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"But it’s always been a lie. Abortion is a foundational part of health care, full stop."
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"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
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Louisiana 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...TPM
“'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.'”
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"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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"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
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-3-2024
September 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” …Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)