. There are also specific interactions with endothelial cells that enable eEVTs to adhere to them. These novel interactions add to our understanding of the communication between endothelial and eEVT cells44. The effect of defective arterial transformation in the later stages of pregnancy is well-described and underpins the great obstetric syndromes9. Our study increases the understanding of these major pregnancy disorders, all of which have their origins in the first trimester45. In addition, our roadmap of trophoblast differentiation can be used as a blueprint to design improved in vitro models that fully recapitulate the early stages of implantation.
*The trophoblast is the outer layer of cells of the blastocyst. Trophoblasts are present four days after fertilization in humans. They provide nutrients to the embryo and develop into a large part of the placenta.
** The trophectoderm is a layer of cells on the outer edge of a blastocyst*** . These cells provide nutrients for the developing embryo, facilitate implantation into the uterine lining and become part of the placenta.
The trophectoderm begins to form around the 5th day after an egg is fertilized, at the same time as the rest of the blastocyst.
The trophectoderm can also be called the trophoblast or T cells.
https://www.fertilitysmarts.com/definition/1331/trophectoderm-te-fertility
***The blastocyst is a structure formed in the early embryonic development of mammals. It possesses an inner cell mass (ICM) also known as the embryoblast which subsequently forms the embryo, and an outer layer of trophoblast cells called the trophectoderm. 1 2 This layer surrounds the inner cell mass and a fluid-filled cavity (Wikipedia)
13krazy4katz
The R people who promote restrictions on women's health and on the activities of people whose gender identity is not tied to their biological sex are simply refusing to look at the data and how much one's biological sex means compared to other factors. In fact, there are people who are born with altered hormone levels that truly make them nonbinary — whether that always happens or not, I can't say. Also nonbinary people have been a part of some indigenous cultures for centuries. But the R people only care about carrying guns everywhere they go with no concern for the consequences.
Sorry! This is the most bitter post I have ever written on LT but it has been a rough week.
Have a good weekend. k4k
Sorry! This is the most bitter post I have ever written on LT but it has been a rough week.
Have a good weekend. k4k
142wonderY
Wisconsin has an 1849 anti-abortion law wending it’s way toward the state Supreme Court. People and money came out for the vote of the next seated judge.
“Liberal Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz crushed her opponent on Tuesday in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election. The outcome of the contest will likely determine the fate of abortion rights and other key issues in the top presidential battleground.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/04/wisconsins-supreme-court-race-00090253
She won with 55.5% of the vote.
“Liberal Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz crushed her opponent on Tuesday in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election. The outcome of the contest will likely determine the fate of abortion rights and other key issues in the top presidential battleground.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/04/wisconsins-supreme-court-race-00090253
She won with 55.5% of the vote.
15alco261
>14 2wonderY: That's great news - the percentage is interesting. At the moment I can't conjure up the reference but I did read that nationally the split with respect to allowing abortion was 60% for and 40% against so, although not an exact match, a 55.5/44.5 split fits the trend.
16margd
Jon Schweppe @JonSchweppe | 10:04 PM · Apr 4, 2023:
Populist. Policy Director @approject. Lincoln Fellow @claremontinst.
Republicans need to figure out the abortion issue ASAP. We are getting killed by indie voters who think we support full bans with no exceptions.
Time for everyone to suck it up and unify behind @LindseyGrahamSC’s 15-wk bill w/ exceptions. That’s the play.
The alternative is suiciding the pro-life movement. We are months away from that happening.
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Peter Gleick 🇺🇸 @PeterGleick | 4:10 PM · Apr 5, 2023:
Co-founder Pacific Institute. Climate, water. Carl Sagan Public Communications Award.
If you think Graham's "15-week, some exceptions" idea is going to fix your problems, you simply don't understand what you've unleashed.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs bill repealing 1931 abortion ban
The ban made providing abortion a felony punishable by a fine and prison time.
Mary Kekatos | April 5, 2023
https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-signs-bill-repealing-193...
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Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, in Victory for Abortion Rights Backers
Janet Protasiewicz prevailed in the state’s highly consequential contest for the Supreme Court, which will now be likely to reverse the state’s abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-protasiew...
______________________________________________
Populist. Policy Director @approject. Lincoln Fellow @claremontinst.
Republicans need to figure out the abortion issue ASAP. We are getting killed by indie voters who think we support full bans with no exceptions.
Time for everyone to suck it up and unify behind @LindseyGrahamSC’s 15-wk bill w/ exceptions. That’s the play.
The alternative is suiciding the pro-life movement. We are months away from that happening.
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Peter Gleick 🇺🇸 @PeterGleick | 4:10 PM · Apr 5, 2023:
Co-founder Pacific Institute. Climate, water. Carl Sagan Public Communications Award.
If you think Graham's "15-week, some exceptions" idea is going to fix your problems, you simply don't understand what you've unleashed.
_____________________________________________
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs bill repealing 1931 abortion ban
The ban made providing abortion a felony punishable by a fine and prison time.
Mary Kekatos | April 5, 2023
https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-signs-bill-repealing-193...
______________________________________________
Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, in Victory for Abortion Rights Backers
Janet Protasiewicz prevailed in the state’s highly consequential contest for the Supreme Court, which will now be likely to reverse the state’s abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-protasiew...
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17krazy4katz
>14 2wonderY: I was so happy to see this!
I don't live in Wisconsin but I wrote postcards with "Postcards to Voters" for her campaign so it is rewarding to see. And of course as a woman I feel safer even though I am beyond the child-bearing age. :-)
I don't live in Wisconsin but I wrote postcards with "Postcards to Voters" for her campaign so it is rewarding to see. And of course as a woman I feel safer even though I am beyond the child-bearing age. :-)
19Molly3028
The modern-day GOP has become the Elephant-in-the-WOMB party. It appears they want elementary school buildings to be filled with our kids so that whacko gun owners have target-rich environments in which they can roam.
20Molly3028
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/texas-abortion-pill-mifepristone-ruling/i...
Texas judge suspends approval of medication abortion pill
JUST IN: Hours after a Texas judge halted the approval of a medication abortion pill, a second federal judge said it must remain on the market in at least 12 Democratic-led states.
***
The war on women's reproductive rights took a major step forward today. Judge shopping paid off in Texas.
Texas judge suspends approval of medication abortion pill
JUST IN: Hours after a Texas judge halted the approval of a medication abortion pill, a second federal judge said it must remain on the market in at least 12 Democratic-led states.
***
The war on women's reproductive rights took a major step forward today. Judge shopping paid off in Texas.
21kiparsky
It's funny, the conservatives used to be quite vocal about not wanting "activist judges" to "legislate from the bench".
22margd
Interesting: ethics of human, monkey, synthesized embryo. Then there are brain organelles, hybrids...
We can use stem cells to make embryos. How far should we go?
Synthetic embryos made without eggs and sperm are looking increasingly like the real thing—raising thorny ethical questions.
Jessica Hamzelou | April 7, 2023
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/07/1071121/stem-cells-make-embryos-how-...
We can use stem cells to make embryos. How far should we go?
Synthetic embryos made without eggs and sperm are looking increasingly like the real thing—raising thorny ethical questions.
Jessica Hamzelou | April 7, 2023
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/07/1071121/stem-cells-make-embryos-how-...
23Molly3028
>21 kiparsky:
It appears that Trump’s judges (and Trump?) are on a mission to kill the chances of the GOP ever winning another presidential election. That outcome would make me a very happy camper.
It appears that Trump’s judges (and Trump?) are on a mission to kill the chances of the GOP ever winning another presidential election. That outcome would make me a very happy camper.
25margd
Abortion was a 50/50 issue. Now, it’s Republican quicksand.
Six in 10 voters support legal abortion in most cases. Just over a third want it to be entirely or mostly illegal.
Steven Shepard | 04/08/2023
... a four-point question probably best measures where Americans sit on the issue: legal in all cases, legal in most, illegal in all and illegal in most. The 2022 national exit poll used this device, finding that 29 percent of voters believed abortion should be “legal in all cases,” while another 30 percent thought it should be “legal in most cases.” That left 26 percent who thought it should be “illegal in most cases” and only 10 percent who said it should be “illegal in all cases.”
That leaves roughly six-in-10 voters supporting legal abortion in most cases — with the median voter supporting some restrictions — and just over a third who want it to be entirely or mostly illegal.
...the data is now getting clearer. The Roe v. Wade framework — making abortion mostly legal, but allowing states to impose modest restrictions — is where the majority of American voters are. From the midterms, to Wisconsin, potentially to the 2024 elections, they’re continuing to punish the party that’s straying the furthest from that.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/08/republican-party-abortion-trap-00091088
Six in 10 voters support legal abortion in most cases. Just over a third want it to be entirely or mostly illegal.
Steven Shepard | 04/08/2023
... a four-point question probably best measures where Americans sit on the issue: legal in all cases, legal in most, illegal in all and illegal in most. The 2022 national exit poll used this device, finding that 29 percent of voters believed abortion should be “legal in all cases,” while another 30 percent thought it should be “legal in most cases.” That left 26 percent who thought it should be “illegal in most cases” and only 10 percent who said it should be “illegal in all cases.”
That leaves roughly six-in-10 voters supporting legal abortion in most cases — with the median voter supporting some restrictions — and just over a third who want it to be entirely or mostly illegal.
...the data is now getting clearer. The Roe v. Wade framework — making abortion mostly legal, but allowing states to impose modest restrictions — is where the majority of American voters are. From the midterms, to Wisconsin, potentially to the 2024 elections, they’re continuing to punish the party that’s straying the furthest from that.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/08/republican-party-abortion-trap-00091088
26Molly3028
As of the first week of April in the year 2023, the evidence is irrefutable ~ the modern-day GOP has the rights of women in the crosshairs of their gun scopes.
28margd
>27 pnppl: Like Friday nights in the Trump years:
Jason Garcia @Jason_Garcia | 6:43 AM · Apr 14, 2023:
Investigative reporter covering corporate influence in Florida. Publisher of Seeking Rents.
The same night that Ron DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban
he also signed a bill that will make it harder for homeowners to sue homebuilders who do a shoddy construction job.
Jason Garcia @Jason_Garcia | 6:43 AM · Apr 14, 2023:
Investigative reporter covering corporate influence in Florida. Publisher of Seeking Rents.
The same night that Ron DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban
he also signed a bill that will make it harder for homeowners to sue homebuilders who do a shoddy construction job.
29margd
HEAS
"Next we need to get totally medically untrained judges to weigh in on Viagra. After all, it has many more side effects than this drug, which has fewer side effects than Tylenol. Who knows how many men have died from using Viagra? We must protect the old men of this nation!"
Federal Judge Halts FDA's Abortion Pill Approval
— But competing ruling orders agency not to alter status quo
Shannon Firth | Last Updated April 8, 2023
https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/abortion/103929
"Next we need to get totally medically untrained judges to weigh in on Viagra. After all, it has many more side effects than this drug, which has fewer side effects than Tylenol. Who knows how many men have died from using Viagra? We must protect the old men of this nation!"
Federal Judge Halts FDA's Abortion Pill Approval
— But competing ruling orders agency not to alter status quo
Shannon Firth | Last Updated April 8, 2023
https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/abortion/103929
30margd
Rape, Incest Victims Must Show Proof to Get Exception to Florida's New Abortion Ban
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law, which bans abortions after six weeks and increases restrictions to the standing exceptions
Vanessa Etienne | April 14, 2023
...require a woman to provide proof that the pregnancy was a result of rape, incest or human trafficking in order to receive an abortion up until 15 weeks of gestation.
Documentation can include a restraining order, police report, medical record or other evidence.
This restriction is an exception to the new law, which states that otherwise, abortions will be banned after six weeks unless done to save a pregnant person's life...
https://people.com/health/rape-incest-victims-must-show-proof-to-get-exception-t...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law, which bans abortions after six weeks and increases restrictions to the standing exceptions
Vanessa Etienne | April 14, 2023
...require a woman to provide proof that the pregnancy was a result of rape, incest or human trafficking in order to receive an abortion up until 15 weeks of gestation.
Documentation can include a restraining order, police report, medical record or other evidence.
This restriction is an exception to the new law, which states that otherwise, abortions will be banned after six weeks unless done to save a pregnant person's life...
https://people.com/health/rape-incest-victims-must-show-proof-to-get-exception-t...
31krazy4katz
This 6-week restriction is so difficult to understand! Where did it come from?!
32jjwilson61
>31 krazy4katz: Supposedly that's when you can first detect a heartbeat, nevermind that a six week fetus has no heart
33krazy4katz
>32 jjwilson61: Sigh…
They don’t trust science. ☹️
They don’t trust science. ☹️
34kiparsky
>32 jjwilson61: In terms of the actual practical politics, of course, six weeks is chosen because it sounds like the misogynist brigade is being perfectly reasonable - "we're giving her a month and a half to make up her mind, surely that's fair!" - which allows them to get a total ban without having to say the words.
