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‘I don’t let bullies win’ Ilhan Omar says after attack, as Trump says he will ‘de-escalate’ in Minneapolis – US politics live President had mocked congresswoman hours before she was sprayed with unknown substance during a town hall event The Ecuadorian government has said that a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent attempted to enter its Minneapolis consulate on Tuesday, but was prevented from coming in by staff working at the building. This has prompted Ecuador’s government to send a formal protest note to US authorities “so that acts of this nature are not repeated at any of Ecuador’s consular offices in the United States.” Continue reading...

‘I don’t let bullies win’ Ilhan Omar says after attack, as Trump says he will ‘de-escalate’ in Minneapolis – US politics live

Babies And Bills: Child Birth Is Throwing Women Into Medical Debt In Record Numbers A recent study found that one in four new mothers are thrown into medical debt after giving birth, which is even true for some families who are fully insured.

Every politician who has ever called themselves “pro-life” needs to get working on making labor, birth, and neonatal care free. Survey showed 1 in 4 women went into medical debt after giving birth. www.forbes.com/sites/maiaho...

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says Stigma around mifepristone is stopping studies, experts in reproductive health claim in Lancet opinion piece

The same people working to limit your ability to make decisions about your own pregnancy are also working to make sure you have fewer treatment options if you get breast cancer. #ProLifeMyAss www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Fundraiser for ReportOUT's Emergency Fund Help Drew Dalton raise money to support ReportOUT

One of my family members works with @reportout.bsky.social and they’re raising emergency funds to evacuate one of their volunteers facing persecution/threats for being LGBTIQ+. Please donate if you can or share: www.justgiving.com/page/reporto...

Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says Stigma around mifepristone is stopping studies, experts in reproductive health claim in Lancet opinion piece

One of about ten zillion reasons it’s insulting to all of humanity that the anti-abortion movement calls itself “pro-life”

OBGYNs Sent ‘Highly Biased’ Survey By Group That Targeted Abortion Pills A group of anti-abortion doctors claims it’s researching the “moral and professional complexity” of abortion. Their study raises red flags following other junk science and retractions.

NEW: Last week, some OBGYNs received a strange survey via email. The email used inflammatory terms like "dismemberment" and "feticide," and the survey website suggested affiliation with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG tells Autonomy News it sent a cease and desist:

No surprise that the suspect in the assassination of the Minnesota House Democratic leader and her husband and the attempted assassination of a state senator and his wife was also out to get abortion rights supporters.

Misogyny is central of fascism www.startribune.com/brooklyn-par...

I'm crying in the club with @garnethenderson.com after one week of Autonomy News. We're proud not to paywall our reporting. Whomst will be paid subscriber number 75??

“I just saw 17 million deaths from COVID vaccines in 18 months” would be funny if this guy wasn’t now the gatekeeper of all vaccines Americans can get from now on

Planned Parenthood CEO Says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Offered 'Bribe' to Stop Abortions In her new memoir, Cecile Richards remembers a "wildly unsettling" meeting with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner about the funding of Planned Parenthood

Hello, if anyone has information regarding the "defunding" PP provision in the GOP reconciliation bill, please contact me on Signal (using a non-work device) at garnethenderson.12

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Supermajority Ed Fund's summer lineup: 6/4: We The People: Resisting Trump's attacks on immigrants 6/11: We Decide: Providers, patients, and the path ahead 6/18: We Built This: Black wealth, boycotts, & economic power 6/25: We Are Here To Stay: the future is trans and queer 7/2: We Are The Future: The next gen of representation

Delighted to be a part of the Supermajority Ed Fund's speaker panel on 6/11 with @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social @msfchoice.bsky.social @sharkfu.bsky.social. Join us for a deep dive into what's happening in clinics, courtrooms, and medical school classrooms around the country. mobilize.us/s/C4U9so

Hi! I specialize in medication toxicity. All available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines.

Mortality rates:

Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K

Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)

Trump announces travel ban on 12 countries and partial restrictions for 7 others Trump framed the new restrictions, which primarily target African and Asian countries, as necessary to fortify national security and combat terrorism.

I’m sick of this regime using antisemitism to justify racist policies. This travel ban is about keeping Black and brown people out which is rooted in racism. It won’t protect Jews—it fuels resentment and puts us in more danger, leading to more violence like what happened in Boulder.

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.

Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.

Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

i just subscribed for two reasons (and if you can, you should too):

1. @susanrinkunas.com and @garnethenderson.com are some of the best of the best when it comes to repro journalism and we need their work more than ever

2. it isn’t on substack! you aren’t supporting nazis and a shitty platform!

Thorough and excellent reporting by @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co about the Complex Family Planning board certification process - who it excludes, and who is placed at risk by requiring candidates to travel to TX for in-person exams.

This is upsetting and outrageous. I brought together 18 contributors and an artist for our anthology on menopause and raised all the money to make publishing it possible. It came out in UK, Ireland & Europe in Match. Contributors were paid. I haven’t received any money.

“These are often children; these are people in poverty; these are people with very few resources; these are people who use drugs. If we’re willing to throw the most vulnerable people under the bus as a movement, then what the hell is our movement doing?” -- @gynandtonic.bsky.social

She’s beautiful!

Proud to be included in this banger of a cover story alongside some ferocious providers, advocates and PATIENTS. The guts it took for these women to be featured like this is unparalleled. The least we can do is FIGHT FOR THEM.

Anyone interested in promoting @partnersclinic.bsky.social can donate at this link! secure.actblue.com/donate/partn...

Our June issue is here! Featuring @amylittlefield.bsky.social on what it would mean to defend all abortions, @johnsemley3000.bsky.social on what happened when sports betting went legal, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social on the cult of close reading, and so much more.

The best later abortion reporting I’ve ever read. Thank you @amylittlefield.bsky.social for lifting up our patients and staff in such a tender, respectful way, and for calling out the terrible political decisions that got us viability bans.

What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions? Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it. But later-abortion care has never been more important.

Stirring and beautiful piece on the people repro groups leave behind by supporting viability limits on abortion.

So-called “compromises” lead to forced births, like that of a California woman turned away after raising thousands and flying across the country. Read @amylittlefield.bsky.social:

sceeenshot from The Nation: A 29-year-old with light skin and dark hair walks down the hall at Partners, sobbing. She flew here from California, one of the 22 states in the country that ban abortion at or around "viability." In 2022, 67 percent of California voters backed a referendum that blocks the state from interfering in a patient's pregnancy decisions, but a state law banning most abortions after viability still stands. So the patient in the hallway faced a grueling journey from one of the nation's bluest states. First she had to raise close to $20,000 to pay for the abortion itself. At least 90 percent of Partners' uninsured patients cobble this funding together from abortion funds and clinic discounts. Yet by the time she made her decision, raised the money, and flew to Maryland, an ultrasound had put her well past Partners' limit.

“Later abortion is banned in all but nine states and Washington DC, and performed in only a handful of clinics nationwide.” Viability bans lead to stories like this, which will only become more frequent if the Trump admin restricts medication abortion for early care
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What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions? Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it. But later-abortion care has never been more important.

Incredible reporting and storytelling from @amylittlefield.bsky.social on the complexities of later abortions: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions? Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it. But later-abortion care has never been more important.

“For Republicans, it’s a coveted talking point. For Democrats, it’s a liability. For Ayana, it’s a chance to be the mom she wants to be.” @amylittlefield.bsky.social @thenation.com

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Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of layoffs and proposed budget cuts in the Trump administration’s first 100 days.

My brilliant partner Dr. Graham Mooney is quoted in this bleak AF article about the government’s head-in-the-sand approach to public health surveillance.