Cody McDevitt

“Unraveled Unity”: Anti-Abortion Movement Fractures Over Strategy After Dobbs Antiabortion thinkers and activists disagree over fetal personhood bills, patient criminalization, and whether national abortion bans are a political liability.

The anti-abortion movement isn’t as united as it looks.
Fights over criminalizing patients, fetal personhood bills, and federal bans are fracturing the post-Dobbs landscape.
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#AbortionRights #Dobbs #ReproJustice

Oklahoma Governor Orders Cutoff of Medicaid Funds to Abortion-Affiliated Providers Executive Order 2025-16 directs agencies to deny contracts and funding to any provider linked to abortion services; reproductive rights advocates warn of sweeping consequences for patient care and leg

Governor Stitt just signed an executive order targeting Planned Parenthood and other providers—even those who refer patients for abortion. Advocates say this could devastate care for low-income Oklahomans.
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Not sure. I just got a great milkshake that was a mixture of peanut butter and brownies.

Parkside creamery in Trafford. #pittsburghfood #food

There’s also a preconception of how a liberal is supposed to look, dress and speak. But in my experience presenting in working class areas, some people sympathetic to racial and gender equality don’t look the part. They can be fat, bald-headed, toothless and hairy all over. But they’re with us.

I try to give honest assessments of why the Democratic Party has shrunk here. It's multifold. The rhetoric doesn't reflect how most people talk. Liberals often tend to dismiss and scoff at online users who disagree with them. They want to purge the party of some people. Etc.

Tony Moreno doesn't have a snowball's chance of winning the mayor's race against O'Connor. But it's interesting to see Republicans try to gain a foothold in Pittsburgh politics. Rick Santorum once held the congressional seat there, and it is a socially conservative city, as Cyril Wecht put it to me.

I also want journalists to give equal weight to Sanger defenders, such as Ellen Chesler, and then mention that there are people in the black community, including Faye Wattleton and Dr. Willie Parker, who have defended and praised her.

If we want to use this Sydney Sweeney culture war to go into in-depth discussions about the history of eugenics, that's fine. However, I would like Margaret Sanger's legacy to be accurately placed within that context by acknowledging that eugenics prevailed among everyone at the time.

YouTube video by Eminem - Topic Drug Ballad

#music

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Abortion access for veterans is under threat again. The VA wants to reinstate a decades-old ban, ignoring state bans and service-related risks. @votevets.org
Submit public comment. Read what’s happening:
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VA Moves to Roll Back Abortion Coverage for Veterans, Citing “Needed Services” Standard The Department of Veterans Affairs proposes new rule to reinstate longstanding ban on abortion care and counseling, reversing 2022 policy shift.

The VA served fewer than 140 abortion cases last year. Now it says that’s proof the service isn’t “needed.”
But veterans’ health—and rights—are on the line.
Read the full breakdown:
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If it was safe, I would. Some men don’t want vasectomies and don’t like condoms or don’t trust them. So if she was on the pill and so was I, then that’s great family planning.

A New Pill for Men Could Shift the Birth Control Burden—If It Makes It to Market Male contraceptive pill moves into Phase 2 trials as researchers aim to offer men a high-fidelity, reversible option

A new male birth control pill is in Phase 2 trials—and it could be a game-changer. Non-hormonal. Reversible. High efficacy. Read more:
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I've spent a great deal of my life studying women leaders, such as Margaret Sanger, as well as other feminists from diverse ethnicities and religions. None of them were desperately pleading for anything. As strong women, they were asking their leaders to do what they were supposed to do.

All the staged readings involved black people telling me that this line of dialogue or that line of dialogue needed to be adjusted and tweaked to make it seem more authentic. Then the scenes with white characters and racists were believable because they were drawn from my own experiences.

Insofar as fictionalizing it, I feel there is nothing wrong with a white writer creating the story, provided there is extensive influence from black people in the creative and editing process. There has been. I drive Uber in black neighborhoods daily and work with black people as editors.