>33 krazy4katz: Oh, they trust science. That's where they got the information that the clump of cells produces a regular electrical pulse starting at six weeks. They know all about the science. They're just lying about it, that's all.
In other words, they're not stupid, they're evil. They actually know what they're doing, they actually hate women and they actually want them dead, and that's actually what they're campaigning on - except, I guess, for the moderates like Nancy Mace, who hate women and want them dead, but in a slightly more respectful and apologetic sort of way, because they have realized that "we hate women and want them dead" is not a slogan that's going to win them elections, but they haven't figured out that "we hate women, but in a nice way" isn't really any better.
>33 krazy4katz: Oh, they trust science. That's where they got the information that the clump of cells produces a regular electrical pulse starting at six weeks. They know all about the science. They're just lying about it, that's all.
In other words, they're not stupid, they're evil. They actually know what they're doing, they actually hate women and they actually want them dead, and that's actually what they're campaigning on - except, I guess, for the moderates like Nancy Mace, who hate women and want them dead, but in a slightly more respectful and apologetic sort of way, because they have realized that "we hate women and want them dead" is not a slogan that's going to win them elections, but they haven't figured out that "we hate women, but in a nice way" isn't really any better.
35krazy4katz
>34 kiparsky: But if there was a way to teach "regular" people more science, maybe these evil ones wouldn't get elected?
36Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/calm-down-chris-christie-tries-to-stifle-donna-brazi...
‘Calm Down’: Chris Christie Tries to Stifle Donna Brazile’s Abortion Rant During Tense ABC Panel
***
Christie, and many other GOPers, expect 21st Century women to know their places and keep their mouths shut. The keep-them-pregnant-barefoot-and-in-the-kitchen era is history. Women must make the backlash to the Roe decision the final nail in the Grand Old Party's coffin in November 2024!
‘Calm Down’: Chris Christie Tries to Stifle Donna Brazile’s Abortion Rant During Tense ABC Panel
***
Christie, and many other GOPers, expect 21st Century women to know their places and keep their mouths shut. The keep-them-pregnant-barefoot-and-in-the-kitchen era is history. Women must make the backlash to the Roe decision the final nail in the Grand Old Party's coffin in November 2024!
37kiparsky
Chris Christie? The one who killed that guy in his traffic jam stunt? Someone cares what he says? Weird.
38margd
Molly Jong-Fast (Vanity Fair) @MollyJongFast | 8:35 AM · Apr 20, 2023
{reproductive health laws are at least somewhat important to} 60 percent {unenrolled adults without a degree decision on whether to enroll at a particular college or university
Text excerpt ( https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1649029080530944003/photo/1 )
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State Abortion Bans May Affect Where Americans Attend College, Poll* Finds—Even Republicans
Alison Durkee | Apr 20, 2023
Key Facts
The study found 72% of enrolled college students say reproductive health laws in their state at least somewhat affect their decision to stay enrolled, including 80% of Democrats and 62% of Republicans.
Of those who say the abortion laws would at least somewhat affect their thinking, an overwhelming 81% of current students say they would be more likely to enroll or stay enrolled at a school in a state “that allowed greater access to reproductive health services.”
That includes 65% of Republicans who said the laws impacted their decisions (as compared with 86% of Democrats and 85% of Independents), suggesting students on both sides of the aisle are affected by state-level abortion bans.
The study was conducted October 26 - November 17, 2022, among 6,008 current students earning associates or bachelors degrees or in certificate or certification programs, and 6,007 unenrolled adults.
Surprising Fact
Men were only slightly less likely than women to say the laws impacted their thinking...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/04/20/state-abortion-bans-may-aff...
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* Reproductive Health Laws Factor Into Many College Decisions
Stephanie Marken and Zach Hrynowski | April 20, 2023
https://news.gallup.com/poll/474365/reproductive-health-laws-factor-college-deci...
{reproductive health laws are at least somewhat important to} 60 percent {unenrolled adults without a degree decision on whether to enroll at a particular college or university
Text excerpt ( https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1649029080530944003/photo/1 )
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State Abortion Bans May Affect Where Americans Attend College, Poll* Finds—Even Republicans
Alison Durkee | Apr 20, 2023
Key Facts
The study found 72% of enrolled college students say reproductive health laws in their state at least somewhat affect their decision to stay enrolled, including 80% of Democrats and 62% of Republicans.
Of those who say the abortion laws would at least somewhat affect their thinking, an overwhelming 81% of current students say they would be more likely to enroll or stay enrolled at a school in a state “that allowed greater access to reproductive health services.”
That includes 65% of Republicans who said the laws impacted their decisions (as compared with 86% of Democrats and 85% of Independents), suggesting students on both sides of the aisle are affected by state-level abortion bans.
The study was conducted October 26 - November 17, 2022, among 6,008 current students earning associates or bachelors degrees or in certificate or certification programs, and 6,007 unenrolled adults.
Surprising Fact
Men were only slightly less likely than women to say the laws impacted their thinking...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/04/20/state-abortion-bans-may-aff...
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* Reproductive Health Laws Factor Into Many College Decisions
Stephanie Marken and Zach Hrynowski | April 20, 2023
https://news.gallup.com/poll/474365/reproductive-health-laws-factor-college-deci...
392wonderY
Oh, poor Lisa Murkowski! She got lied to by a conservative judge in his confirmation hearing. And she is chagrined.
'I got duped': Republican senator fumes over Trump-appointed judge's ethics scandal
https://www.rawstory.com/i-got-duped-republican-senator-enraged-over-abortion-pi...
'I got duped': Republican senator fumes over Trump-appointed judge's ethics scandal
https://www.rawstory.com/i-got-duped-republican-senator-enraged-over-abortion-pi...
40prosfilaes
>38 margd: Republicans just say they shouldn't ruin their future by choosing a college they'll be able to complete if they accidentally get pregnant. Abstinence is the key, though that only applies to women, not men who understandably like beer and boys will be boys, you know.
42margd
NowThis @nowthisnews | 10:47 AM · Apr 26, 2023:
'I cannot adequately put into words the trauma & despair that comes with waiting to either lose your own life, your child’s, or both.'
Amanda Zurawski, who's suing the state of TX after being denied an abortion due to restrictive laws, testified before Senate members Wednesday.
Zurawski explained how her health deteriorated to the point of going into septic shock as she was forced to carry her non-viable pregnancy.
3:06 ( https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1651236640294051844 )
NowThis @nowthisnews
'I cannot adequately put into words the trauma & despair that comes with waiting to either lose your own life, your child’s, or both.'
Amanda Zurawski, who's suing the state of TX after being denied an abortion due to restrictive laws, testified before Senate members Wednesday.
Zurawski explained how her health deteriorated to the point of going into septic shock as she was forced to carry her non-viable pregnancy.
3:06 ( https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1651236640294051844 )
NowThis @nowthisnews
432wonderY
>42 margd: Her medical teams should testify as well.
44margd
>43 2wonderY: She's lead plaintiff in TX lawsuit. I'm sure MDs will testify in court, if not in Congress.
The Plaintiffs and Their Stories: Zurawski v. State of Texas
More about the Texas women and physicians who are plaintiffs in the case.
...The Center for Reproductive Rights filed Zurawski v. State of Texas on behalf of seven plaintiffs: five Texas women denied abortion care—who as a result faced risks to their health, fertility and lives—and two Texas obstetrician-gynecologists...
https://reproductiverights.org/zurawski-v-texas-plaintiffs-stories-remarks/
The Plaintiffs and Their Stories: Zurawski v. State of Texas
More about the Texas women and physicians who are plaintiffs in the case.
...The Center for Reproductive Rights filed Zurawski v. State of Texas on behalf of seven plaintiffs: five Texas women denied abortion care—who as a result faced risks to their health, fertility and lives—and two Texas obstetrician-gynecologists...
https://reproductiverights.org/zurawski-v-texas-plaintiffs-stories-remarks/
45margd
'Immense And Needless Suffering': Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Creating A Crisis Of Care
The threat of prison time under Idaho's near-total abortion ban is forcing providers to leave the state — and pregnant people are paying the price.
Alanna Vagianos | Apr 26, 2023
...Nearly 50% of maternal health doctors in Idaho are considering leaving the state in the next year, according to a survey conducted by the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care. An additional 27% responded they are “maybe” considering leaving the state...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-abortion-ban-crisis_n_6446c837e4b011a819c2f...
The threat of prison time under Idaho's near-total abortion ban is forcing providers to leave the state — and pregnant people are paying the price.
Alanna Vagianos | Apr 26, 2023
...Nearly 50% of maternal health doctors in Idaho are considering leaving the state in the next year, according to a survey conducted by the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care. An additional 27% responded they are “maybe” considering leaving the state...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-abortion-ban-crisis_n_6446c837e4b011a819c2f...
46krazy4katz
This is all insane. The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has shaken the crazies out of the trees. No right to abortion under the Constitution? Also no clear right to an appendectomy or a driver’s license.
47margd
Surely this is a bridge too far?
The Next Front in the GOP’s War on Women: No-Fault Divorce
Steven Crowder is part of a growing right-wing chorus calling for an end to modern divorce laws
May 2, 2023
...Researchers who tracked the emergence of no-fault divorce laws state by state over that period found that reform led to dramatic drops in the rates of female suicide and domestic violence, as well as decreases in spousal homicide of women. The decreases, one researcher explained, were “not just because abused women (and men) could more easily divorce their abusers, but also because potential abusers knew that they were more likely to be left.”
Today, more than two-thirds of all heterosexual divorces in the U.S. are initiated by women.
Republicans across the country are now reconsidering no-fault divorce. There isn’t a huge mystery behind the campaign: Like the crusades against abortion and contraception, making it more difficult to leave an unhappy marriage is about control...
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stephen-crowder-divorce-...
The Next Front in the GOP’s War on Women: No-Fault Divorce
Steven Crowder is part of a growing right-wing chorus calling for an end to modern divorce laws
May 2, 2023
...Researchers who tracked the emergence of no-fault divorce laws state by state over that period found that reform led to dramatic drops in the rates of female suicide and domestic violence, as well as decreases in spousal homicide of women. The decreases, one researcher explained, were “not just because abused women (and men) could more easily divorce their abusers, but also because potential abusers knew that they were more likely to be left.”
Today, more than two-thirds of all heterosexual divorces in the U.S. are initiated by women.
Republicans across the country are now reconsidering no-fault divorce. There isn’t a huge mystery behind the campaign: Like the crusades against abortion and contraception, making it more difficult to leave an unhappy marriage is about control...
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stephen-crowder-divorce-...
48krazy4katz
Crazy. Like all the others
49John5918
Texas man kills girlfriend after she had an abortion in Colorado (Guardian)
A 26-year-old woman from Texas was shot and killed by her boyfriend after getting an abortion in another state, Dallas police said. He was jailed on a murder charge as of Friday...
50alco261
>49 John5918: Yessir, nothing like living in a state where the 4F's* are worshiped and glorified (...and, of course, in Texas, be sure to add a final "K" to the letter list). I'm sure Abbott is already processing the pardon papers.
*Find 'em, Feel 'em, F!!! 'em, Forget 'em ...and if you get 'em pregnant and you don't like their response to the situation, then Kill 'em.
*Find 'em, Feel 'em, F!!! 'em, Forget 'em ...and if you get 'em pregnant and you don't like their response to the situation, then Kill 'em.
512wonderY
South Carolina women Democrats offer more than 1000 amendments to the proposed abortion ban bill:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsIWWClgc6h/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsIWWClgc6h/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
52margd
More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state's abortion law
AMANDA SEITZ AP | Mon, May 22, 2023
...More than a dozen Texas women in total have joined the Center for Reproductive Rights' lawsuit against the state's law, which prohibits abortions unless a mother's life is at risk — an exception that is not clearly defined. Texas doctors who perform abortions risk life in prison and fines of up to $100,000, leaving many women with providers who are unwilling to even discuss terminating a pregnancy.
“Our hope is that it will allow physicians at least a little more comfort when it comes to patients in obstetrical emergencies who really need an abortion where it's going to effect their health, fertility or life going forward,” Molly Duane, the lead attorney on the case, told The Associated Press. “Almost all of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit tell similar stories about their doctors saying, if not for this law, I'd give you an abortion right now.”
...Roughly 25 Texas women have contacted the organization about their own experiences since the initial lawsuit was filed in March.
The women who joined the lawsuit describe being elated about finding out they were pregnant before the experience turned catastrophic...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-women-sue-texas-asking-123339247.html
AMANDA SEITZ AP | Mon, May 22, 2023
...More than a dozen Texas women in total have joined the Center for Reproductive Rights' lawsuit against the state's law, which prohibits abortions unless a mother's life is at risk — an exception that is not clearly defined. Texas doctors who perform abortions risk life in prison and fines of up to $100,000, leaving many women with providers who are unwilling to even discuss terminating a pregnancy.
