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HOT OFF THE PRESSES! In this piece we make the case that we are in an abortion infodemic and lay out an urgent research agenda.
This infodemic has unique features that make it challenging to address & this has implications for future infodemics. đ§ľ
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This infodemic has unique features that make it challenging to address & this has implications for future infodemics. đ§ľ
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First, letâs review why the loss of #reprorights puts women's health at risk. Here are the stats on maternal mortality in the US compared to other industrialized nations.
This is inexcusable.
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This is inexcusable.
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Digging deeper into the data reveals enormous inequities. Black women have 3 times the maternal mortality rate as white women. As do Native American women, women with diabetes, CVD, and obesity.
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𧾠In response to MO Attorney General Baileyâs latest attack on gender-affirming care, we are having pop-up clinics for new gender-affirming care patients in Springfield (MO), STL, & Fairview Heights, IL, starting Monday, 4/17. Learn more: plannedparenthood.org/planned-parentâŚ. #NoMOTransBans
MO Attorney General Bailey is abusing his power to attack trans Missourians. We sued to stop his sham investigation into our gender-affirming health care program, which serves patients 16 & older.
On Thursday, 4/13, AG Bailey issued an emergency rule that would effectively ban gender-affirming care in MO for adults & young people. We encourage any Missourian interested in starting gender-affirming care to make an appointment before the regulation takes effect on 4/27.
Religious fundamentalists in the US are morally no different to the fascist fundamentalists of Islam.
The antediluvian and misogynist views of both are an affront to decency and liberal democracy.
#RoeVsWade #RoeVWade #ReproRights
The antediluvian and misogynist views of both are an affront to decency and liberal democracy.
#RoeVsWade #RoeVWade #ReproRights
"I don't care if you're a Christian. In fact, I will fight for you to have your religious liberty & practice your Christianity... I don't believe in Christianity which means that you don't get to dictate how I live my life based on your religion"
#RoeVsWade #RoevWade #ReproRights
#RoeVsWade #RoevWade #ReproRights
Hi, I'm just an abortion provider, wanting you to know about the wave of anti-abortion legislation happening across the country that @PressSec and @POTUS have yet to comment on:
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AZ just passed a bill banning abortions for fetal indications, and confers embryos and fetuses civil rights as long as they are inside a uterus (but not if they are created/destroyed in a lab setting, eg during in vitro fertilization). 2/
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OK just passed 3 anti-abortion laws, including a ban after fetal cardiac activity is detected, revoking medical licenses for physicians who perform abortions, and that only OBGYNs may perform abortions. 3/
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BREAKING: Weâre taking North Carolina to court. With our partners @PPFA, @ACLU, @ACLU_NC, weâre challenging medically unnecessary abortion restrictions that have rolled back abortion access and stigmatized essential health care.
These restrictions, known as TRAP laws, (âtargeted restrictions on abortion providers") disproportionately impact NC Black communities and those living in rural areas, making it even harder to access care in the state.
TRAP laws force abortion providers to adhere to medically unnecessary requirements that NO other providers of office-based medical care must meet, including:
NEW: Ahead of the 10th anniversary of Kenya's Constitution, our report details how the government's failure to uphold its obligations has harmed the reproductive health of its peopleâand how to better protect these rights. #KatibaforSRHR #KatibaAt10 reproductiverights.org/press-room/repâŚ
Although the Constitution (or "Katiba") has provisions for safeguarding #reprorightsâincluding abortionâthey are ignored, sidelined, or rendered ineffective. The result: Women and girls, especially from low-income communities, opt for unsafe abortion. #KatibaforSRHR #KatibaAt10
Recommendations to protect safe abortion access include:
- Training police and prosecutors
- Eliminating legal loopholes that fuel harassment against women and #SRH providers
- Reinstating Standards & Guidelines to reduce unsafe abortion practices
#KatibaforSRHR #KatibaAt10
- Training police and prosecutors
- Eliminating legal loopholes that fuel harassment against women and #SRH providers
- Reinstating Standards & Guidelines to reduce unsafe abortion practices
#KatibaforSRHR #KatibaAt10
Less than an hour until the Womenâs Health Protection Act hearing! Weâre here in DC waiting outside to get into the hearing room along with dozens of other advocates.
Check back with us throughout the morning... weâll be live tweeting from the hearing room! #ActForWomen
Check back with us throughout the morning... weâll be live tweeting from the hearing room! #ActForWomen
So many #reprorights warriors here!! Excited to get in the room and hear from our legislators and our President and CEO, Nancy Northup, who will be testifying. #ActForWomen
And weâre in!
