Litman says,
"A lot of men on the left, you know, it was particularly men, kept saying, well, if the justices overrule Roe, this is going to be the gift that keeps on giving to the Democratic Party that is going to be able to run on the issue of abortion.
And it's clear that this country just does not care enough about women and their lives and health and safety for that to be true."
#abortion #Dobbs #SupremeCourt #ReproductiveRights #women
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As the 3-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's act to rip reproductive rights from women with the Dobbs decision comes around, Katie Phang talks to Leah Litman, author of Lawless, about "How far we've plummeted in terms of reproductive rights freedom since that fateful day in 2022."
#abortion #Dobbs #SupremeCourt #ReproductiveRights #women
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https://katiephang.substack.com/p/dobbs-3-year-anniversary-with-leah
"16 states with total or near-total abortion bans have sustained more than $64 billion in economic losses annually"
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/abortion-ban-cost-report/ #Politics #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRestrictions #Economics
History may not repeat, but it does rhyme, and this fits the same old beats of American-style intellectual dishonesty, moral hypocrisy, authoritarians' weapons of mass perception, and anti-democratic state violence.
“The object of the [14] Amendment was undoubtedly to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but in the nature of things, it could not have been intended to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms of unsatisfactory to either.”
― Justice Henry Billings Brown, author of the majority opinion Plessy v. Ferguson, SCOTUS 1896
#US #Politics #Economics #BlackMastodon #VotingRights #ReproductiveRights #Trans #TransRights #Trump #TrumpRegime #whiteNationalism #Christofascism #Patriachy #ForcedPregnamcy #CompulsoryHetronormativity #LGB
This original video was arbitrarily taken down, so Talis Adler re-uploaded it , and I've updated the link below.
gender wars part 2: electric boogaloo
Talis Adler
#talistheintrovert
#Culture #Politics #SocialJustice #Economics #EconomicJustice #Healthcare #ReproductiveRights #Feminism #Womanism #Trans #Patriarchy #GenderEssentialism #ColonialViolence #Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9oo8iXzug0
Police in UK can now take women's phones and check their period tracking app
Several women's health and safety organisations have spoken out against the 'shocking' new guidance, vowing to 'aggressively challenge' it
"New guidance in the UK has handed British police the power to trawl through women's phones if they suspect said individual has undergone an illegal abortion.
As per an announcement made by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) last month, officers investigating the causes of stillbirths, miscarriages and unexpected pregnancy losses will now be permitted access to check menstrual cycle tracking apps.
The alleged aim of the incoming procedure is to 'establish a woman’s knowledge and intention in relation to the pregnancy.'"
“If we’re truly pro-life, we should also be fighting for the life of those #children who are raped & molested,” said the author of the bill, Democratic Rep. Delisha Boyd, who argued that under #Louisiana’s current law young victims of #rape are forced to carry babies to term.
Again I have to highlight the amazing sessions and events that @museumofscience have on disability.
#disability #ReproductiveRights
https://www.youtube.com/live/_Cy-SVAeyVs?si=7GDl6qw0Axy8wyEv
At least 20 Planned Parenthood clinics shutter amid political turbulence https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/at-least-20-planned-parenthood-clinics-shutter-amid-political-turbulence #Trumpadministration #Reproductiverights #PlannedParenthood #Women'shealth #USCongress #USpolitics #Abortion #Health #USnews
The more things change ...
"I gotta think of something to say besides 'fuck'. I think you can say 'fuck', it's a free country. Oh I'm sorry, that's right, you almost probably can't get an abortion soon, and then you won't be able to say 'fuck'. I just wanna say, you should be able to have a fucking abortion, that's right."
#EddieVedder, Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged, 1992
https://www.europesays.com/2120223/ Critics say new UK police guidelines concerning stillbirths and abortions are fuelling a ‘culture of hostility’ #abortion #GreatBritain #NationalPoliceChiefs'Council #PregnancyLoss #ReproductiveRights #stillbirth #UnitedKingdom
"What is a woman? According to conservatives, she's an incubator.
~ Jill Filipovic
#Trump #Republicans #abortion #ReproductiveRights #women #healthcare
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"Even though the White House would like to have us believe it is laying low on abortion, make no mistake: The state of reproductive rights is dire in all corners of the country. Today’s column, a summary of just a single week of headlines, paints a spectacularly damning, dystopian picture."
~ Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
#Trump #Republicans #abortion #ReproductiveRights #women #healthcare
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-state-of-reproductive-rights
In the U.K., Police Are Being Trained to Find Abortion-Related Evidence in Women’s Phones
Similar to the U.S., in the U.K., criminal investigations into pregnancy loss are on the rise. And now, police are receiving chilling guidance on how to surveil & build cases against women.
"It's going to be a patchwork of trying to fill in those gaps," Koskenoja said. "But we lost a very functional system for delivering this #care to patients. And now, we're just having to make it up as we go."
"We know that #telehealth cannot bridge every gap; however, the majority of the services #PPMI provides will remain available via the Virtual Health Center & PP Direct, including #MedicationAbortion, #birthcontrol, #HIV services, #UTI treatment, emergency #contraception, #gender-affirming care, & yeast infection treatment. Learn more at ppmi.org/telehealth."
Meanwhile, more clinics & #abortion funds say #patients have delayed #care because of those rising #costs. According to a small Nov-Dec 2024 survey of providers & funds conducted by ineedana.com, "85% of clinics reported seeing an increase of clients delaying care due to lack of #funding."
One abortion fund said the number of patients who've had to delay care until their second trimester "has grown by over 60%" spanning 6 months in 2024.
Suddenly, new #online providers entered the field, advertising virtual consultations & pills shipped directly to your home. And plenty of #patients who still have #access to a brick-&-mortar clinic prefer that option. "Put more simply, it’s gotta change their [#PlannedParenthood] business model," she said.
