Another blow to #ReproductiveRights... Thanks, #SCOTUS!

States can block #Medicaid money for health care at #PlannedParenthood, the #SupremeCourt says

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Updated 3:09 PM EDT, June 26, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as #contraception and #CancerScreenings, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

"The 6-3 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court’s conservatives was not directly about abortion, but it comes as Republicans back a wider push across the country to defund the organization. It closes off Planned Parenthood’s primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place: patient lawsuits.

"The justices found that while Medicaid law allows people choose their own provider, that does not make it a right enforceable in court. The court split along ideological lines, with the three liberals dissenting in the case from #SouthCarolina.

"Public health care money generally cannot be used to pay for abortions, but Medicaid patients go to Planned Parenthood for other needs in part because it can be difficult to find a doctor who takes the publicly funded insurance, the organization has said.

"South Carolina Gov. #HenryMcMaster, a Republican [and asshole], said Planned Parenthood should not get any taxpayer money. The budget bill backed by President Donald Trump in Congress would also cut Medicaid money for the group. That could force the closure of about 200 centers, most of them in states where abortion is legal, Planned Parenthood has said."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-heartbeat-ban-upheld-south-carolina-68df7ce8400493fdc175ec1fc4326a1e

#WelcomeToGilead #TheHandmaidsTale
#McMasterIsABastard #ProBirth #ProCancer #MAGADeathCult

Le Collège de la Médecine Générale a mis en ligne son Guide d’accompagnement à La contraception dite « masculine » auquel j'ai modestement contribué. Je le trouve très bien :

https://www.cmg.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/La-Contraception-dite-masculine-guide-a-destination-des-medecins.pdf

NEW EPISODE

We've got a great conversation for you this week with Dutch abortion rights pioneer Rebecca Gomperts about the state of reproductive rights around Europe.

As you'll hear, it's an unusually personal topic for us, and we shared some things that felt vulnerable to talk about in public. But we're glad we did.

https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/toxic-chemicals-abortion-rights-nazi-era-train-law

If govt policymakers want their citizens to have more kids

Then:

Accessible #Healthcare
Secure #Housing
#Daycare
#ParentalLeave (both parents)
Sane #workCulture
Quality #Education
Etc

In the #USA #MAGA's desire for more kids seems to have found its policy in "make them poor uneducated and desperate and get rid of #sexEd #abortion #contraception and #womensRights"

I suppose they have a point because neglected unloved kids are future MAGA

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/10/money-not-infertility-un-report-says-why-birth-rates-are-plummeting

There's a news story today about one small element of CDC staff cuts made in April.
It's the end of evidence-based contraception guidelines tailored for women with different health conditions, including sickle cell.
#SickleCell #contraception #WomensHealth
#CDC
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/cdc-cuts-birth-control-women-chronic-diseases-sickle-cell-rcna211851

Emergency contraceptives are hitting shelves at 11,000 convenience stores in 48 states. #health #healthcare #contraception #birthcontrol #UnitedStates #news

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/emergency-contraception-morning-after-available-convenience-stores-rcna204952

Sunday 19 May 1963

Britons seem to be suffering from a twentieth century social disease with the idea that possessions are more important than people. Sociologist Dr Howard Jones said there was reason to believe that the affluent society was a bad thing. He added that as people become more affluent society’s standards and behaviour will decline.