No one could’ve prepared me better for this moment than the powerful organizers at TX abortion funds. Years of relentless legislative attacks means fighting back while still funding abortions, b/c that work never stops. It means crying when it feels unbearable, & that’s ok too 🥹
More pills by mail. Finding safe places to stay. Legal help. Here are the ways New Yorkers are prepping for an influx of people seeking abortion:
https://t.co/SQjKFKIwsR
Idaho officials are using medical records to add people to a child abuse registry for allegedly using drugs while pregnant, even after healthy births.
Yet another example of prosecutors using Dobbs to roll back the rights of pregnant people. ✍️@KelseyT98: https://t.co/IdN2TSNksX
Only 60% of votes are in in Nebraska, but right now *both* of the competing abortion measures winning.
Whichever proposed amendment has the most votes will be adopted.
NEW: Abortion funds and clinics, still reeling after funding cuts from pro-choice groups, face yet another obstacle—the end of a program covering abortions for people from states w/ bans. The cuts total $1 million a month, per source. Me in @thenation:
https://t.co/lLgFpgQ8Mk
A rural physician I spoke with hadn't even heard misoprostol was being reclassified. "What? That's death!" she said when I told her about the cart removal. She said pharmacies have already been "pushing back" when she prescribed the medication for miscarriages
One OB-GYN I spoke with said it's been preemptively pulled off some postpartum carts already, and that there's "confusion and angst" among doctors worried about how this will affect inpatient care
Misoprostol is on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medications. It is highly effective at both treating and preventing postpartum hemorrhage—the second most common cause of maternal death after mental health crises
More than 115 workers at the Manhattan clinic signed a petition asking PP of Greater New York not to restrict abortion services. PPGNY told me it faces $10 million shortfall due in part to state lawmakers not upping Medicaid reimbursement rates for FY25
https://t.co/vLBVL2A7qu
NEW: Planned Parenthood of NY said it would halt deep sedation and abortions after 20 weeks starting in September due to budget constraints. But workers say the affiliate has already quietly cut back on sedation weeks ahead of schedule. Me in @GuardianUS
https://t.co/vLBVL2A7qu
PP of NY said the choice to halt abortions after 20 weeks was a budget decision and pointed to an op-ed about the state failing to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates. So affiliate is indirectly blaming the New York legislature and/or Gov. Kathy Hochul
https://t.co/G8LNQ87gZc
Yet another example of PP leaving later abortion patients behind—independent clinics will now face even more strain.
https://t.co/G5pegpZLuu via @clauirizarry@THECITYNY
NEW: New York’s local Planned Parenthood chapter says within weeks it will no longer provide abortions at 20-plus weeks or “deep sedation” during some procedures, citing financial issues.
https://t.co/tWl7RjiykU
How important is it to warn people about fake ultrasounds from crisis pregnancy centers? A Massachusetts woman says a CPC failed to diagnosed her ectopic pregnancy—which then ruptured. She filed a class action lawsuit:
https://t.co/uq77FbZu48
Before you get too excited: This legal battle is still fully in play as three states have been granted the right to intervene in the case. The Supreme Court may well in the future decide that they DO have standing
As the report notes, the impact of these abortion bans on survivors is further compounded by other forms of state violence and control. The widening net of criminalization and our country's carceral responses makes survivors even more vulnerable to abuse, coercion, and violence.
Per a new survey by the Natl Domestic Violence Hotline @NDVH, 5% of 3400+ respondents said a partner threatened to report them to police/legal authorities for considering an abortion, weaponizing misinfo about who abortion bans punish to control them:
https://t.co/HmGCFJgDTS
Welp, my press release that I just sent out is going to get buried alive now. If anyone is looking for some good news about abortion in Illinois… click below ⤵️
https://t.co/GUnccZYycH
EXCLUSIVE: For @prismreports, @NicoleFroio found that Planned Parenthood paid the arms manufacturer Raytheon more than $3 million for IT services, leading to larger questions about divestment in the repro movement. https://t.co/XFv5VnyJAh
@RewireNewsGroup The history of anti-abortion violence in the U.S. includes at least 11 murders and thousands more incidents of serious violence. Clinic blockades and invasions can be absolutely harrowing for staff and patients for this reason—these are not just protests https://t.co/B6QrqGCnJV