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1 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Okay folks waiting on SCOTUS how are we doing?
Here's what I can say right now. We're in unchartered waters for abortion access no matter what unfolds in the next hour
Things feel really dark and difficult right now. And I'm not going to lie. They are. But I also know that the bravest, smartest people I know are out there doing everything they can to make sure people have care no matter what. So I'm holding onto that right now.
This fight right now is about so much more than abortion. It always was about so much more than abortion. That reality will become VERY clear over the coming months and years.

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8 Sep
Sooooo…. did you hear the news? Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told reporters this week that there’s no reason to worry about the lack of a rape exception in Texas’ #SB8 because Texas was going to “eliminate rape.”

I have some thoughts here.
First of all, as others have pointed out, there’s no way to “eliminate rape.” Rapes go unreported. There are no pre-cogs available to enable Minority Report-style reporting for first-time rapists. It’s all bad faith nonsense.
And because it is bad-faith nonsense I totally get the impulse to dunk on Gov. Abbott here. HE. IS. SO. DUNKABLE. But because this is not my first rodeo I want to talk about a couple of red flags here for me.
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2 Sep
Okay what just happened at SCOTUS? Well for starters they let the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, a law that bans abortion at about 6 weeks pregnancy, take effect without a single court hearing arguments on its constitutionality.
THAT IS SO BAD. I CANNOT STRESS JUST HOW BAD THIS IS.
Let's just get this out of the way. We can stop debating about whether or not SCOTUS overturned Roe. They did. So what if it’s on a technicality. It’s not a technicality to the people forced to carry pregnancies to term against their will.
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1 Sep
Well, it happened. The Supreme Court effectively overturned Roe v. Wade tonight for folks in Texas under cover of darkness That’s right! The biggest abortion rights news in 50 years happened in the shadows
Instead of issuing a ruling blocking Texas’ 6-week abortion ban from taking effect, the Court did nothing. But in this case, doing nothing is actually doing EVERYTHING. Because by doing nothing, the justices said Roe is no longer good law.
Wait. How can the justices doing nothing be the same thing as the justices saying something? I’ll explain.
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30 Aug
Do you feel like there is SO MUCH ABORTION NEWS happening today? That’s because there is.

First is the fight over a 6 week abortion ban in Texas. That’s the one that creates “abortion enforcers” and offers a bounty on patients, providers, and others who help.
Today advocates filed an emergency petition asking the Supreme Court to step in. Later today Justice Alito told the defendants in that case they could respond to that request by 5 pm tomorrow.

That’s about 8 hours before the ban is set to take effect.
You’d think Texas lawmakers would take a breather trying to ban abortion but you’d be wrong! Even with that 6 week ban looming they are trying to pass Yet Another Abortion Ban. This time on medication abortion.
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20 Jan
There is going to be a lot of talk about the Biden-Harris Executive Orders dropping today and I am HERE FOR IT including the protections against sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. THIS ONE IS A BIG DEAL HERE IS WHY
Remember in June when SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch momentarily became a progressive folk hero for his role in authoring the Court's decision that said employers couldn't fire you for being gay or trans? Here's a refresher

rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2019/1…
That decision was really good news! OF COURSE your boss shouldn't be able to fire you because of who you are. Remember when the Court said no your boss isn't just trying to enforce a "dress code" at work they are actively being a discriminatory dillweed? THAT WAS GREAT
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7 Jan
One of the least surprising bits from yesterday's nazi parade and storm on the Capitol were the presence of so many well-known anti-choice protesters and activists
At @RewireNewsGroup we've covered the intersection of fascism and anti-choice politics for a long time now!

rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2018/1…
Last year we published this piece by @beyerstein on the connected universes of QAnon believers and the anti-choice movement

rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2020/0…
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