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Oct 31 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Today's #ReasonRoundup highlights a few new findings on abortion.

First: The number of legal abortions in the US dropped significantly after SCOTUS overturned Roe. There were 6% fewer abortions in August 2022 than April—though more from virtual clinics reason.com/2022/10/31/nea…
Support for total bans on abortion is down! PRRI poll finds it dropped from 13% in 2020 to 8% this year, with steepest drop among Republicans
48% of voters in a new ABC-Ipsos poll prefer pro-choice candidates, while just 33% prefer candidates who support strict abortion restrictions (18% don't care)
Also from the ABC-Ipsos poll:

• 61% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases
• 30% say it should be illegal in most cases
• 7% support a total ban

reason.com/2022/10/31/nea…

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Facebook is censoring a vintage recipe for homemade baby formula 🙃 reason.com/2022/05/18/vic… Image
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A lot of people are missing the big picture on the baby formula shortage. This isn’t just about potentially tainted formula & its recall....
As Jonathan Adler asks @reason, “in a well-functioning market, any temporary shortage caused by the removal of one company's product from the market would be addressed relatively quickly. Why hasn't that happened here?” reason.com/volokh/2022/05…
Partly, we can blame tariffs & quotas.

But another major reason is that the US gov't *doesn’t like the way foreign formula is labeled* 😔

Officials apparently think formula with labels that don’t conform to their every whim are so dangerous it would be better if kids starve
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OK, able to listen in to BP trial for a bit now. Up next is.. a "developmental and forensic pediatrician" ... which has exactly what to do with whether or not prostitution ads were posted to Backpage & whether defendants knew about them???
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Supreme Court Punts on Constitutionally Dubious Texas Abortion Law reason.com/2021/09/02/sup…

SCOTUS won't intervene (yet) in Texas abortion ban since it's private citizens—not the state—tasked with enforcing it 😫
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