I had to have a D&C at 17 weeks when the heartbeat stopped. It was emotionally excruciating. But I didn't have to worry about dying or losing my reproductive health because my doctor didn't have to worry about being arrested if I wasn't close enough to death (1/...) One in 5 pregnancies miscarry in the first 12 weeks. That's how lives are endangered in an abortion ban state where women may have to be near death before getting a D&C. And this doesn't even include ectopic pregnancies. That's what "leaving it to the states" did. /2

Tried some other sites. Counter Social is too busy (even in "ostrich mode"), not eye friendly and you have to pay to send DMs. GREAT people I admire have gone to Mastodon, but it's still confusing to too many & has a culture obsessed with content warnings... 1/ Tribel's ToS is concerning, so I won't join. Today I joined Post - very promising but beta early days. I'm hopeful something will emerge w/ Twitter simplicity (and all that's good here) but without a billionaire red-pilled narcissist who seems inept at running a site. What say u?

Counter Social, since right now you seem to be in the lead, PLEASE make your site less busy, more intuitive. If people who've used social media for years without ANY assistance suddenly need to "ask for help" or read a "user guide," something is wrong. Not Ready For Prime Time. And if I hear "try Ostrich Mode" one more time...

A thread. First and most important, even if you live in a state where abortion is still legal, Congress can pass a federal law that would regulate abortion nationwide and take priority over any conflicting state laws. The GOP has already stated THIS is their plan... On the pro-choice side, in October 2021, the House passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (H.R.3755), which protects abortion nationwide and expressly overrides conflicting state laws, but a similar law (S.4132) stalled in the Senate earlier this year...

I'm going to do it. I'm going to watch the #catsmovie. For as long as I can. Oddly my cat is facing the TV. The cats' fur isn't very furry. The fur is the best thing about a cat. Well, one of them. Some of them look like dry seals. The second best thing is their noses. And yet these cats have human noses. Why? I may not make it very far.

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Dear Bible quoters and religious hypocrites. It's time to remind you of this anonymous letter to Dr. Laura Schlesinger after she declared "homosexuality is an abomination according to the Bible Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance." (thread) Dear Dr. Laura: Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them...

Thread. I want to share a small miracle. Smiling cry warning. After my mom passed yesterday (following years of Alzheimers slowly stealing her from us), I came home with a ribbon-tied stack of letters my dad wrote her 70 years ago. They were 21 going on 22. Get comfy... I knew of these letters. My mom swooned about them many times after my dad passed in 2007. Strangely, I never asked to read them. Then they just felt like hers, for her. They were in her drawer at the Jewish Home memory care. Yesterday they became mine. And what a blessing. So...

8k protesters come to DC on Jan 6. Why? Because their President told them to. They were ordinary citizens. Teachers, farmers, cops, soldiers, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers – suddenly marching on their own Capitol. Why?
Because their President told them to. 1/ They took up arms. They assaulted police officers, beating them savagely. They hunted Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence like a bloodthirsty mob. Why? Because their President told them to. For a moment, forget politics... 2/

Thread about Florida. Trump MUST win Florida, period. No model has him losing Florida and winning 270 electoral votes. None. And if Biden wins Floria by enough for the networks to call it for him election night, Democracy is saved. On Nov. 3! So what can we all do? Read on. Florida mandates that the counting of absentee ballots start 22 days before the election. They could likely all be tabulated and released to the public within an hour or so of the polls closing at 7 p.m. ET. So how do we help make those Biden votes?

Fast COVID tests were about to made available at Walgreens, etc. They would've helped kids return safely to school and adults to work. But the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT bought them ALL. Why? @maddow @AliVelshi @andersoncooper? Anyone?
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Originally, large chain pharmacies were purchasing these tests directly from the manufacturer. Now Donald Trump has put himself between you and fast inexpensive testing. Why?

The past is the future. An open-air barber shop at the University of California during the influenza pandemic in 1919. (Photo: National Archives) "Wear a mask or go to jail."

"Defendant Trump tied Plaintiff to a bed, exposed himself to Plaintiff, and then proceeded to forcibly rape Plaintiff. During the course of this savage sexual attack, Plaintiff loudly pleaded with Defendant Trump to stop but with no effect." 1/2
tinyurl.com/y2qadao4 "Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened Plaintiff that, were she ever to reveal any of the details of the sexual and physical abuse of her by Defendant Trump, Plaintiff and her family would be physically harmed if not killed." 2/2
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