Spotted: President and CEO, Nancy Northupâs seat, where she will soon be testifying in support of the Womenâs Health Protection Act. #ActForWomen
Spotted: President and CEO, Nancy Northupâs seat, where she will soon be testifying in support of the Womenâs Health Protection Act. #ActForWomen
Just two candidates left... now taking the stage at #OurRightsOurCourts, @ewarren!!
Tune in NOW: facebook.com/reproductiveriâŚ
Tune in NOW: facebook.com/reproductiveriâŚ
@ewarren .@ewarren says courts are moving in the direction of protecting a "corporate minority" instead of individual rights.
"They have become a core part of tilting our country and our laws in a direction ... that helps those at the top and undercuts everyone else. #OurRightsOurCourts
"They have become a core part of tilting our country and our laws in a direction ... that helps those at the top and undercuts everyone else. #OurRightsOurCourts
@ewarren "We need a court system that is independent of our political system." - @ewarren #OurRightsOurCourts
This is especially important to the work that we do at the Center. If courts do not adhere to the rule of law, it hinders our ability to protect and expand #reprorights.
This is especially important to the work that we do at the Center. If courts do not adhere to the rule of law, it hinders our ability to protect and expand #reprorights.
As we head into the third hour of #OurRightsOurCourts, another presidential candidate is taking the stage. Welcome, @MichaelBennet!
@MichaelBennet "We now have judges who are getting lifetime appointments who will not say whether Brown vs. Board of Education is settled law." - @MichaelBennet
The integrity of our federal judiciary has never been more precarious. We need a plan to protect #OurRightsOurCourts
The integrity of our federal judiciary has never been more precarious. We need a plan to protect #OurRightsOurCourts
@MichaelBennet "Just like I don't think there's any compromise on the science on climate change, I don't think there's any compromise ... in terms of women's access to reproductive health & #reprorights."
@MichaelBennet closes by stressing:
"Our democracy is at risk." #OurRightsOurCourts
@MichaelBennet closes by stressing:
"Our democracy is at risk." #OurRightsOurCourts
Our litigation team is in court today arguing to block Mississippi's 6-week abortion ban.
A panel of three judges on that court already struck down the state's 15-week ban, and this is an even more extreme attempt to restrict abortion access in the state.
A panel of three judges on that court already struck down the state's 15-week ban, and this is an even more extreme attempt to restrict abortion access in the state.
Then, tomorrow, we're headed to the District Court of Oklahoma County to block two harmful state laws from taking effect. The laws ban the use of telemedicine to provide medication abortion and prohibit qualified advanced practice clinicians from providing abortions.
These are just two of 31 cases that we are currently litigating to protect #reprorights and abortion access across the U.S. Weâll continue to take states like Mississippi and Oklahoma to court until anti-abortion legislators get the message: we will not back down.
đ¨ #BREAKING: I'm suing the Trump administration over an unlawful rule that threatens access to safe and legal abortion care for those who buy health insurance through #ACA exchanges: bit.ly/3aXmHyH #ReproRights
This confusing rule would require all #ACA health plans send separate bills for any part of their premiums that go toward abortion coverage.
If a consumer doesn't pay both bills, they could lose ALL of their health care coverage.
If a consumer doesn't pay both bills, they could lose ALL of their health care coverage.
This new rule also harms the District and its residents because it:
âIncreases costs and limits access to health care
âImposes unnecessary administrative costs on states, including $3.93 million annually for @DCHealthLink
âViolates the Constitution and federal law
âIncreases costs and limits access to health care
âImposes unnecessary administrative costs on states, including $3.93 million annually for @DCHealthLink
âViolates the Constitution and federal law
Today marks 47 years since #RoevWade became the law of the land, and yet we are still fighting relentless assaults on women's access to a safe, legal abortion.
Iâm proud to have joined state AGs in fighting attacks on #ReproRights, including:
â Taking legal action to keep clinics open
â Opposing efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
â Fighting a gag rule that stops women from getting complete information about healthcare options
â Taking legal action to keep clinics open
â Opposing efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
â Fighting a gag rule that stops women from getting complete information about healthcare options
Women in D.C. are especially vulnerable to attacks on #ReproRights because of the District's inability to govern itself like any other state.
#DCStatehood is critical for us to help protect our residentsâ fundamental rights: bit.ly/2NDdzYj
#DCStatehood is critical for us to help protect our residentsâ fundamental rights: bit.ly/2NDdzYj
We are just about to start our 2019-2020 #SCOTUS Preview event at @PressClubDC! Stay tuned for the next hour as we live tweet remarks from our speakers, Hon. Donald Verrilli, Hon. Paul Clement, @shobawadhia, @walterdellinger, and @katie_eyer, moderated by @KimberlyEAtkins!
