Go fourth! Yet ANOTHER pregnant immigrant teen that Trump’s misogynist minions at HHS tried to prevent from accessing abortion care has prevailed (#4 if you’re counting!) She was finally released to her sponsors, who are undoubtedly more conversant with the Constitution than Trump’s HHS. Let’s start out with some good news.

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Shocker! Maine’s Attorney General wants nurses to be able to hand you a prescribed pill. But to read this article, you’d think she was suggesting that candy-stripers be allowed to perform surgery. Read with open eyes!

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Title Ex? Is the fact that Trump is putting Vag Police types  in positions at HHS to control your access to birth control a bad thing? Yep, probably. The president of the Population Institute explains in this must-read oped.

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FAKE forever! FLORIDA is considering a bill to make state funding of those phony “crisis pregnancy centers” PERMANENT! Because they can’t take the risk that pregnant people could be denied access to lies and fraud. Must read to believe.

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Going with what actually works: A bill to allow SAFE and EFFECTIVE medication abortions (i.e. the “abortion pill”) on state college campuses is one step closer to reality. And CALIFORNIA moves a step closer to sanity. Time to step up your game, Other 49.

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Ding Dong! The… wha’ happened? Good news comes in a mystery wrapper: Teresa Manning, the Uber-Uterus Guardian in charge of (destroying!) family planning at DHS, was escorted out of the building and reportedly fired! Don’t know what’s up, but they’ll have a hard time finding anyone worse. Here’s your Tuesday schadenfreude.

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New York has decided to remove the statue of racist, creep, monster, scoundrel, all-around nightmare person Dr. J Marion Sims. Good riddance to bad statues!