“Our hope is that it will allow physicians at least a little more comfort when it comes to patients in obstetrical emergencies who really need an abortion where it's going to effect their health, fertility or life going forward,” Molly Duane, the lead attorney on the case, told The Associated Press. “Almost all of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit tell similar stories about their doctors saying, if not for this law, I'd give you an abortion right now.”
...Roughly 25 Texas women have contacted the organization about their own experiences since the initial lawsuit was filed in March.
The women who joined the lawsuit describe being elated about finding out they were pregnant before the experience turned catastrophic...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-women-sue-texas-asking-123339247.html
53margd
I doubt it will happen that soon, but, somewhere in the world, some day...
Lab-Grown Babies? Growing Humans From Scratch Could Be Possible in Half a Decade, Japanese Scientists Claim
Kendra Stacy | May 28, 2023
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44001/20230528/lab-grown-babies-growing-hu...
Lab-Grown Babies? Growing Humans From Scratch Could Be Possible in Half a Decade, Japanese Scientists Claim
Kendra Stacy | May 28, 2023
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44001/20230528/lab-grown-babies-growing-hu...
542wonderY
Republican Nevada governor signs abortion protections legislation
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4027996-republican-nevada-governor-sign...
Lombardo, who ousted Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak as Nevada governor last year, signed legislation Tuesday that codifies a Sisolak executive order banning state agencies from helping out-of-state investigations into abortion patients who are from a different state. The bill will also make sure that medical governing boards and commissions do not discipline those who provide abortions.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4027996-republican-nevada-governor-sign...
Lombardo, who ousted Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak as Nevada governor last year, signed legislation Tuesday that codifies a Sisolak executive order banning state agencies from helping out-of-state investigations into abortion patients who are from a different state. The bill will also make sure that medical governing boards and commissions do not discipline those who provide abortions.
55John5918
Third man arrested in firebombing of California Planned Parenthood clinic (Guardian)
I find it both ironic and tragic that people who identify as "pro-life"and claim to be against the taking of human lives use potentially lethal violence to destroy health facilities.
The suspects – including a US marine – face up to 31 years for the 2022 molotov cocktail attack on the Costa Mesa clinic...
I find it both ironic and tragic that people who identify as "pro-life"and claim to be against the taking of human lives use potentially lethal violence to destroy health facilities.
56margd
Remember how Rs weren't going to jail mothers for abortion?
(ETA: If ever there was a young woman--a teen, not an adult--who needed counsel from medical professionals... This sounds risky for the girl, never mind her advanced pregnancy? Did her mother pressure? Late term abortion, handling of fetus, prison--how can teen emerge unscathed mentally?)
Nebraska teen jailed for illegal disposal of her aborted foetus
Chelsea Bailey | 22 July 2023
A US teenager was sentenced to 90 days in prison after taking abortion pills to end her pregnancy and disposing of the foetus with her mother's help.
Celeste Burgess, now 19, pleaded guilty to illegally concealing human remains after she had an abortion when around 28 weeks pregnant, beyond the 20-week limit then set by Nebraska law.
Her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, faces up to five years in prison for helping her.
Nebraska now bans abortion at 12 weeks...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66271537
(ETA: If ever there was a young woman--a teen, not an adult--who needed counsel from medical professionals... This sounds risky for the girl, never mind her advanced pregnancy? Did her mother pressure? Late term abortion, handling of fetus, prison--how can teen emerge unscathed mentally?)
Nebraska teen jailed for illegal disposal of her aborted foetus
Chelsea Bailey | 22 July 2023
A US teenager was sentenced to 90 days in prison after taking abortion pills to end her pregnancy and disposing of the foetus with her mother's help.
Celeste Burgess, now 19, pleaded guilty to illegally concealing human remains after she had an abortion when around 28 weeks pregnant, beyond the 20-week limit then set by Nebraska law.
Her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, faces up to five years in prison for helping her.
Nebraska now bans abortion at 12 weeks...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66271537
57lriley
>56 margd: After the Supreme Court ruling the R's were telling everyone that it was just going to be a state by state state's right thing. That didn't last long. These people double and triple on all their culture war shit.
58krazy4katz
>56 margd: This is horrifying. This poor girl and her mother! I can't believe that going to jail is in any way appropriate. They have already suffered enough. I know people who have had to have an abortion and the decision is very painful. This country needs to give them the right to manage their own healthcare and grieve in silence.
59lriley
Ohio republicans hoping to make it impossible to overturn their anti-abortion agenda went down in flames tonight looks like by about 30 points. Their idea was to raise the bar for overturning legislation from 50% to 60% of legislators and it got crushed. Ohio has been a pretty safe red state for a while. Those who think that the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe isn't still on a lot of people's minds need a reality check. The anti-abortion people do make a lot of noise but they don't represent the majority of voters even in a lot of red states. Makes one wonder whether Ohio possibly will become a swing state again in 2024. Have no doubt our versions of Christian Shariaists will only continue down this road but theirs is a loser's agenda.
60krazy4katz
>59 lriley: Today was a relief! I hope you are correct about the future! That is the only thing that keeps me going sometimes. Best wishes to all of us!
61Molly3028
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/ann-coulter-warns-by-the-time-the-gop-wakes-up...
Ann Coulter Warns ‘By The Time’ The GOP Wakes Up to Reality of Abortion Politics ‘There Will Be No Elected Republicans Left’
Ann Coulter Warns ‘By The Time’ The GOP Wakes Up to Reality of Abortion Politics ‘There Will Be No Elected Republicans Left’
62krazy4katz
>61 Molly3028:: Finally! A prediction of Ann Coulter's I await with pleasure.
64krazy4katz
>63 pnppl: I know!! I just read that she doesn't like Donald Trump! What has happened to her?!
65margd
Highways are the next antiabortion target. One Texas town is resisting.
A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion
Caroline Kitchener | September 1, 2023
...Designed by the architects of the state’s “heartbeat” ban that took effect months before Roe fell, ordinances like the one proposed in Llano — where some 80 percent of voters in the county backed President Donald Trump in 2020 — make it illegal to transport anyone to get an abortion on roads within the city or county limits. The laws allow any private citizen to sue a person or organization they suspect of violating the ordinance.
Antiabortion advocates behind the measure are targeting regions along interstates and in areas with airports, with the goal of blocking off the main arteries out of Texas and keeping pregnant women hemmed within the confines of their antiabortion state. These provisions have already passed in two counties and two cities, creating legal risk for those traveling on major highways including Interstate 20 and Route 84, which head toward New Mexico, where abortion remains legal and new clinics have opened to accommodate Texas women. Several more jurisdictions are expected to vote on the measure in the coming weeks.
...While these restrictions appear to violate the U.S. Constitution — which protects a person’s right to travel — they are extremely difficult to challenge in court, said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California at Davis who focuses on abortion. Because the laws can be enforced by any private citizen, abortion rights groups have no clear government official to sue in a case seeking to block the law...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/01/texas-abortion-highways/
A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion
Caroline Kitchener | September 1, 2023
...Designed by the architects of the state’s “heartbeat” ban that took effect months before Roe fell, ordinances like the one proposed in Llano — where some 80 percent of voters in the county backed President Donald Trump in 2020 — make it illegal to transport anyone to get an abortion on roads within the city or county limits. The laws allow any private citizen to sue a person or organization they suspect of violating the ordinance.
Antiabortion advocates behind the measure are targeting regions along interstates and in areas with airports, with the goal of blocking off the main arteries out of Texas and keeping pregnant women hemmed within the confines of their antiabortion state. These provisions have already passed in two counties and two cities, creating legal risk for those traveling on major highways including Interstate 20 and Route 84, which head toward New Mexico, where abortion remains legal and new clinics have opened to accommodate Texas women. Several more jurisdictions are expected to vote on the measure in the coming weeks.
...While these restrictions appear to violate the U.S. Constitution — which protects a person’s right to travel — they are extremely difficult to challenge in court, said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California at Davis who focuses on abortion. Because the laws can be enforced by any private citizen, abortion rights groups have no clear government official to sue in a case seeking to block the law...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/01/texas-abortion-highways/
66margd
As Abortion Laws Drive Obstetricians From Red States, Maternity Care Suffers
Some doctors who handle high-risk pregnancies are fleeing restrictive abortion laws. Idaho has been particularly hard hit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/abortion-obstetricians-maternity-...
Some doctors who handle high-risk pregnancies are fleeing restrictive abortion laws. Idaho has been particularly hard hit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/abortion-obstetricians-maternity-...
672wonderY
Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/30/north-carolina-abortion-law-block-00119...
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued an order halting enforcement of a provision to require surgical abortions that occur after 12 weeks — those for cases of rape and incest, for example — be performed only in hospitals, not abortion clinics. That limitation would have otherwise taken effect on Sunday.
And in the same preliminary injunction, Eagles extended beyond her temporary decision in June an order preventing enforcement of a rule that doctors must document the existence of a pregnancy within the uterus before prescribing a medication abortion.
Short of successful appeals by Republican legislative leaders defending the laws, the order will remain in effect until a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and a physician who performs abortions challenging the sections are resolved. The lawsuit also seeks to have clarified whether medications can be used during the second trimester to induce labor of a fetus that can’t survive outside the uterus.
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“We applaud the court’s decision to block a few of the onerous barriers to essential reproductive health care that have no basis in medicine,” said Dr. Beverly Gray, an OB-GYN and a named plaintiff in the case.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/30/north-carolina-abortion-law-block-00119...
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued an order halting enforcement of a provision to require surgical abortions that occur after 12 weeks — those for cases of rape and incest, for example — be performed only in hospitals, not abortion clinics. That limitation would have otherwise taken effect on Sunday.
And in the same preliminary injunction, Eagles extended beyond her temporary decision in June an order preventing enforcement of a rule that doctors must document the existence of a pregnancy within the uterus before prescribing a medication abortion.
Short of successful appeals by Republican legislative leaders defending the laws, the order will remain in effect until a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and a physician who performs abortions challenging the sections are resolved. The lawsuit also seeks to have clarified whether medications can be used during the second trimester to induce labor of a fetus that can’t survive outside the uterus.
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“We applaud the court’s decision to block a few of the onerous barriers to essential reproductive health care that have no basis in medicine,” said Dr. Beverly Gray, an OB-GYN and a named plaintiff in the case.
68krazy4katz
If you are interested: PostCards to Voters is making a grass-roots effort to contact Ohio residents about of the importance of voting in the fall election. There is an opportunity for state residents to vote against the abortion ban that presently exists in Ohio. Contact https://postcardstovoters.org if you are interested in writing postcards to increase turnout.
Thank you, k4k.
Thank you, k4k.
69margd
Sam Levin @SamTLevin | | 2:20 PM · Oct 13, 2023:
Guardian senior reporter.
NEW: A pregnant woman in Alabama was accused of drug use + jailed to "protect her unborn child."
She ended up giving birth in the jail shower after officers refused to take her to the hospital, leaving her to labor alone for 12 hours. She nearly died.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/13/alabama-pregnant-woman-jail-laws...
Guardian senior reporter.
NEW: A pregnant woman in Alabama was accused of drug use + jailed to "protect her unborn child."
She ended up giving birth in the jail shower after officers refused to take her to the hospital, leaving her to labor alone for 12 hours. She nearly died.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/13/alabama-pregnant-woman-jail-laws...
70krazy4katz
>69 margd: This craziness has to end!! Where are we going in this country?!
71kiparsky
Just noticed this in an article in this morning's NY Times: Georgia's female slavery law is known as the "Living Infants and Equality Act", which the enslavers want to refer to as the "LIFE Act". I think it's absolutely brilliant that the actual acronym is so apt!
72margd
Reminds me of Romania under Ceaucescu and his forced birth, anti-contraception policies: unwanted babies suffered in orphanages, and even in birth families...
Anne Applebaum {The Atlantic} @anneapplebaum | 6:26 PM · Oct 27, 2023:
Sharp decline in births in Poland follows the introduction of very harsh abortion law
Overall birth rate has declined notably since far-right national conservative government took power.
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Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland · Oct 26
The annual number of births in Poland has fallen 11%, the first time the figure has hit double-digit levels.
Poland's birth rate has been in sharp decline since 2018 and is among the lowest in Europe.
Read more here
https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/10/26/annual-number-of-births-falls-11-in-polan...
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Brent Peabody 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @brent_peabody {Kennedy School grad student}
Ironically, the Central European country with the highest birth rate is socially liberal Czechia
Direct evidence that the “pro-family” “pro-tradition” policies of PiS and Fidesz don’t actually work
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum
It's not surprising that the propaganda of fear and anger, the dark world of the far-right imagination, isn't conducive to the formation of families
Anne Applebaum {The Atlantic} @anneapplebaum | 6:26 PM · Oct 27, 2023:
Sharp decline in births in Poland follows the introduction of very harsh abortion law
Overall birth rate has declined notably since far-right national conservative government took power.
Quote
Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland · Oct 26
The annual number of births in Poland has fallen 11%, the first time the figure has hit double-digit levels.
