"On October 1, in Louisiana, a law will go into effect that reclassified the drug misoprostol as a controlled dangerous substance.
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"On October 1, in Louisiana, a law will go into effect that reclassified the drug misoprostol as a controlled dangerous substance. Misoprostol can be used for abortion. It is also used for routine reproductive care and during medical emergencies to treat postpartum hemorrhage."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Republicans #abortion #healthcare #women #ReproductiveRights #misoprostol #Louisiana
/1September 3, 2024
Last night the Boston Globe published a leaked email from a top volunteer with the Trump campaign, former Massachusetts Republican Party vice chair Tom Mountain, telling volunteers that the Trump campaign “no longer thinks New Hampshire is winnable” and is “pulling back” from that important swing state.
(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"It is on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medications, a list containing those medications that are the most effective and safe to meet a health care system’s most important needs. After antiabortion activists targeted the drug, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed a law reclassifying it as a controlled dangerous substance. The reclassification means that the drug will no longer be easily available on obstetric hemorrhage carts."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
“'Take it off the carts?' one doctor said to Lorena O’Neil of the Louisiana Illuminator. 'That’s death. That’s a matter of life or death.'”
#Republicans #abortion #healthcare #women #ReproductiveRights #misoprostol #Louisiana
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"This is always how the anti-abortion movement operates. It’s palatable, and been historically successful, for those activists and allied politicians to paint abortion as a singular, siloed-off procedure that exists only in Planned Parenthood clinics. It’s easy, then, to demonize the supposed distinct set of women (and differently identifying people) who use those services too."
~ Kate Riga
#Republicans #abortion #women #ReproductiveRights #misoprostol #Louisiana
/4Louisiana Offers Up More Women’s Bodies In Its Quest To Ban All Things Abortion-Related
Anti-abortion activists have been attacking mifepristone for decades. That mission has resulted in unnecessary restrictions on the abortion drug…
TPM – Talking Points Memo (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"But it’s always been a lie. Abortion is a foundational part of health care, full stop."
#Republicans #abortion #healthcare #women #ReproductiveRights #misoprostol #Louisiana
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
As Adam Unikowsky reports, Arkansas citizens will not be permitted to vote on abortion rights this year despite the fact that a petition to place an initiative on the ballot had far more than the number of signatures required.
State officials — Republican to a man and woman — claim that the petition for the initiative was defective because it did not have an attached photocopy, though law does not require that photocopy.
#Republicans #abortion #Arkansas
/5They didn't submit a photocopy that wasn't required
Why abortion won't be on the Arkansas ballot in November
(adamunikowsky.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
This matter went to the right-wing Arkansas Supreme Court, which upheld the denial of the right for Arkansas citizens to vote on abortion rights.
Unikowsky concludes,
"Arkansas state officials are unapologetically engaging in viewpoint discrimination, interpreting the law in one way for ballot initiatives sponsored by conservative groups and in the opposite way for ballot initiatives sponsored by progressive groups."
So much for rights in GOP states.
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samiamsamreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
republicans and a not insignificant number of christians do not care if women are injured or die
i'm starting to think that is exact what they want
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Riley S. Faelanreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Quick! Spread rumours that viagra could be used for abortion!
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Riley S. Faelan last edited by
@riley As Mary Daly said years back, speaking of the Catholic context and bitter opposition to abortion, "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to samiamsam last edited by
@samiamsam I agree.
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Arqtecreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
The Republican Party is the enemy of America
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Arqtec last edited by
@Arqtec Well-stated.
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CassandraVertreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
I think it's important to emphasize this is not simply erasing Roe v Wade. This movement demonizes conditions and problems that are unrelated to delivering a healthy baby and that were considered morally neutral before Roe was ever decided. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to CassandraVert last edited by
@CassandraVert Yes, I very much agree. It's about undermining basic healthcare, especially for women, and about controlling every aspect of women's lives that can be controlled.