Why are conservatives targeting IVF?
Think about who uses IVF-- LGBTQ+ couples, older mothers, women opting to have children without partners (also cancer patients and people of all ages experiencing infertility). Seems pretty obvious why the far right cares so much.
It begins.
"The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system has paused in vitro fertilization procedures following an Alabama Supreme Court decision due to fear of criminal prosecution and lawsuits, a spokeswoman said." https://t.co/jdUAs3oOv1
TPS 🧵 It is your obligation to pull over and exchange information in the event of a collision. It’s also the right thing to do to ensure the person you hit receives cautionary medical attention as they may be in shock. You don't just drive away officer...1/3
Alabama: where girls who don’t want to become mothers are forced to give birth, and women who desperately want to become mothers will probably be unable to access IVF. Oh, also the state Supreme Court judgments read like literal sermons. https://t.co/WdTJyqAaZj
Transgender youth:
- have 7x the risk of suicide attempt vs cisgender youth
- are incredibly anxious about reactions of friends/family
- when provided gender affirming care (including hormone therapy at ONSET of puberty and safe spaces) have improved mental health #Alberta 1/2
Yes. And far too many stories like this:
Youthful person. No criminal record. Strong release plan. Detained on the tertiary ground (namely the strength of the Crown’s case). +200 days in custody (75% in lockdown; 50% triple bunked) before released after detention review.
@chrisrudnicki_ Not a fan of higher ceilings on incarceration but will happily take this silver lining! How absurd that for a few years now an accused has been entitled to a prelim if charged w selling a dime bag of coke but not if accused of possessing a loaded prohibited firearm.
@nehachughlaw And love actually is incredibly cringe. I would like to cut about 80% of the storylines. The body doubles can stay. Laura linney can stay but they need to change the ending so she gets with Very Hot Man With The Hair and Glasses.
@nehachughlaw I LOVE Brooklyn. Wildly underrated film. My mum emigrated to the US some 40 years after that movie takes place, and from the UK not Ireland, but it still makes her cry. It tells such a beautiful universal story.
Outraged & heartbroken for Kate and her family. Also, I wish I didn’t know her name. I shouldn’t. This should be a private, routine (albeit difficult) medical matter. A procedure performed speedily and respectfully. A family’s grief & journey to healing. Shared only w loved ones.
BREAKING: Late tonight, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, our plaintiff with severe pregnancy complications, to have an abortion to protect her health and future fertility.
Tried to sing jingle bell rock to the baby the other day, and realised I only actually know the part that Lindsay Lohan sings after the boombox gets kicked into Jason’s face. #iykyk