Poland's birth rate has been in sharp decline since 2018 and is among the lowest in Europe.
Read more here
https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/10/26/annual-number-of-births-falls-11-in-polan...
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Brent Peabody 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @brent_peabody {Kennedy School grad student}
Ironically, the Central European country with the highest birth rate is socially liberal Czechia
Direct evidence that the “pro-family” “pro-tradition” policies of PiS and Fidesz don’t actually work
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum
It's not surprising that the propaganda of fear and anger, the dark world of the far-right imagination, isn't conducive to the formation of families
73margd
Foster Care Admission Surged When Abortion Access Fell, Study Shows
— 20 years of data show increases in foster care admissions in TRAP law states
Rachael Robertson | November 6, 2023
...Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers... laws, which historically have been used to make it harder for abortion providers to deliver care under the guise of patient safety. TRAP laws include four categories: building regulations, admitting privileges, transfer agreements, and distance laws...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/107186
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Tracey A. Wilkinson and Caitlin Bernard 2023. Abortion Restrictions and the Impact on Families (Editorial). JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 6, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4735 . https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2811539
...Almost immediately after the 1973 US Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade, which granted federal legal protections for abortion access, state-level legislation began to erode that access. A specific form of legislation that focuses on abortion providers and facilities has been termed Targeted Restrictions on Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws. These laws are designed to create burdens that make it extremely challenging to provide abortion care and keep clinical sites open. Although TRAP laws are often promoted under the guise of patient safety, there has been both scientific evidence and legal conclusions that they do not, in fact, make abortion safer and, ultimately, they serve only to block access to abortion...
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Savannah Adkins et al. 2023. Association Between Restricted Abortion Access and Child Entries Into the Foster Care System. JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 6, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4738 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2811533
Abstract
Importance The 2022 US Supreme Court decision Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned federal protections to abortion care, allowing many states to severely restrict or ban access to abortion. Given the implications of the Dobbs ruling, there is a need to understand the full consequences of restricted abortion access. Before 2022, many states restricted access to safe and legal abortions through Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws, which provide a historical mode for estimating the consequences of abortion restrictions.
Objective To use TRAP law enactment as a natural experiment to quantify the association between restricted abortion access and foster care entries.
Design, Setting, and Participants...50 US states and the District of Columbia...children conceived between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 2011, who were placed into foster care at any point between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2020. ...
Results This study included 4 179 701 children who were placed into foster care during the study period, with 11 016 561 entries. More than half of the children were male (51.4%), and the mean (SD) age was 7.4 (5.2) years. There was an 11% increase in foster care placement after abortion access was restricted in states with TRAP laws, relative to states without TRAP laws (incidence rate ratio (IRR), 1.11...). These laws had significant consequences for Black children (IRR, 1.15 ...) and racial and ethnic minority children (IRR, 1.15...). The increase in entries due to TRAP laws was particularly attributable to housing inadequacy (IRR, 1.21...).
Conclusions and Relevance Restricted abortion access can have numerous consequences, and these findings reveal a heightened strain on the US foster care system, particularly affecting marginalized racial and ethnic communities and financially vulnerable families. These placements have been shown to have lifelong consequences for children and substantial costs for both states and the federal government. To further examine the widespread implications of the overturning of Roe v Wade, future studies should forecast the expected increase in foster care entries and estimate the expenditure needed to support these children.
— 20 years of data show increases in foster care admissions in TRAP law states
Rachael Robertson | November 6, 2023
...Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers... laws, which historically have been used to make it harder for abortion providers to deliver care under the guise of patient safety. TRAP laws include four categories: building regulations, admitting privileges, transfer agreements, and distance laws...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/107186
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Tracey A. Wilkinson and Caitlin Bernard 2023. Abortion Restrictions and the Impact on Families (Editorial). JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 6, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4735 . https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2811539
...Almost immediately after the 1973 US Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade, which granted federal legal protections for abortion access, state-level legislation began to erode that access. A specific form of legislation that focuses on abortion providers and facilities has been termed Targeted Restrictions on Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws. These laws are designed to create burdens that make it extremely challenging to provide abortion care and keep clinical sites open. Although TRAP laws are often promoted under the guise of patient safety, there has been both scientific evidence and legal conclusions that they do not, in fact, make abortion safer and, ultimately, they serve only to block access to abortion...
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Savannah Adkins et al. 2023. Association Between Restricted Abortion Access and Child Entries Into the Foster Care System. JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 6, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4738 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2811533
Abstract
Importance The 2022 US Supreme Court decision Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned federal protections to abortion care, allowing many states to severely restrict or ban access to abortion. Given the implications of the Dobbs ruling, there is a need to understand the full consequences of restricted abortion access. Before 2022, many states restricted access to safe and legal abortions through Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws, which provide a historical mode for estimating the consequences of abortion restrictions.
Objective To use TRAP law enactment as a natural experiment to quantify the association between restricted abortion access and foster care entries.
Design, Setting, and Participants...50 US states and the District of Columbia...children conceived between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 2011, who were placed into foster care at any point between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2020. ...
Results This study included 4 179 701 children who were placed into foster care during the study period, with 11 016 561 entries. More than half of the children were male (51.4%), and the mean (SD) age was 7.4 (5.2) years. There was an 11% increase in foster care placement after abortion access was restricted in states with TRAP laws, relative to states without TRAP laws (incidence rate ratio (IRR), 1.11...). These laws had significant consequences for Black children (IRR, 1.15 ...) and racial and ethnic minority children (IRR, 1.15...). The increase in entries due to TRAP laws was particularly attributable to housing inadequacy (IRR, 1.21...).
Conclusions and Relevance Restricted abortion access can have numerous consequences, and these findings reveal a heightened strain on the US foster care system, particularly affecting marginalized racial and ethnic communities and financially vulnerable families. These placements have been shown to have lifelong consequences for children and substantial costs for both states and the federal government. To further examine the widespread implications of the overturning of Roe v Wade, future studies should forecast the expected increase in foster care entries and estimate the expenditure needed to support these children.
74margd
Ohio voters approve amendment to establish right to abortion in state constitution, CBS News projects
Melissa Quinn | November 7, 2023
... Issue 1 was a ballot measure to change the Ohio Constitution to include protections for abortion access. According to ballot language, the measure would establish in the state constitution "an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment," including to make decisions on abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one's own pregnancy and miscarriage care.
The amendment, titled "The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety," protects any person or entity that helps a patient receive reproductive medical treatment and prohibit Ohio from "directly or indirectly burdening, penalizing or prohibiting abortion" before viability, generally considered to be between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The proposal allows the state to ban abortion after viability, except when it is considered necessary to protect the life and health of the mother. Fetal viability is defined in the amendment as "the point in a pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the pregnant patient's treating physician, the fetus has a significant likelihood of survival outside the uterus with reasonable measures."
Under the measure, the patient's physician is granted the authority to determine "on a case-by-case basis," whether the fetus is viable.
Abortions would be allowed at any stage of pregnancy if necessary to protect the life or health of the mother...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/issue-1-ohio-november-2023-election-abortion/
Melissa Quinn | November 7, 2023
... Issue 1 was a ballot measure to change the Ohio Constitution to include protections for abortion access. According to ballot language, the measure would establish in the state constitution "an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment," including to make decisions on abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one's own pregnancy and miscarriage care.
The amendment, titled "The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety," protects any person or entity that helps a patient receive reproductive medical treatment and prohibit Ohio from "directly or indirectly burdening, penalizing or prohibiting abortion" before viability, generally considered to be between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The proposal allows the state to ban abortion after viability, except when it is considered necessary to protect the life and health of the mother. Fetal viability is defined in the amendment as "the point in a pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the pregnant patient's treating physician, the fetus has a significant likelihood of survival outside the uterus with reasonable measures."
Under the measure, the patient's physician is granted the authority to determine "on a case-by-case basis," whether the fetus is viable.
Abortions would be allowed at any stage of pregnancy if necessary to protect the life or health of the mother...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/issue-1-ohio-november-2023-election-abortion/
752wonderY
Idaho has chosen a complicated and somewhat ugly circumstance to promote their new trafficking abortion law, but chose to use a kidnapping charge instead. Can’t find coverage in US news, though I didn’t look hard. The Guardian has picked up the story and spell out what happened adequately:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/01/idaho-mother-son-kidnap-charges-...
I feel sorry for the girl. She seemed to have no problem deceiving her parents about her whereabouts for half a year, and then is pressured by her new “family” on a decision to get an abortion.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/01/idaho-mother-son-kidnap-charges-...
I feel sorry for the girl. She seemed to have no problem deceiving her parents about her whereabouts for half a year, and then is pressured by her new “family” on a decision to get an abortion.
76kiparsky
>75 2wonderY: It's worth pointing out that the use of "kidnapping" here, in a case where a woman is transported without her parents' consent, is yet another example of the misogyny of the so-called "anti-abortion" gynophobes. It's hard to imagine such charges being brought, for example, if a boy went to Portland for a concert without his parents' knowledge or consent.
And, of course, we should note that the extra charges against the boy are clearly legal harassment (by way of selective enforcement), since the state of Idaho does not seem to be in the habit in general of policing the sexual activity of high-school students.
And, of course, we should note that the extra charges against the boy are clearly legal harassment (by way of selective enforcement), since the state of Idaho does not seem to be in the habit in general of policing the sexual activity of high-school students.
77lriley
At least some Ohio republicans seem to think they can derail the election they just lost very handily on the abortion issue in the courts. I guess they can try but they might want to think about it because they lost very handily and there's strong likelihood they'll lose elections down the road just in the trying but even more if they were to succeed.
I don't know what it is about republicans these days but there's this derangement they have and a disrespect for election results that don't go their way. It's a dumbass strategy to say the least to challenge a vote you lost big that way and having lost 7 out of 7 state results on abortion since that asinine ruling by the Supreme Court that upended Roe you'd think they would have figured out by now that their anti-abortion bs is a loser and only going to drag their prospects down further. These votes and referendums are happening in states they usually or sometimes win and they're going to have a fight a lot harder for and maybe lose more of them in the future. It seems to me they're just shooting themselves in the foot again and again.
I don't know what it is about republicans these days but there's this derangement they have and a disrespect for election results that don't go their way. It's a dumbass strategy to say the least to challenge a vote you lost big that way and having lost 7 out of 7 state results on abortion since that asinine ruling by the Supreme Court that upended Roe you'd think they would have figured out by now that their anti-abortion bs is a loser and only going to drag their prospects down further. These votes and referendums are happening in states they usually or sometimes win and they're going to have a fight a lot harder for and maybe lose more of them in the future. It seems to me they're just shooting themselves in the foot again and again.
78krazy4katz
>77 lriley: Well, maybe that's a good thing. Let them shoot themselves in the foot as many times as they want. :-) Of course it would be nice to have a sane 2-party system but if not….maybe this is the way to go.
792wonderY
Brittany Watts, in Ohio, is charged with “abuse of corpse” because her dead fetus got stuck in her toilet.*
Prosecutions of Miscarriages Are Ramping Up and Becoming Even More Harrowing
https://www.themarysue.com/prosecutions-of-miscarriages-are-ramping-up-and-becom...
*How was she supposed to deal with it? Pull it out by hand? She called the police. She wasn’t trying to hide it.
Prosecutions of Miscarriages Are Ramping Up and Becoming Even More Harrowing
https://www.themarysue.com/prosecutions-of-miscarriages-are-ramping-up-and-becom...
*How was she supposed to deal with it? Pull it out by hand? She called the police. She wasn’t trying to hide it.
80krazy4katz
>79 2wonderY: How shocking! Not only is this a devastating miscarriage of justice, it is being done with our tax dollars. We need to find a way to change this atrocious overreach by the police and the government.
81margd
World Health Organization (WHO) WHO | 2:40 AM · Dec 7, 2023:
More than a third of women experience lasting health problems caused by childbirth - some persist in the months or even years after giving birth, new research shows https://bit.ly/3Rdntx9
Image ( https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1732666468490211826/photo/1 )
WHO African Region and 5 others
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Series|Maternal Health in the Perinatal Period and Beyond
Joshua P Vogel et al. Neglected medium-term and long-term consequences of labour and childbirth: a systematic analysis of the burden, recommended practices, and a way forward. THE LANCET Global Health. Open Access. Published:December 06, 2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00454-0 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00454-0/fullt... https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf
Summary
Over the past three decades, substantial progress has been made in reducing maternal mortality worldwide. However, the historical focus on mortality reduction has been accompanied by comparative neglect of labour and birth complications that can emerge or persist months or years postnatally. This paper addresses these overlooked conditions, arguing that their absence from the global health agenda and national action plans has led to the misconception that they are uncommon or unimportant. The historical limitation of postnatal care services to the 6 weeks after birth is also a contributing factor. We reviewed epidemiological data on medium-term and long-term complications arising from labour and childbirth beyond 6 weeks, along with high-quality clinical guidelines for their prevention, identification, and treatment. We explore the complex interplay of human evolution, maternal physiology, and inherent predispositions that contribute to these complications. We offer actionable recommendations to change the current trajectories of these neglected conditions and help achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 3. This paper is the third in a Series of four papers about maternal health in the perinatal period and beyond.