@PressClubDC @shobawadhia @walterdellinger @katie_eyer @KimberlyEAtkins .@shobawadhia on the #DACA case in front of #SCOTUS this term: "The legal justification for the use of deferred action is crystal clear. And, it has been a true success.â
@PressClubDC @shobawadhia @walterdellinger @katie_eyer @KimberlyEAtkins @katie_eyer now discussing textualism and the upcoming #SCOTUS case on whether Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act guarantees #LGBT people nationwide protection from workplace discrimination. More in her recent ACS blog here: acslaw.org/expertforum/unâŚ
Robert Destro, Trumpâs nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, has a long history of opposition to reproductive rights, including openly advocating against contraception, abortion, and #RoevWade.
Destro has also failed to respect LGBTQ+ rights, and has repeatedly campaigned against civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ folks in the name of religious liberty. But we all know thereâs nothing moral about denying services to people based on who they love or how they identify.
We cannot allow a man who openly campaigns against #reprorights and LGBTQ+ rights to claim responsibility for ensuring that the U.S. delivers on international human rights agreements and responds appropriately to rights violations.
Speaking on the Senate floor to say that I am appalled by the extreme, cruel, shameful abortion ban passed in Alabama. This is nothing short of an attack on women & part of a larger effort to take away womenâs constitutional right to safe, legal abortion. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1âŚ
I also want to outline why I oppose Wendy Vitterâs lifetime nomination to the federal bench: Vitter is partisan, has bolstered misinformation about womenâs #ReproRights, and is undoubtedly #UnfitToJudge. #CourtsMatter
Vitter has voiced more support for outright lies about womenâs health than for Brown v. Board of Edâthe historic decision that struck down state-sponsored segregation. She can't be trusted to decide the historic cases of tomorrow. Vitter's nom should be rejected. #CourtsMatter
1/4 Hey #sexstrike Think you can just avoid pregnancy with an elective #hysterectomy? Think again. You don't get to get to make those decisions for yourself either. My 3rd high risk pregnancy in a row became an early emergency c-section⌠#moleg #hb126 #reprorights #stopthebans
2/4 I /my child had to almost die before Dr's would consider hysterectomy (post recovery). I was so scared of getting pregnant again, we had infrequent & wary sex until the operation was performed. Stop robbing women of freedom #moleg #sexstrike #hb126 #reprorights #stopthebans
3/4 Living in fear of unintended pregnancy robs you of personal #freedom. The only thing you CAN do to 100% prevent pregnancy? Not have sex. I didnât want to die & couldnât take #birthcontrol. #moleg #hb126 would rob my kids of their mom #sexstrike #reprorights #stopthebans
Instead of expanding Medicaid and tackling Georgia's maternal health crisis, Republican legislators are attacking #ReproRights and pushing extreme bills that risk womenâs lives for political gain. SB 218, HB 481 & HB 546 are cruel, unnecessary and dangerous proposals. 1/ #gapol
In the fight for progress and economic equality, we must always support reproductive justice. We must continue to fight to protect and expand access to affordable reproductive health services for all, and we must oppose any effort to move us backward. 2/ #gapol
Access to repro health services has allowed women across the U.S. to pursue higher ed, enter and stay in the workforce and provide for their families. Every womanâregardless of income, race or regionâdeserves the right to control their own body and forge a path for themselves. 3/
DEMAND SEN. SUSAN COLLINS EITHER:
â VOTES NO on Kavanaugh
OR
â Mainers for Accountable Leadership funds her future opponent
Pledge to help get Collins out of office in 2020 if she doesnât stand with constituents;
Please RT đ˛
crowdpac.com/campaigns/3874âŚ
#StopKanavaugh
â VOTES NO on Kavanaugh
OR
â Mainers for Accountable Leadership funds her future opponent
Pledge to help get Collins out of office in 2020 if she doesnât stand with constituents;
Please RT đ˛
crowdpac.com/campaigns/3874âŚ
#StopKanavaugh
OH, BLESS HIS HEART!
Who says the GOP doesnât care about women?
Chill the hysteria ladies!
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse (NE) is here to mansplain: Womenâs Concerns About Losing Their Constitutional #ReproRights are just âHYSTERIAâ
dailykos.com/story/2018/9/4âŚ
#SaveKavanaugh
Who says the GOP doesnât care about women?
Chill the hysteria ladies!
