Confirming your worst fears: Lawyers for immigrant teens are warned not even MENTION abortion to them, even if they ask about it. Gee, is it chilling in here, or is that just the atmosphere of intimidation? 

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Oh, and if detained immigrant teens should somehow get wind of their abortion rights, the new Trump budget would let ICE agents determine who gets abortion care. No, really. You have to read this

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In IOWA, the anti-abortion jackboot bunch is arguing before the state Supreme Court over the constitutionality of a 72-hour abortion waiting period bill they passed last year … so they can get back to passing their new unconstitutional fetal heartbeat bill that could ban abortion after 6 weeks. One day they’re going to propose an abortion ban that’s shorter than the waiting period they want.  

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The good folks from Whole Woman’s Health Alliance who are trying to launch a clinic in South Bend, INDIANA have launched an ad campaign that says “Women in South Bend need abortion care without shame or stigma.” Expect shame and stigma to fight back hard. 

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You might have to shriek a little louder, losers! St. Louis has moved a step closer to providing breathing space from the sidewalk screamers with a proposed 8-foot buffer zone outside the Planned Parenthood clinic there. You do have the rest of MISSOURI to yell in, you know.