I understand wanting Black people to research sundown towns. But many of these communities are predominantly white because of it. Therefore, the available researchers are predominantly white individuals. That may change with AI. However, it's better to have someone than to have no one at all.

States Sue to Block Federal Defunding of Planned Parenthood, Citing Constitutional Violations States challenge new federal law they say punishes Planned Parenthood for abortion advocacy, threatening access to essential healthcare for millions on Medicaid.

BREAKING: 23 states, including Pennsylvania under Gov. Shapiro, are suing the federal government over a new law defunding Planned Parenthood. They say it's unconstitutional retaliation for abortion advocacy.
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Federal Lawmakers Move to Restore Medicaid Funding for Reproductive Health Providers The Restoring Essential Healthcare Act would undo Medicaid funding restrictions imposed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and retroactively reimburse providers for essential care services.

NEW: Lawmakers just introduced the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act to undo Medicaid cuts that shut down clinics and blocked access to cancer screenings, STI tests & birth control.
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Tennessee Law Targeting Abortion Advocacy Struck Down in Federal Court Federal court strikes down Tennessee’s “abortion trafficking” law on First Amendment grounds, as ongoing litigation and appeals continue to test the limits of post-Roe state enforcement powers.

A federal court has struck down Tennessee’s law targeting individuals who assist minors seeking abortion care—citing First Amendment protections for free speech and advocacy. Learn more:
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#abortion #tennessee

Hollywood has always been built on the star system. Someone becomes so well-known that they draw audiences. The problem now is they can’t create new stars. So the system doesn’t work.

I don’t think political correctness is what led to the decline of journalism and show biz. Other economic factors and developments in society did. But I do think the artificial constraints placed on writing and performances speeded up its disappearance because of how out of touch they were.

Federal Court Blocks Medicaid Defunding of Planned Parenthood Judge finds Planned Parenthood likely to prevail on claims that Medicaid cutoff was unconstitutional retaliation for advocacy, not a neutral funding restriction.

BREAKING: A federal judge blocks a Trump-backed law that cut Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood. The court ruled that the defunding was likely unconstitutional.
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#ReproRights #AbortionAccess

Texas Sues New York Clerk Over Abortion Pill Case, Testing Limits of Shield Laws Move marks unprecedented legal clash as Texas seeks to override New York’s abortion shield law and enforce $100,000 judgment against telemedicine provider.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a court petition seeking a writ of mandamus to force Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck to enforce a $100K default judgment against Dr. Margaret Carpenter. reprorights.substack.com/p/texas-sues...
#ReproRights #ShieldLaw #StateConflict

The Late Show didn’t fail because of political slant. It was essentially the same audience that followed the Daily Show. That show worked in a different era. It’s just that no one watched broadcast television anymore. They’re all on the way out. And movie promotion will change too.

Anti-Abortion Legal Theorist Now Holds Key Post Interpreting U.S. Law Trump DOJ Appoints Josh Craddock, whose appointment to the Office of Legal Counsel puts a leading fetal personhood advocate at the center of federal constitutional interpretation.

Trump has appointed anti-abortion legal theorist Josh Craddock to a top DOJ role. Craddock argues the Constitution requires abortion to be banned nationwide. Now he’s inside the Office of Legal Counsel.
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Your response as a leader to someone telling your their life ambitions should be, “I appreciate that. And I’m going to use my influence politically and socially to help you get where you want.”
It shouldn’t be, if we don’t prioritize your interests, “Fuck him. Who needs him?”

Altoona, Pa., hot dog counter that’s been around since 1918. Most old-fashioned hot dog joints were started by Greek immigrants. They used Texas or Coney Island in the names of their places, even if they weren’t anywhere near them. The hot dogs were marked by a special and secret chili sauce. #food

I don’t expect my leaders to fawn over me. But I do expect them to respond to me. Otherwise I will look for and support different leaders. And I think that’s completely fair and to be expected.