More than a third of women experience lasting health problems caused by childbirth - some persist in the months or even years after giving birth, new research shows https://bit.ly/3Rdntx9
Image ( https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1732666468490211826/photo/1 )
WHO African Region and 5 others
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Series|Maternal Health in the Perinatal Period and Beyond
Joshua P Vogel et al. Neglected medium-term and long-term consequences of labour and childbirth: a systematic analysis of the burden, recommended practices, and a way forward. THE LANCET Global Health. Open Access. Published:December 06, 2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00454-0 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00454-0/fullt... https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf
Summary
Over the past three decades, substantial progress has been made in reducing maternal mortality worldwide. However, the historical focus on mortality reduction has been accompanied by comparative neglect of labour and birth complications that can emerge or persist months or years postnatally. This paper addresses these overlooked conditions, arguing that their absence from the global health agenda and national action plans has led to the misconception that they are uncommon or unimportant. The historical limitation of postnatal care services to the 6 weeks after birth is also a contributing factor. We reviewed epidemiological data on medium-term and long-term complications arising from labour and childbirth beyond 6 weeks, along with high-quality clinical guidelines for their prevention, identification, and treatment. We explore the complex interplay of human evolution, maternal physiology, and inherent predispositions that contribute to these complications. We offer actionable recommendations to change the current trajectories of these neglected conditions and help achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 3. This paper is the third in a Series of four papers about maternal health in the perinatal period and beyond.
822wonderY
Ohio abortion amendment goes into affect today:
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2023/12/05/ohio-abortion-rights-amend...
Each Ohio law banning or limiting abortion access will now have to be challenged in the courts.
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2023/12/05/ohio-abortion-rights-amend...
Each Ohio law banning or limiting abortion access will now have to be challenged in the courts.
83margd
NYT article below is behind paywall, but NPR interview of author Jodi Kantor is worth a listen/read.
Inside the Supreme Court’s Dismantling of Roe
Adam Liptak & Jodi Kantor | 15 December 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/supreme-court-dobbs-roe-abortion.html
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A look into the New York Times' investigation of Roe v. Wade being overturned
Ari Shapiro, Christopher Intagliata, Jonaki Mehta | December 15, 2023
{Recording from All Things Considered (six min) + Transcript}
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/1219734571/a-look-into-the-new-york-times-investi...
Inside the Supreme Court’s Dismantling of Roe
Adam Liptak & Jodi Kantor | 15 December 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/supreme-court-dobbs-roe-abortion.html
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A look into the New York Times' investigation of Roe v. Wade being overturned
Ari Shapiro, Christopher Intagliata, Jonaki Mehta | December 15, 2023
{Recording from All Things Considered (six min) + Transcript}
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/1219734571/a-look-into-the-new-york-times-investi...
84ljbryant
>83 margd: Here's a gift link to the NYT article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/supreme-court-dobbs-roe-abortion.html?unlo...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/supreme-court-dobbs-roe-abortion.html?unlo...
85margd
>84 ljbryant: Thx! Reading how the sausage was made erodes any confidence in the Court's role going forward... All that's left is the vote, but, here, too, the minority has manipulated things such that it has outsize influence there as well. :(
86ljbryant
>85 margd: Right? As if the decision wasn't bad enough on its own, WITHOUT seeing the manipulation that went into it...
That being said, I lay some blame on both sides here (the lion's share definitely falls on Republicans, but some blame goes both ways).
The Republicans have been actively and visibly attempting to take away female bodily autonomy (let's not even mention transgender bodily autonomy) since before Roe v. Wade passed. But, the Democratic party should have at least TRIED to pass women and trans health care protections multiple times over the last 50 years, but Roe v. Wade left them complacent -- despite the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsberg felt that the Roe v. Wade decision was on shaky ground from day one.
Still, I currently vote a straight Democratic ticket, because there's no party that is to the left of center, and the Democrats are at least not actively fascist, misogynistic control freaks.
That being said, I lay some blame on both sides here (the lion's share definitely falls on Republicans, but some blame goes both ways).
The Republicans have been actively and visibly attempting to take away female bodily autonomy (let's not even mention transgender bodily autonomy) since before Roe v. Wade passed. But, the Democratic party should have at least TRIED to pass women and trans health care protections multiple times over the last 50 years, but Roe v. Wade left them complacent -- despite the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsberg felt that the Roe v. Wade decision was on shaky ground from day one.
Still, I currently vote a straight Democratic ticket, because there's no party that is to the left of center, and the Democrats are at least not actively fascist, misogynistic control freaks.
87krazy4katz
>86 ljbryant: Unfortunately true. Never thought it would be possible in this country.
88alco261
>79 2wonderY: This is very depressing. I guess it is probably fair to say Catholic Hospitals are where science, medicine, and women with pregnancy problems go to die. At the very least that nurse should be fired for gross violation of HIPAA regs.
89kiparsky
>86 ljbryant: I agree with your electoral strategy. Electorally speaking, there is a lot of unclaimed turf between the Democrats (currently representing roughly the Reagan consensus - the words "Reagan Democrat" seem prophetic now!) and the doctrinaire left, and those voters are sort of at sea. If a third party wanted to actually do the work and claim those voters, they could certainly start laying groundwork for that by contesting and winning local elections, but until a party has spent a few cycles turning citizens into school board members and school board members into city councilors and city councilors into state representatives, I'm not interested in their presidential candidates, because a party that's only interested in running a presidential candidate will never make a difference to anyone.
Sadly, the left has spent the last few decades dithering and and pissing on each other, and for the time being the Democrats - feeble as they are - are the only show in town at the state and national levels.
Sadly, the left has spent the last few decades dithering and and pissing on each other, and for the time being the Democrats - feeble as they are - are the only show in town at the state and national levels.
902wonderY
>79 2wonderY: Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, a nonpartisan coalition of 4,000 doctors and others, argues in a letter to Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins that the abuse-of-corpse charge against Brittany Watts, 33, conflicts “with the spirit and letter” of Issue 1.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reproductive-rights-group-urges-ohio-prosecuto...
So, it seems that a hospital nurse called the police because Watts returned (3rd visit) to the hospital hemorrhaging but no longer pregnant.
I have experienced similarly. I miscarried into my toilet. I was not far along, and I bled, but not enough to need medical care. I did take the tissue out and buried it. That's what you do. It's not unusual for women to have pregnancies that fail.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reproductive-rights-group-urges-ohio-prosecuto...
So, it seems that a hospital nurse called the police because Watts returned (3rd visit) to the hospital hemorrhaging but no longer pregnant.
I have experienced similarly. I miscarried into my toilet. I was not far along, and I bled, but not enough to need medical care. I did take the tissue out and buried it. That's what you do. It's not unusual for women to have pregnancies that fail.
91krazy4katz
This is just crazy!
How in the world can people in government in this country ignore the advice of physicians who have tons of experience with tragedies such as you and this other woman have experienced?! Where are their brains?! And why would hemorrhaging cause the nurse to call the police?? I don't understand where people's brains have gone. So sad.
How in the world can people in government in this country ignore the advice of physicians who have tons of experience with tragedies such as you and this other woman have experienced?! Where are their brains?! And why would hemorrhaging cause the nurse to call the police?? I don't understand where people's brains have gone. So sad.
92margd
Vote, like your lives, and those of the women you love, depends on it...
In Texas, AG Ken Paxton tried to block court-approved abortion in which mother was clearly at risk and the fetus would not survive long after birth. He threatened to prosecute doctors and was sued after seeking out-of-state medical records. etc... This is the person who--not the woman and her doctors--would decide on medical treatment for the 10-15% of pregnancies ending in miscarriage, and on the many other complex, problematic pregnancies. (Having survived impeachment, he goes to court in April charged w securities fraud.)
Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules
Eleanor Klibanoff | Jan. 2, 2024
The Biden administration reminded hospitals of their obligation to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Texas sued, arguing it was an overstep that mandated abortions.
Federal regulations do not require emergency rooms to perform life-saving abortions if it would run afoul of state law, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
After the overturn of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent hospitals guidance, reminding them of their obligation to offer stabilizing care, including medically necessary abortions, under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
“When a state law prohibits abortion and does not include an exception for the life of the pregnant person — or draws the exception more narrowly than EMTALA’s emergency medical condition definition — that state law is preempted,” the guidance said.
Texas sued, saying this was tantamount to a “nationwide mandate that every hospital and emergency-room physician perform abortions.” Several anti-abortion medical associations joined the lawsuit as well...
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/02/texas-abortion-fifth-circuit/
In Texas, AG Ken Paxton tried to block court-approved abortion in which mother was clearly at risk and the fetus would not survive long after birth. He threatened to prosecute doctors and was sued after seeking out-of-state medical records. etc... This is the person who--not the woman and her doctors--would decide on medical treatment for the 10-15% of pregnancies ending in miscarriage, and on the many other complex, problematic pregnancies. (Having survived impeachment, he goes to court in April charged w securities fraud.)
Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules
Eleanor Klibanoff | Jan. 2, 2024
The Biden administration reminded hospitals of their obligation to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Texas sued, arguing it was an overstep that mandated abortions.
Federal regulations do not require emergency rooms to perform life-saving abortions if it would run afoul of state law, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
After the overturn of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent hospitals guidance, reminding them of their obligation to offer stabilizing care, including medically necessary abortions, under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
“When a state law prohibits abortion and does not include an exception for the life of the pregnant person — or draws the exception more narrowly than EMTALA’s emergency medical condition definition — that state law is preempted,” the guidance said.
Texas sued, saying this was tantamount to a “nationwide mandate that every hospital and emergency-room physician perform abortions.” Several anti-abortion medical associations joined the lawsuit as well...
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/02/texas-abortion-fifth-circuit/
93ayushibs
How in the world can people in government in this country ignore the advice of physicians who have tons of experience with tragedies such as you and this other woman have experienced?! Where are their brains?! And why would hemorrhaging cause the nurse to call the police?? I don't understand where people's brains have gone!!
94alco261
>93 ayushibs: That's easy: they-have-the-power and they-don't-care. Brains have nothing to do with it.
95margd
Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray | 7:21 PM · Jan 5, 2024:
U.S. Senator, Washington state | President pro tempore of the Senate | @SenateApprops Chair
SCOTUS just allowed Idaho to throw health care providers in jail for providing emergency abortion care while they consider this case. This is a chilling reminder that the anti-abortion movement doesn’t care if women live or die—as long as they're forced to give birth.
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Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies
MARK SHERMAN | January 5, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues.
The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital emergencies, based on a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.
...In the case over hospital emergencies, the Biden administration has argued that hospitals that receive Medicare funds are required by federal law to provide emergency care, potentially including abortion, no matter if there’s a state law banning abortion.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-abortion-medical-emergencies-idaho-8ca8...
U.S. Senator, Washington state | President pro tempore of the Senate | @SenateApprops Chair
SCOTUS just allowed Idaho to throw health care providers in jail for providing emergency abortion care while they consider this case. This is a chilling reminder that the anti-abortion movement doesn’t care if women live or die—as long as they're forced to give birth.
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Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies
MARK SHERMAN | January 5, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues.
The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital emergencies, based on a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.
...In the case over hospital emergencies, the Biden administration has argued that hospitals that receive Medicare funds are required by federal law to provide emergency care, potentially including abortion, no matter if there’s a state law banning abortion.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-abortion-medical-emergencies-idaho-8ca8...
96John5918
March for Life: Anti-abortion movement stalls as election year politics loom (BBC)
On Friday, activists assembled in Washington for the March for Life, the nation's largest annual anti-abortion rally. The crowds were thinner than in past years, due in part to the cold temperatures and blowing snow that blanketed the capital overnight. But the campaigners in attendance this year also acknowledged the more concerning headwinds facing their movement, now in an election year: a general public broadly supportive of abortion rights, and a Republican party increasingly hesitant to join the fight... the anti-abortion movement has been stymied by mounting public support for reproductive rights, and a series of bruising electoral defeats.. But these anti-abortion policies incited fierce anger among broad sections of the American public, boosting support for reproductive rights. About 69% of voters think that abortion should be legal throughout the first three months of pregnancy - the period when most abortions occur - according to a recent Gallup poll. The survey marked a high watermark in support for pro-abortion activists...
99kiparsky
>97 margd: I'm pro-abortion, the same way I'm in favor of any medical procedure that improves people's lives. If someone is pregnant and doesn't want to be, I'm very glad to know that abortion is a safe and legal option for them, and I'm distressed when misogynists and gynophobes impede their access to it, just as I'm glad when people who have heart conditions and need surgery can have the right procedure performed, and I'm distressed when the US health prevention industry makes it impossible for them to get what they need. In other words, I'm pro-abortion and as far as I can tell from surveys I've seen, the majority of US citizens are as well - as are the majority of Republicans and the majority of Catholics. Americans in general are pro-abortion sort of like we're pro-fire department. We'd prefer not to need them, but we're very happy that they're there when needed.