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse (NE) is here to mansplain: Womenâs Concerns About Losing Their Constitutional #ReproRights are just âHYSTERIAâ
dailykos.com/story/2018/9/4âŚ
#SaveKavanaugh
The Grotesque Decency of Brett Kavanaughâs Confirmation Hearings
âŞď¸Everythingâs Fine
âŞď¸Except Democrats whoâve descended into âmob ruleâ
âŞď¸Democrats obstruct
âŞď¸Stop squawking about documents
| Slate
apple.news/A-nC8pHBZT1mkYâŚ
#StopKavanaugh
#HystericalDemocrats đđź
âŞď¸Everythingâs Fine
âŞď¸Except Democrats whoâve descended into âmob ruleâ
âŞď¸Democrats obstruct
âŞď¸Stop squawking about documents
| Slate
apple.news/A-nC8pHBZT1mkYâŚ
#StopKavanaugh
#HystericalDemocrats đđź
On the 170th anniversary of the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls where suffragists proudly proclaimed that "all men AND women are created equal," it's sad we're still striving to achieve that vision. It's why I introduce the Equal Rights Amendment every Congress, and...
...why I proudly voted for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that President Obama signed into law, and continue to work to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to bolster enforcement of our pay discrimination laws so my daughter & granddaughter don't face the same wage gap my mother did
It's why I'm working to #StopKavanaugh from joining the Supreme Court, where he will surely oppose women's equality by overturning #RoevWade, and helping religious employers deny coverage for contraception. Rallied w/ @CoryBooker @PPact @NJ_CASA this week menendez.senate.gov/news-and-eventâŚ
BREAKING: Trump just announced his #SCOTUSpick - Brett Kavanaugh, who has a troubling record on #reprorights, the environment, the ACA, and more. Keep reading to learn more about #WhatsAtStake and why we must #StopKavanaugh âŹď¸
Brett Kavanaugh is one of the most cravenly partisan choices Trump could have made. Heâs been called the âForrest Gump of Republican politics,â as he seems to always show up in high-stakes, far-right political battles and conspiracy theories.
Kavanaugh doesnât believe that a sitting president can be indicted, and believes presidents should have wide latitude to hire and fire special counsels. His nomination could shield Trump from facing accountability for his crimes and corruption.
đ¨ #BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump has nominated #BrettKavanaugh to the #SCOTUS seat vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy. đđž #SaveSCOTUS #WhatsAtStakeđ¨
lambdalegal.org/blog/20180709_âŚ
lambdalegal.org/blog/20180709_âŚ
Judge #Kavanaugh has been on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for over 10 years. He's a member of the Federalist Society. (@FedSoc) (yikes!)
Let's take a look at his record! đ§ #WhatsAtStake #SaveSCOTUS
lambdalegal.org/blog/20180709_âŚ
Let's take a look at his record! đ§ #WhatsAtStake #SaveSCOTUS
lambdalegal.org/blog/20180709_âŚ
ICYMI: The Federalist Society is âa group of conservatives and libertarians dedicated to reforming the current legal order.â #SCOTUS nominee #BrettKavanaugh is a member. Fun!
We really need to talk more about #abortion as an option for women.
It's hard to say this and hard to hear it for many, but just because you discover you are pregnant doesn't mean you must carry that pregnancy to term. Your decision will last the rest of your life--and the rest of the life of any child you decide to carry to term.
#abortion
#abortion
And no, I am not advocating #abortion.
I'm advocating thinking about parenthood & all it entails.
Because once you have a child, you can't just walk away from that life.
And women/girls are talked into maintaining pregnancies every day.
More discussion would change that.
I'm advocating thinking about parenthood & all it entails.
Because once you have a child, you can't just walk away from that life.
And women/girls are talked into maintaining pregnancies every day.
More discussion would change that.
In the flurry of attention to #KevinWilliamson, there's been zero mention that the exchange that resulted in Williamson's firing from @TheAtlantic was with the insufferable editor of @NRO, Charles Cooke, who agreed 100% that women should be executed for having abortions.
"I would totally go with treating it like any other crime up to and including hanging,â Williamson said.
Cooke quickly concurred: âI absolutely agree.â (see @Shareblue for more of this exchange)
Whither comment from @NRO either affirming they are fine with hanging women or no?
Cooke quickly concurred: âI absolutely agree.â (see @Shareblue for more of this exchange)
Whither comment from @NRO either affirming they are fine with hanging women or no?
In February I had a testy exchange with Cooke who called me "stupid" for calling him out for being the first person to attack David Hogg. Note that because he's a white guy with a British accent, neither he nor @NRO received any internet penalty except, apparently, from me.
Trump's administration made it clear last week there IS a #WarOnWomen. #womensrights #ReproRights #CivilRights #HumanRights #GeeksResist 1
Trump's appointees are anti-woman, homophobic and all have a reputation for bigotry or outright racism. 2
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59âŚ
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59âŚ
3 groups have formed a task force to coordinate info about issues affecting women. Introducing Resistance Women Unite. #RWU 3
