Tyranny 101: if you’re gonna take away people’s rights, start with those who have the fewest. This great piece from VICE shows how a Trump appointed anti abortion zealot named Scott Lloyd is creating a radical agenda to illegally stop immigrant teens from accessing abortion care.
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$ for Shaming! Meanwhile, this from Jezebel explains how the Trump administration is steering federal grant money away from real providers and toward conservo-scams like “Fake Women’s Health Centers” and abstinence-only programs (oops, now rebranded as “sexual risk aversion” programs aka, unprotected butt sex) Yeah, that new name should make it work.
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Every rose has its thorns! Anti-abortion thugs labeled their newest brand of terrorism the “red rose rescue” but what that really means is they just go into waiting rooms, harass patients, refuse to leave, then go limp like toddlers throwing a tantrum when people try to escort them out. But the preciously misleading name has kept judges from charging them for the extremists they are. Read about the most recent trial here!
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Constitution? What Constitution? IOWA seems hell-bent on enacting a twisted (and HIGHLY unconstitutional) bill that bans abortion after a “fetal heartbeat” is detected. That means as early as 6 weeks, so it’s as medically bogus as it is legally bullshit.
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