I do take exception, though, when people characterize the Misogynists and Gynophopes of America as an "anti-abortion" movement, as they've been working for decades to increase the number of abortions performed in this country, for example by restricting sex education in schools, restricting access to various modes of contraception, and making sure that spousal rape is legal in many states. More careless reporting.
I do take exception, though, when people characterize the Misogynists and Gynophopes of America as an "anti-abortion" movement, as they've been working for decades to increase the number of abortions performed in this country, for example by restricting sex education in schools, restricting access to various modes of contraception, and making sure that spousal rape is legal in many states. More careless reporting.
100John5918
>99 kiparsky:
Fair comment. There's plenty of room for different understandings (or misunderstandings) when sound bite slogans which carry different sets of meaning and baggage for different groups are used.
I do agree with you about much of what is labelled as the "anti-abortion" movement, which often seems more intent on "winning" a political and religious culture war than on reducing the number of abortions. I also object to the way the term "pro-life" is appropriated by many who use it only to oppose the single issue of abortion, whilst condoning or even actively supporting war, capital punishment, nuclear weapons, torture, the military-industrial complex, manufacture of armaments, civilian ownership of small arms and light weapons, etc, while refusing to support policies which would reduce poverty, illiteracy, health care problems, environmental dangers, mental health issues, suicide, etc, all of which to me should be part of a seamless "pro-life" ethic.
Fair comment. There's plenty of room for different understandings (or misunderstandings) when sound bite slogans which carry different sets of meaning and baggage for different groups are used.
I do agree with you about much of what is labelled as the "anti-abortion" movement, which often seems more intent on "winning" a political and religious culture war than on reducing the number of abortions. I also object to the way the term "pro-life" is appropriated by many who use it only to oppose the single issue of abortion, whilst condoning or even actively supporting war, capital punishment, nuclear weapons, torture, the military-industrial complex, manufacture of armaments, civilian ownership of small arms and light weapons, etc, while refusing to support policies which would reduce poverty, illiteracy, health care problems, environmental dangers, mental health issues, suicide, etc, all of which to me should be part of a seamless "pro-life" ethic.
101John5918
Abortion prosecutions are never in the public interest, says royal college
Telling health staff not to report women for suspected illegal abortions has firm legal basis
Both from the Guardian
Doctors and other healthcare staff should not report suspected illegal abortions to the police as prosecutions are never in the public interest, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said. In an intervention on Monday that will trigger further debate on the decriminalisation of abortion, Dr Ranee Thakar, the president of the professional body, said “outdated and antiquated” abortion laws meant women were left vulnerable to criminal investigation. Health professionals were subject to “unacceptable and unwarranted scrutiny”, Thakar said. If health staff disclose confidential patient information without consent, they could face proceedings by professional bodies, the RCOG said...
Telling health staff not to report women for suspected illegal abortions has firm legal basis
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ call for abortion to be decriminalised – and announcement that it will tell its members not to report women to police if they believe they may have illegally ended their pregnancies – is a significant intervention in the debate. Concerns about the existing laws in England and Wales came to the fore last year when a woman was sentenced to more than two years in prison for procuring drugs to induce an abortion after the legal limit, which is generally 24 weeks. The 28-month sentence, which was halved on appeal and suspended – with a judge saying it called “for compassion, not punishment” – prompted outrage and calls for a change in the law, which dates back to the Offences Against the Person Act 1861... the 1861 law was never repealed, so anyone who has an unregulated abortion or tries to terminate their pregnancy without supervision from medics is acting unlawfully. Anyone assisting them can also be prosecuted. By way of contrast, while Northern Ireland only legalised abortion in 2019, it removed all related criminal penalties at the same time... There is no general legal obligation to contact the police about a crime (for the public or healthcare professionals) so the RCOG is within its rights to actively tell its members not to do so. The NHS code of practice governing patient-clinician confidentiality states that “staff are permitted to disclose personal information in order to prevent and support detection, investigation and punishment of serious crime”. However, serious crime is not defined and the code says “there must be either explicit patient consent or a robust public interest justification”. There are some statutes which require disclosure to police, for example where healthcare professionals encounter cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in girls under 18, as highlighted by RCOG. But RCOG says such instances for healthcare professionals working in women’s health are rare and, in line with the NHS code of conduct, it tells healthcare professionals they “must abide by their professional responsibility to justify any disclosure of confidential patient information or face potential fitness to practise proceedings”. So, while what RCOG and others have said might seem radical at first glance, it has a firm basis in the law surrounding the reporting of crimes in England and Wales as well as the NHS code of practice. They are likely to have been moved to produce the guidance at this point in time because of fears that “deeply traumatised” and vulnerable women, as they put it, are increasingly being exposed to harrowing investigations and prosecutions. Ultimately, RCOG and others believe that abortion care should be removed from criminal law and placed instead under medical regulation.
Both from the Guardian
1022wonderY
Can this statistic be right?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2iFLRtuSYP/?igsh=bThhN2RnbjkwcXNv
An estimated 26,313 Texas women have become pregnant from rape since the Texas abortion ban was passed.
Yep, that’s news
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/texas-sees-es...
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2iFLRtuSYP/?igsh=bThhN2RnbjkwcXNv
An estimated 26,313 Texas women have become pregnant from rape since the Texas abortion ban was passed.
Yep, that’s news
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/texas-sees-es...
103kiparsky
There's ~30 million people in Texas, according to the internet. Doing the math (30 million people ~= 15 million women, divide 26K by 15 million) we get about .17% of women in Texas have become pregnant from rape in a period of a little over a year (sixteen months).
That seems unfortunately plausible.
That seems unfortunately plausible.
104margd
The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One
Alice Miranda Ollstein | 01/29/2024
Anti-abortion groups have not yet persuaded Donald Trump to commit to signing a national ban if he returns to the White House.
But, far from being deterred, those groups are designing a far-reaching anti-abortion agenda for the former president to implement as soon as he is in office.
In emerging plans that involve everything from the EPA to the Federal Trade Commission to the Postal Service, nearly 100 anti-abortion and conservative groups are mapping out ways the next president can use the sprawling federal bureaucracy to curb abortion access.
...{e.g.,} VA hospitals...Students for Life is pushing for the EPA to classify the chemicals in the abortion pill mifepristone as “forever chemicals” subject to stricter regulations, and to require any doctor who prescribes the pill to be responsible for collecting and disposing of the aborted fetus...
...Groups are also planning for a Trump administration to rescind Biden administration guidance requiring hospitals to offer abortions to patients experiencing medical emergencies regardless of state bans on the procedure — an issue the Supreme Court is set to consider this year...
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29/trump-abortion-ban-2024-campaign-001384...
Alice Miranda Ollstein | 01/29/2024
Anti-abortion groups have not yet persuaded Donald Trump to commit to signing a national ban if he returns to the White House.
But, far from being deterred, those groups are designing a far-reaching anti-abortion agenda for the former president to implement as soon as he is in office.
In emerging plans that involve everything from the EPA to the Federal Trade Commission to the Postal Service, nearly 100 anti-abortion and conservative groups are mapping out ways the next president can use the sprawling federal bureaucracy to curb abortion access.
...{e.g.,} VA hospitals...Students for Life is pushing for the EPA to classify the chemicals in the abortion pill mifepristone as “forever chemicals” subject to stricter regulations, and to require any doctor who prescribes the pill to be responsible for collecting and disposing of the aborted fetus...
...Groups are also planning for a Trump administration to rescind Biden administration guidance requiring hospitals to offer abortions to patients experiencing medical emergencies regardless of state bans on the procedure — an issue the Supreme Court is set to consider this year...
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29/trump-abortion-ban-2024-campaign-001384...
105margd
Small Decline Seen in Ob/Gyn Residency Applications in Abortion Ban States — Analysis of ERAS data reveals no differences in signaling, though
Rachael Robertson | February 7, 2024
...For the 2023 cycle, there were 2,463 ob/gyn applicants, 85.4% of whom were women and 65.9% were white, which was a similar number of applicants to previous years. However, the number of applicants to programs with state-based abortion restrictions fell by a small but significant amount between the 2022 and 2023 match cycles)...
The first cycle post-Roe was also the first year ob/gyn implemented program signaling -- where applicants have 3 gold and 15 silver tokens to express increased interest in a certain programs. There were no differences in program signals in states with bans or in the percentage of signals from out-of-state residents whose home state had a different level of abortion access ...
...State abortion restrictions currently apply to an estimated 44% of ob/gyn residents.
...Doctors are likely to stay and practice where they train, so recruiting residents to all parts of the country is critical for healthcare access and equity...maternal care deserts as an issue...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/108633
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Maya M. Hammoud et al. 2024. Trends in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Applications in the Year After Abortion Access Changes. JAMA Netw Open. 7 Feb 2024;7(2):e2355017. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.55017 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2814621
Rachael Robertson | February 7, 2024
...For the 2023 cycle, there were 2,463 ob/gyn applicants, 85.4% of whom were women and 65.9% were white, which was a similar number of applicants to previous years. However, the number of applicants to programs with state-based abortion restrictions fell by a small but significant amount between the 2022 and 2023 match cycles)...
The first cycle post-Roe was also the first year ob/gyn implemented program signaling -- where applicants have 3 gold and 15 silver tokens to express increased interest in a certain programs. There were no differences in program signals in states with bans or in the percentage of signals from out-of-state residents whose home state had a different level of abortion access ...
...State abortion restrictions currently apply to an estimated 44% of ob/gyn residents.
...Doctors are likely to stay and practice where they train, so recruiting residents to all parts of the country is critical for healthcare access and equity...maternal care deserts as an issue...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/108633
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Maya M. Hammoud et al. 2024. Trends in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Applications in the Year After Abortion Access Changes. JAMA Netw Open. 7 Feb 2024;7(2):e2355017. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.55017 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2814621
106margd
Publisher Retracts Three Abortion Studies
— Two of the studies were cited by a federal judge in the case against the abortion pill
Rachael Robertson | February 8, 2024
Sage Journals retracted three abortion studies -- including two cited by a federal judge in a case against the abortion pill mifepristoneopens in a new tab or window (Mifeprex) -- after an investigation revealed methodological flaws and misleading conclusions...
..."Sage confirmed that all but one of the article's authors had an affiliation with...pro-life advocacy organizations, despite having declared they had no conflicts of interest when they submitted the article for publication or in the article itself"...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/108651
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Retraction Notice
Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology* | February 5, 2024
At the request of Sage and the Journal Editor, the following articles have been retracted:
Studnicki J, Harrison DJ, Longbons T, et al. A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Emergency Room Utilization Following Mifepristone Chemical and Surgical Abortions, 1999–2015. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. 2021;8. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928211053965
Studnicki J, Longbons T, Harrison DJ, et al. A Post Hoc Exploratory Analysis: Induced Abortion Complications Mistaken for Miscarriage in the Emergency Room are a Risk Factor for Hospitalization. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. 2022;9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928221103107
Studnicki J, Longbons T, Fisher JW, Harrison DJ, Skop I, MacKinnon SJ. Doctors Who Perform Abortions: Their Characteristics and Patterns of Holding and Using Hospital Privileges. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. 2019;6. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333392819841211...
Reader concerns and investigation...
Post-publication peer review...
Retraction decision...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23333928231216699
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*Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology is an open access, peer reviewed international journal dedicated to the study of the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of health services.
— Two of the studies were cited by a federal judge in the case against the abortion pill
Rachael Robertson | February 8, 2024
Sage Journals retracted three abortion studies -- including two cited by a federal judge in a case against the abortion pill mifepristoneopens in a new tab or window (Mifeprex) -- after an investigation revealed methodological flaws and misleading conclusions...
..."Sage confirmed that all but one of the article's authors had an affiliation with...pro-life advocacy organizations, despite having declared they had no conflicts of interest when they submitted the article for publication or in the article itself"...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/108651
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Retraction Notice
Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology* | February 5, 2024
At the request of Sage and the Journal Editor, the following articles have been retracted:
Studnicki J, Harrison DJ, Longbons T, et al. A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Emergency Room Utilization Following Mifepristone Chemical and Surgical Abortions, 1999–2015. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. 2021;8. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928211053965
Studnicki J, Longbons T, Harrison DJ, et al. A Post Hoc Exploratory Analysis: Induced Abortion Complications Mistaken for Miscarriage in the Emergency Room are a Risk Factor for Hospitalization. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. 2022;9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928221103107
Studnicki J, Longbons T, Fisher JW, Harrison DJ, Skop I, MacKinnon SJ. Doctors Who Perform Abortions: Their Characteristics and Patterns of Holding and Using Hospital Privileges. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. 2019;6. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333392819841211...
