Pressure mounts for NSW Health to improve abortion access statewide
By Joanna Woodburn

The NSW government is asked to explain what it is doing to guarantee and enhance access to abortions at public hospitals after temporary bans at some regional hospitals.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-17/pressure-on-nsw-health-to-improve-abortion-access/105032522

Colorado employee health insurance plans will now cover abortion care! #abortion #freedom #uspol #uspolitics #health #healthcare #colorado https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/03/colorado-continues-to-protect-expand-abortion-access/68009/

"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters on Capitol Hill that she was so troubled about Weldon’s vaccines stance that she shared her concerns with the White House, and she was not surprised that his nomination had been pulled."

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/dave-weldon-vaccine-skeptic-cdc-00228884

Stop the Houthis, now!, Europe’s wake-up call on defense https://www.byteseu.com/829795/ #abortion #antisemitism #Christianity #CollegeProtests #Crime #DonaldTrump #Editorial #Europe #FastTakes #FreeSpeech #Hamas #houthis #IllegalImmigrants #MahmoudKhalil #migrants #NationalSecurity #Opinion #UkraineWar #UnitedKingdom #Yemen

In this week's Activist Digest, we talk about a man named Comstock.

He may have been a mutton-chopped man from the 1890s, but his ghost still haunts our laws and they are being resurrected to hurt women, LGBTQ+, and anyone outside the binary. #uspolitics #abortion

https://www.rootschangemedia.com/comstock-act-2025/

Missouri AG issues order barring Planned Parenthood clinics from providing medication abortions

"AG Bailey's attempt to gin up a fake story and score political points is a clear attempt to threaten and intimidate the state's only abortion providers, but Planned Parenthood will not be deterred," leaders stated Wednesday in a press release before the desist order was issued.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_060733a8-ff7b-11ef-a0b2-f3a618ad9f17.html

Progressives seek health privacy protections in California, but Newsom could balk https://www.byteseu.com/828123/ #abortion #diabetes #Health #HealthCare #Hospital #Medicaid #Research #Testosterone

"Less than a year later, St. Luke’s is the one major institution — other than advocacy groups — standing in the way of restrictions on emergency abortion care in Idaho, a state with one of the most absolute abortion bans in the country."

https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban

George Carlin - Back In Town (1996)

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A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

From physical blockades to "sidewalk counseling," anti-#abortion tactics have shifted over decades. The FACE Act aimed to curb violence, but protests continue to impact reproductive healthcare access. A women’s studies professor explains: https://buff.ly/NCM5TZM
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States' rights #trump human rights:

"Legislators in at least four states have introduced bills this year that would change the legal definition of “homicide” to include abortion – proposals that pave the way for states to charge abortion patients with murder."

#abortion

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/abortion-homicide-bills?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

“64% of Americans oppose a law that would ban access to medication #abortion – the use of prescribed pills to end a pregnancy. There was broad partisan consensus on that – 73% of Democrats opposed such a ban, along with 57% of independents and 55% of Republicans” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/24/medication-abortion-pill-poll-public-support

Mad about the continued attack on abortion access in the US? Here’s a nation-wide list of abortion funds who continue to need our help.

#abortion #ReproductiveJustice #ProChoice #AbortionFunds

https://abortionfunds.org/funds/

i've seen some people suggest that we should ban viagra in response to the mife decisions, and just to remind folks: viagra being banned would not make any material difference on #abortion.

however, it would stop plenty of people (including disabled and trans/non-binary folks) from being able to have sex or masturbate the way they may want and that is antithetical to supporting bodily autonomy!

in light of yesterday's court decisions, one thing i think that can be helpful for those of us feeling helpless is to boost and donate to this fundraiser for valley #abortion group, which is looking to be the first BIPOC-led and employee-owned abortion clinic in the US.

if you don't have the money to donate, you can boost it with your networks!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/6syhz4-valley-abortion-group