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Emily A.

19 Apr, 8 tweets, 2 min read

A paper published by physicians at Washington University in St. Louis found "States that restrict abortion have higher maternal mortality than states that either protect or are neutral towards abortion...”. /1 salon.com/2021/04/19/the…

The authors note that “it’s not simply women dying because they wanted an abortion and couldn’t get one” though there are situations like that. It’s also likely that “states that restrict abortion may have broader hostility towards women’s health”. /2

Dr. Andante, an OB-GYN and co-author noted “the legislatures are ‘really prioritizing passing anti-abortion legislation’”. By decreasing access to care, making it more difficult to get contraceptive care, slashing family planning, states are not prioritizing women’s health.

I’m going to sound like a broken record here. But last year, there were 39 surgical abortions in the state of Missouri. Missouri has a high maternal mortality rate. Just this session, there were 16 bills submitted in Missouri’s House and Senate restricting abortion.

Missouri has problems. *Real* problems. Not Fox News-conservative talk radio generated problems. Real women are dying in this state. But instead of addressing *that* problem, Republicans are laser focused on abortion.

There are ways to lower abortion rates. It’s been studied. It’s really common-sense. Prevent unwanted pregnancies. But to do that, would require 1) increased access to contraception and 2) honest, open and scientifically correct sex education.

So just like COVID-19, Republicans want to *complain* about the problem, in this case abortion, but they don’t really want to do anything to actually address the problem. Why not? Abortion is one of the biggest motivating factors that gets their voters to the polls.

Honestly, I can think of no better phrase to describe the state of Missouri right now than “hostile”. This article applies the descriptor to women’s health. But the state is hostile - to science, to truth, to facts, to the health of its citizens. Just hostile. #moleg

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Knodell’s vaccine distribution plan resulted in thousands of Missourians criss-crossing the state to obtain vaccination appointments and doses being wasted because they were sent to areas of the state with low interest in receiving a vaccine. /2

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I was listening in the car to @Timodc on @DeadlineWH and he said something about Republicans that I’ve been saying about our Missouri legislature for awhile - it’s just a game to them. /1

The GOP holds a supermajority in Missouri’s legislature. Instead of addressing the very real problems in our state, the bills they propose are parodies of the farthest right wing wish list. The more a piece of legislation triggers the libs, the better./2

Voter ID and restrictive early voting? Sure, why not. Banning IUDs and the morning after pill? You got it. Requiring medically unnecessary pelvic exams for women seeking a medication abortion? Absolutely. Attacking transgender kids and their families? Hell yeah. /3

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But as you can see from these maps pulled from the BLS, employment in these occupations are not evenly distributed throughout Missouri. /3

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In the St. Louis area, there are 10 appointments for COVID-19 vaccine in the next three days at the Walgreen’s on Halls Ferry Rd and another 9 appointments available at the #9 Chambers Rd location.

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