Reader concerns and investigation...
Post-publication peer review...
Retraction decision...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23333928231216699
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*Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology is an open access, peer reviewed international journal dedicated to the study of the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of health services.
107margd
Lest you think this is far-fetched, in Trump admin, some immigration official kept spreadsheet with dates of detained women's periods...
New Oklahoma bill could allow state to create database of women who had abortions
Carmen Forman, Oklahoma Voice | Feb 15, 2024
...HB 3216...Women who obtain an abortion would be assigned a “unique patient identifier” that would allow them to be identified by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
{Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater} said it is “highly concerning” that the legislation would seemingly create a database of women who undergo abortions. {Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore} said he is willing to tweak the bill so the health department is able to collect some information on procedures but not “track” specific individuals.
“I believe that there is confusion in the bill,” Ranson said. “I believe that there is an opportunity for tracking women. I believe that there is a major privacy issue that we should be concerned about.”...
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/02/15/oklahoma-abortion-law-kevin-west...
New Oklahoma bill could allow state to create database of women who had abortions
Carmen Forman, Oklahoma Voice | Feb 15, 2024
...HB 3216...Women who obtain an abortion would be assigned a “unique patient identifier” that would allow them to be identified by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
{Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater} said it is “highly concerning” that the legislation would seemingly create a database of women who undergo abortions. {Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore} said he is willing to tweak the bill so the health department is able to collect some information on procedures but not “track” specific individuals.
“I believe that there is confusion in the bill,” Ranson said. “I believe that there is an opportunity for tracking women. I believe that there is a major privacy issue that we should be concerned about.”...
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/02/15/oklahoma-abortion-law-kevin-west...
108margd
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’
Joseph Choi - 02/19/24
...“extrauterine children...The relevant statutory text is clear: the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies on its face to all unborn children, without limitation”...
...The ruling was issued by Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell, with seven of the other eight justices concurring.
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook issued a dissenting opinion. Cook argued in his opinion that it was not within the role of the court to “expand the reach of a statute and ‘breathe life’ into it by updating or amending it.” He argued the law that was written in 1872 would not have taken into account the status of frozen embryos and to argue that the law does would require an explicit amendment from the state Legislature.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4477607-alabama-supreme-court-rules-fro...
Joseph Choi - 02/19/24
...“extrauterine children...The relevant statutory text is clear: the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies on its face to all unborn children, without limitation”...
...The ruling was issued by Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell, with seven of the other eight justices concurring.
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook issued a dissenting opinion. Cook argued in his opinion that it was not within the role of the court to “expand the reach of a statute and ‘breathe life’ into it by updating or amending it.” He argued the law that was written in 1872 would not have taken into account the status of frozen embryos and to argue that the law does would require an explicit amendment from the state Legislature.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4477607-alabama-supreme-court-rules-fro...
109margd
Medication Abortion Via Telehealth Safe and Effective, Study Finds
— No difference in results between patients who received care via video vs secure text messaging
Rachael Robertson | 20 Feb 2024
...Nearly all medication abortions obtained via telehealth, whether via video or secure text messaging, were completed without further intervention and without adverse events, the prospective CHAT study found.
Among over 6,000 abortions, 97.7% ... were completed without further intervention, and the completion rate was similar for patients who had video calls (98.3%) or used text messaging (97.4%)...
Less than 1% of patients had a serious abortion-related adverse event (0.25%) or were treated for an ectopic pregnancy (0.16%), and 1.3% of abortions were followed by emergency department visits...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/abortion/108815
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Ushma D. Upadhyay et al. 2024. Effectiveness and safety of telehealth medication abortion in the USA. Nature Medicine (15 Feb 2024). Open access. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02834-w
— No difference in results between patients who received care via video vs secure text messaging
Rachael Robertson | 20 Feb 2024
...Nearly all medication abortions obtained via telehealth, whether via video or secure text messaging, were completed without further intervention and without adverse events, the prospective CHAT study found.
Among over 6,000 abortions, 97.7% ... were completed without further intervention, and the completion rate was similar for patients who had video calls (98.3%) or used text messaging (97.4%)...
Less than 1% of patients had a serious abortion-related adverse event (0.25%) or were treated for an ectopic pregnancy (0.16%), and 1.3% of abortions were followed by emergency department visits...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/abortion/108815
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Ushma D. Upadhyay et al. 2024. Effectiveness and safety of telehealth medication abortion in the USA. Nature Medicine (15 Feb 2024). Open access. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02834-w
110Molly3028
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4494243-republicans-block-bill-to-protect-...
Republicans block bill to protect access to IVF
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) objected, saying the legislation is an overreach full of “poison pills” that would go far beyond ensuring access to IVF.
Republicans block bill to protect access to IVF
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) objected, saying the legislation is an overreach full of “poison pills” that would go far beyond ensuring access to IVF.
111brone
The Alabama Court has ruled that embryos created through IVF are human children. IVF is a medical procedure that fuses sperm and eggs in a lab to conceive a child outside of marriage. Seeing that this group is a Pro/Con group I enter once in a while to mostly either defend or debate a particular point of view. With that in mind I applaud Alabama's decision. A medical procedure that fuses sperm and eggs in a lab in the scientific secular world this is considered a treatment. In fact as Alabama has ruled (8-1) IVF is morally unacceptable because it separates the conjugal act from procreation and establishes the domination of technology, this is right out of the Catholic Catechism. Through these procedures life and death a subjected to the decision of man who sets himself up as the giver of life. Producing children like this is an industrial commericialy exploited means of deprecating the human person. Treating a child not as a gift but as an object to be created subjected to quality control and discarded. This artificial superovulation combined with masturbation is disslocation contrary to dignity. IVF is brought about outside of the bodies of the couple through actions of 3rd parties, entrusting life and identities to the power of biologists making technology the domination of the origin of the human person, Multiple human embryos are made and frozen and presented as in a showroom or catalogue to determine quality, eventually disregarding the unpicked thowing them away as so much trash. Alabama and the Catholic Church have both declared these frozen rejects are children, As the chief justice eloquently ruled "The Alabama's wrongful death of a minor act" applies to all children born and unborn without limitation and "regardless of their location". This law is not federal and does not effect any other state....JMJ....
112margd
>111 brone: As an adoptive mother who first tiptoed into the world of assisted fertility before deciding on adoption, I can assure you that IVF parents treasure their children no less than parents who went the traditional route. Moreso, in some cases.
And, no, I don't care to enter into your bizarro world to debate. Even the non-religious with even a passing exposure to embryology marvels at the creation of a new life. The religious have no monopoly on awe.
A blastocyst, a hollow ball of cells, may have 200-300 cells at maturity, once it implants?
In the traditional route, BTW, "The miscarriage rate for women ages 20 to 30 years old is 9 to 17%; for women ages 31 to 35, it's 20%. At age 40, the miscarriage rate is 40%, and on average, 80% of pregnancies in women ages 40 and older will end in miscarriage." https://www.healthgrades.com/right-care/pregnancy/how-common-is-miscarriage
And, no, I don't care to enter into your bizarro world to debate. Even the non-religious with even a passing exposure to embryology marvels at the creation of a new life. The religious have no monopoly on awe.
A blastocyst, a hollow ball of cells, may have 200-300 cells at maturity, once it implants?
In the traditional route, BTW, "The miscarriage rate for women ages 20 to 30 years old is 9 to 17%; for women ages 31 to 35, it's 20%. At age 40, the miscarriage rate is 40%, and on average, 80% of pregnancies in women ages 40 and older will end in miscarriage." https://www.healthgrades.com/right-care/pregnancy/how-common-is-miscarriage
113kiparsky
>111 brone: Seriously? You're objecting to a medical procedure because it involves masturbation? I hate to break this to you, but if there's one thing that every human being that has ever lived has in common, that's it. I'd think you would be celebrating this proof of our common humanity...
I do agree that the IVF ban is perfectly consistent with the positively mental position of today's republican party - according to this view, nobody owns their own body, the State and the Church have veto power over every human being's medical decisions. The IVF decision is just part of this statist insanity. We'll see if y'all can sell it. I'm thinking it doesn't look good for you, but hey, maybe you've got a lot of people who think being slaves of the state sounds good to them. That's what you're selling, let's see who's buying.
I do agree that the IVF ban is perfectly consistent with the positively mental position of today's republican party - according to this view, nobody owns their own body, the State and the Church have veto power over every human being's medical decisions. The IVF decision is just part of this statist insanity. We'll see if y'all can sell it. I'm thinking it doesn't look good for you, but hey, maybe you've got a lot of people who think being slaves of the state sounds good to them. That's what you're selling, let's see who's buying.
114krazy4katz
>111 brone: I guess I don't understand why the Alabama Court and the Catholic Church are considered experts on when an embryo becomes a child. Even some abortion foes have the deadline at 6 weeks which is when they say the heart starts to beat. Of course that is not true either, speaking as a biological scientist. And yet death as punishment for a crime is OK for man to decide because why?
No logic here…there…or anywhere...
No logic here…there…or anywhere...
115margd
The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow | 8:03 PM · Feb 28, 2024:
Laura Strietmann, Cincinnati Right to Life leader, on the 10-year-old girl who was raped and went to Indiana for an abortion:
"While a pregnancy might have been difficult on a 10-year-old body, a woman's body is designed to carry life." @HeartlandSignal
1:32 ( https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1763007110655172913 )
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💙 Jillian Hurley @JillianMHurley | 6:40 PM · Feb 29, 2024
When I was a 12-year-old, my mother, a registered nurse at a local hospital, came home with a knot on her head and very distressed.
She had fainted during a delivery of a baby, to an elementary school girl.
She was a veteran but said it “tore the child apart”
So f@ck you, Laura.
Laura Strietmann, Cincinnati Right to Life leader, on the 10-year-old girl who was raped and went to Indiana for an abortion:
"While a pregnancy might have been difficult on a 10-year-old body, a woman's body is designed to carry life." @HeartlandSignal
1:32 ( https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1763007110655172913 )
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💙 Jillian Hurley @JillianMHurley | 6:40 PM · Feb 29, 2024
When I was a 12-year-old, my mother, a registered nurse at a local hospital, came home with a knot on her head and very distressed.
She had fainted during a delivery of a baby, to an elementary school girl.
She was a veteran but said it “tore the child apart”
So f@ck you, Laura.
116brone
>113 kiparsky: "Every body has in common" so that is a good reason for "married" homosexual men to rent wombs of surrogates with attached contracts to procure babies for themselves. This is nothing more than reproductive human trafficking. Let;s have a peek into the "collecting room" of a typical fertiliity clinic involving homosexual men. They assist in the collection of sperm by providing a 'love' seat pornographic videos and images. "inside the collection room for collecting a semen specimen" This is also a public event with techs,nurses and even doctors assisting. Built into this corporate environment is the IVF's industries other enterprizes such as research on the countless frozen embryos (persons) who are suspended in deep freeze and discarded when used up. THe deep disception that childrem are a "right" for adults who desire them is quite the opposite only the child has a right in this area not the adults. A child is not something owed a child is a gift. Intentionally denying a child of its mother by surrogacy for homosexual men is motherless by design. To manufacture a child who will never have a Mother of whom each of us has a right to. It used to be we would weep for a motherless child and write ballards about it we would lament about a fatherless child. Many in here smile and congratulate it with approval....AMDG....
117kiparsky
>116 brone: So, let's get to the point: are you saying that the state should outlaw masturbation?
That seems to be where your argument is leading, are you willing to assert it?
I'll be clear on this: I don't care whether someone masturbates or lies and says they don't, but I assert that all human beings have the right to do what they want to do with their own bodies, and that the state has nothing at all to say about it. Are you willing to to make that assertion as well, or do you claim that the state has a right, or (as it seems you want to claim) a duty to intervene in your decision to masturbate?
That seems to be where your argument is leading, are you willing to assert it?
I'll be clear on this: I don't care whether someone masturbates or lies and says they don't, but I assert that all human beings have the right to do what they want to do with their own bodies, and that the state has nothing at all to say about it. Are you willing to to make that assertion as well, or do you claim that the state has a right, or (as it seems you want to claim) a duty to intervene in your decision to masturbate?
118krazy4katz
>116 brone: I know homosexual men who are great fathers! They adore their children and are giving them a wonderful home. I have no idea how they received their children but those kids are lucky. If it weren't for the prejudice against homosexuality, their lives would be perfect.
I stand with humanity.
k4k
I stand with humanity.
k4k
119margd
Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump | 12:39 PM · Mar 3, 2024:
Donald Trump: “They will kill the baby in eight months, nine months. Under Roe v. Wade, they had the right to kill the baby after birth. I mean, literally, after birth in some cases.”
2:41 ( https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1764344878765379723 )
From Mediaite
Donald Trump: “They will kill the baby in eight months, nine months. Under Roe v. Wade, they had the right to kill the baby after birth. I mean, literally, after birth in some cases.”
2:41 ( https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1764344878765379723 )
From Mediaite
120margd
"...Current estimates suggest that about half of all fertilized eggs never even make it to be recognized pregnancies and that for every child born about two never made it to term. In fish and amphibians, such early death is unheard of. Of those of us lucky enough to be born, a little under 10% will suffer one of the many thousand "rare" genetic diseases, such as hemophilia. The not so rare diseases, such as sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis, affect yet more of us..."
Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage, but we're still paying the price
Laurence D. Hurst, The Conversation | 3 March 2024
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-tails-ape-ancestors-evolutionary-advantage.html
Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage, but we're still paying the price
Laurence D. Hurst, The Conversation | 3 March 2024
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-tails-ape-ancestors-evolutionary-advantage.html
121margd
Arizona GOP Rejects Contraception Protections as Party Leader’s Controversial Remark Resurfaces
Jennifer Clark | 10 March 2024
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has faced opposition from Republican leaders in the state Senate and House over her efforts to pass “The Right to Contraception Act,” which aims to protect access to contraception in the state.
The legislation would ensure that Arizonans can obtain and use all forms of birth control, and it would guarantee doctors the right to provide information and prescribe contraception to patients.
However, Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli (R-Lake Havasu City) has indicated his opposition to the bill, suggesting that women wouldn’t need contraception if they refrained from having sex.
...On the federal level, Republican senators blocked a bill introduced by Democratic Senators Edward Markey, Patty Murray, and Tammy Duckworth in 2022 that aimed to protect the right to contraception. The bill passed the then-Democrat-controlled House of Representatives with limited Republican support.
...Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has suggested reconsidering the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut ruling, which upheld the right for married couples to use contraceptives without government restriction, along with other rulings related to same-sex marriage and privacy in same-sex relationships.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-gop-rejects-contraception-protec...
Jennifer Clark | 10 March 2024
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has faced opposition from Republican leaders in the state Senate and House over her efforts to pass “The Right to Contraception Act,” which aims to protect access to contraception in the state.
The legislation would ensure that Arizonans can obtain and use all forms of birth control, and it would guarantee doctors the right to provide information and prescribe contraception to patients.
However, Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli (R-Lake Havasu City) has indicated his opposition to the bill, suggesting that women wouldn’t need contraception if they refrained from having sex.
...On the federal level, Republican senators blocked a bill introduced by Democratic Senators Edward Markey, Patty Murray, and Tammy Duckworth in 2022 that aimed to protect the right to contraception. The bill passed the then-Democrat-controlled House of Representatives with limited Republican support.
...Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has suggested reconsidering the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut ruling, which upheld the right for married couples to use contraceptives without government restriction, along with other rulings related to same-sex marriage and privacy in same-sex relationships.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-gop-rejects-contraception-protec...
123Molly3028
https://www.the-sun.com/health/10828604/opill-birth-control-over-the-counter-pil...
NOW AVAIL First ever over-the-counter birth control pill now sold in US and available on Amazon with Walmart & Walgreens to follow
NOW AVAIL First ever over-the-counter birth control pill now sold in US and available on Amazon with Walmart & Walgreens to follow
124krazy4katz
Yay!!
126krazy4katz
I have to admit something a bit strange: My husband found an adorable stray cat, about 6 months old. She is so happy in our house and seems completely tame and comfortable. We brought her to the vet to have her spayed today. The vet called me. It turns out she was pregnant with 5 kittens! She was about half way along. I agreed to the spay but I felt very sad about it. I absolutely believe that abortion should a choice that women have, but I was faced with this decision today for the first time. And it was only a cat! It must be so difficult to face this as a woman. I wish there was more support for women who have to make this decision about their own bodies.
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Despite Bans, Number of Abortions in the United States Increased in 2023
Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Candace Gibson | 19 March 2024
New findings from the Monthly Abortion Provision Study show that an estimated 1,026,690 abortions occurred in the formal health care system in 2023, the first full calendar year after the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade. This represents a rate of 15.7 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age,* and is a 10% increase since 2020, the last year for which comprehensive estimates are available. It is also the highest number and rate measured in the United States in over a decade...
...Increases in the number of abortions were close to universal—almost every state without a total ban saw an increase in the number of abortions provided, as compared to 2020...states without total bans experienced a 25% increase in abortions provided in 2023, as compared to 2020...Not all increases at the state level can be attributed to increased travel across state lines, however....
https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/despite-bans-number-abortions-united-states-i...
Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Candace Gibson | 19 March 2024
New findings from the Monthly Abortion Provision Study show that an estimated 1,026,690 abortions occurred in the formal health care system in 2023, the first full calendar year after the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade. This represents a rate of 15.7 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age,* and is a 10% increase since 2020, the last year for which comprehensive estimates are available. It is also the highest number and rate measured in the United States in over a decade...
...Increases in the number of abortions were close to universal—almost every state without a total ban saw an increase in the number of abortions provided, as compared to 2020...states without total bans experienced a 25% increase in abortions provided in 2023, as compared to 2020...Not all increases at the state level can be attributed to increased travel across state lines, however....
https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/despite-bans-number-abortions-united-states-i...
1282wonderY
My 35 year old daughter wrestles with the fact that she brought a child into this world that will more than likely be climate crashing in the next decade or two.
My adolescent and young adult grands know they will not have children.
It’s not that we live grimly; but the environmental consequences seem to be bearing down on us.
My adolescent and young adult grands know they will not have children.
It’s not that we live grimly; but the environmental consequences seem to be bearing down on us.
129kiparsky
Democrat Running on Abortion and I.V.F. Access Wins Special Election in Alabama
First paragraphs of the article:
First paragraphs of the article:
Marilyn Lands, a Democrat, won a special election Tuesday for a State House seat in Alabama after campaigning on access to abortion and in vitro fertilization, underscoring the continued political potency of reproductive rights.
Ms. Lands defeated her Republican opponent, Teddy Powell, by about 25 percentage points — an extraordinary margin in a swing district where she lost by seven points in 2022. The special election was called when David Cole, the Republican who had held the seat, resigned and pleaded guilty to voter fraud.
“Today, Alabama women and families sent a clear message that will be heard in Montgomery and across the nation,” Ms. Lands, a licensed counselor, said Tuesday night. “Our legislature must repeal Alabama’s no-exceptions abortion ban, fully restore access to I.V.F. and protect the right to contraception.”
Her election, in the largely suburban House District 10 in northern Alabama, does not change the balance of power in the state; Republicans still hold supermajorities in both its House and its Senate. And the race was small, with only about 6,000 votes cast.
But the outcome and the margin add further evidence to the pile of election results over the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade that abortion, and, now, I.V.F., is a reliably motivating issue. Democrats are counting on abortion rights in 2024 to continue to help power wins in key states.
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Joel M. Curzon @JoelMCurzon | 8:05 PM · Mar 29, 2024:
Author of book on the Everglades; environmentalist; serpent lover; hard-hearted empiricist; atheist with a religious past. Physics B.S., Harvard J.D.
“Overpopulation was supposed to be a disaster. Where’s the evidence?”
Bar graph biomass humans cattle wild mammals fr 100,000 yrs ago
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/1
Biomass humans, domesticates, wild mammals terrestrial and marine
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/2
Tonnes carbon wild mamals since 100,000 yrs ago
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/3
Deforestation UK 1950-2020
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/4
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Overpopulation bingo card
https://twitter.com/Karmageddon67/status/1773985496500441549/photo/1
Author of book on the Everglades; environmentalist; serpent lover; hard-hearted empiricist; atheist with a religious past. Physics B.S., Harvard J.D.
“Overpopulation was supposed to be a disaster. Where’s the evidence?”
Bar graph biomass humans cattle wild mammals fr 100,000 yrs ago
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/1
Biomass humans, domesticates, wild mammals terrestrial and marine
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/2
Tonnes carbon wild mamals since 100,000 yrs ago
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/3
Deforestation UK 1950-2020
https://twitter.com/JoelMCurzon/status/1773864108699599176/photo/4
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Overpopulation bingo card
https://twitter.com/Karmageddon67/status/1773985496500441549/photo/1
131John5918
‘Extreme’ US anti-abortion group ramps up lobbying in Westminster (Guardian)
A rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser to the prime minister and is drawing up policy briefings for politicians. The UK branch of the US-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has more than doubled its spending since 2020 and been appointed a stakeholder in a parliamentary group on religious freedoms in a role that grants it direct access to MPs. The ADF’s efforts to boost its UK influence are revealed as part of an Observer analysis that shows a surge in activity within the wider anti-abortion movement. Ahead of a historic vote on abortion later this spring, in which MPs will vote on a law that would abolish the criminal offence associated with a woman ending her own pregnancy in England and Wales, several anti-abortion campaign groups have expanded their teams, ramped up advertising and coordinated mass letter-writing campaigns targeting MPs. The findings have led to calls for greater transparency and accountability over the groups’ funding and lobbying activities... The group – which also supports outlawing sexual acts between consenting LGBTQ+ adults and funds US fringe groups attacking gay, trans and abortion rights – has faced claims its funding is not transparent due to its use of donor advised funds: a loophole in US charity law that allows people to give millions anonymously...
132Molly3028
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4583128-arizona-supreme-court-issues-ru....
Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law banning nearly all abortions
In a 4-2 decision, the court rejected arguments that it should uphold the current 15-week abortion ban signed in 2022 by then-Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and enforced after the end of Roe v. Wade.
Instead, the court ruled that the Civil War-era law passed before Arizona was even a state should be enforced. The court ruled to lift a stay on the law, meaning it goes into effect in 14 days.
***
I mistakenly thought we were living in 21st Century America!
Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law banning nearly all abortions
In a 4-2 decision, the court rejected arguments that it should uphold the current 15-week abortion ban signed in 2022 by then-Gov. Doug Ducey (R) and enforced after the end of Roe v. Wade.
Instead, the court ruled that the Civil War-era law passed before Arizona was even a state should be enforced. The court ruled to lift a stay on the law, meaning it goes into effect in 14 days.
***
I mistakenly thought we were living in 21st Century America!
133margd
Anti-abortion states are targeting an emergency healthcare law. Will the supreme court side with them?
Jessica Glenza | 21 April 2024
....the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known across the country by healthcare professionals as Emtala, was borne out of what was once a common practice called “patient dumping” – transferring patients who could not pay from private hospitals to public counterparts, even in emergency situations.
...Patients are still “dumped” and turned away today – one need only look through recent hospitals found in violation of Emtala for those cases – but few instances compare to the galling treatment of pregnant women before the law’s passage.
...The supreme court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case called Idaho v United States. The case was brought after Idaho imposed a near-total abortion ban that allowed doctors to perform an emergency abortion only if a pregnant patient was on the brink of death.
That law is in direct conflict with Emtala, which requires doctors to stabilize emergency patients so they won’t face severe health consequences – a radically lower standard than Idaho’s. Shortly after Roe was overturned, the Biden administration issued a guidance stating that the federal law pre-empts state abortion bans, ultimately suing Idaho over its ban.
Meanwhile, the state of Idaho argued in its petition to the supreme court that Emtala was silent on abortion, and that the law was meant only to ensure hospitals did not turn away uninsured patients. It also argued it was the state’s right to limit abortion to only be performed to save the life of a mother, based on “more than 100 years” of legislation including an 1864 territorial law enacted before Idaho was a state.
Already, the chilling effect of abortion bans on treatment is clear from a spike in harrowing complaints about pregnant people turned away from hospital emergency rooms...
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/21/emtala-supreme-court-abortion
Jessica Glenza | 21 April 2024
....the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known across the country by healthcare professionals as Emtala, was borne out of what was once a common practice called “patient dumping” – transferring patients who could not pay from private hospitals to public counterparts, even in emergency situations.
...Patients are still “dumped” and turned away today – one need only look through recent hospitals found in violation of Emtala for those cases – but few instances compare to the galling treatment of pregnant women before the law’s passage.
...The supreme court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case called Idaho v United States. The case was brought after Idaho imposed a near-total abortion ban that allowed doctors to perform an emergency abortion only if a pregnant patient was on the brink of death.
That law is in direct conflict with Emtala, which requires doctors to stabilize emergency patients so they won’t face severe health consequences – a radically lower standard than Idaho’s. Shortly after Roe was overturned, the Biden administration issued a guidance stating that the federal law pre-empts state abortion bans, ultimately suing Idaho over its ban.
Meanwhile, the state of Idaho argued in its petition to the supreme court that Emtala was silent on abortion, and that the law was meant only to ensure hospitals did not turn away uninsured patients. It also argued it was the state’s right to limit abortion to only be performed to save the life of a mother, based on “more than 100 years” of legislation including an 1864 territorial law enacted before Idaho was a state.
Already, the chilling effect of abortion bans on treatment is clear from a spike in harrowing complaints about pregnant people turned away from hospital emergency rooms...
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/21/emtala-supreme-court-abortion
