rePROs Fight Back

#SCOTUS is back in session. @hegemommy.bsky.social joins us to map out the new term in today's podcast ⤵️

The Supreme Court Term is Here…And A Storm is Brewing — rePROs Fight Back The beginning of the new Supreme Court term has officially begun, and a storm of possible bad outcomes is brewing. Jessica Mason Pieklo , Co-Chief Content Officer of Rewire News Group and co-host of ...

The beginning of the new Supreme Court term has officially begun, and a storm of possible bad outcomes is brewing. This week on the #podcast, @hegemommy.bsky.social of @rewirenewsgroup.com offers a holistic view of this term's cases and highlights what to watch in the lower courts. #SCOTUS

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

The terror of ICE enforcement is driving pregnant people without permanent legal status away from critical health care. State violence lives in silent suffering, in sleepless nights, and in every prenatal appointment forgone out of fear of deportation. #ImmigrantJusticeIsReproductiveJustice

Prosecutors charged hundreds with pregnancy-related child abuse crimes post-Dobbs, research shows More than 400 people were charged with pregnancy-related crimes during the two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights, research released Tuesday shows.

“Prosecutors are wielding criminal laws to surveil and criminalize pregnant people, their behavior, and their pregnancy outcomes." —Dana Sussman, @pregnancyjust.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com

Young people deserve contraceptive care that centers their needs and autonomy Understand obstacles that hinder young people's access to contraception & other sexual & reproductive health care. Find insights & support for better access.

As young people in the US face increased barriers to #ReproHealth services, adolescent-centered care can support access by putting youth first.

New Guttmacher research explores how publicly supported clinics have expanded adolescent-centered care. Read more: https://gu.tt/3IJ12zZ

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In the new @reprosfightback.bsky.social brief, Senior Fellow Preston D. Mitchum outlines the policy tools the Trump administration is using to systematically attack #LGBTQI+ lives, the communities most harmed, and the urgent need for resistance and repair: tinyurl.com/ErasureAsPolicy

@susanrinkunas.com and I contacted every Planned Parenthood affiliate potentially affected by the Medicaid “defund.”

Here’s what we learned about whether people with Medicaid can still visit their local PP:

Temperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.? — rePROs Fight Back Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly stripped away—and abortion care won’t be the ...

Hear more in the new rePROs Fight Back episode, where @nwlc.org's Fatima Goss Graves talks with us about the status of abortion access in the U.S., what to anticipate, & what brings her hope. www.reprosfightback.com/episodes-blo... #podcast

Temperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.? — rePROs Fight Back Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly stripped away—and abortion care won’t be the ...

"Access to abortion is super popular in this country. Freedom to decide around your families & your bodies really shouldn’t be up for debate. & that’s what people have said again & again whenever they’ve had a chance to directly express their views on abortion—whether in polls or at the ballot box."

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Graphic sharing the new rePROs Fight Back policy brief. There is the white and purple first page of the brief, which has its title: “Erasure as Policy: The Trump Administration’s Assault on LGBTQI+ Lives.” By the title, there is a digital illustration of people holding or draped in Pride flags. Some figures appear only as white silhouettes, symbolizing erasure. Behind the page, there are red and yellow vintage button pins, one reading “Stonewall Fight Back! Lesbian & Gay Oppression” and another reading “Gay Liberation Now” on a fist. There is a link to the brief at the bottom: tinyurl.com/ErasureAsPolicy.

Trump is using federal policy to systematically target LGBTQI+ folks in a strategy to delegitimize queer and trans existence. rePROs FB Senior Fellow Preston D. Mitchum outlines the tools used to carry out these attacks and the urgent need for resistance and repair: tinyurl.com/ErasureAsPolicy

Temperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.? — rePROs Fight Back Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly stripped away—and abortion care won’t be the ...

We're experiencing a coordinated strategy by anti-abortion extremists to dismantle reproductive freedom nationwide. And they won’t stop at abortion—contraception and gender-affirming care are facing the same attacks, using the same strategies.

Learn more from Fatima Goss Graves, @nwlc.org ⤵️

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We’re proud to announce that we've successfully hired and trained additional hotline operators – increasing our hotline capacity and support by 75% during our call hours. Your donations have and will continue to sustain our ongoing work and support employment for trans people! Thank you.

Menopause, mental health and a little Neko Case Welcome to the first edition of The 19th's new menopause newsletter.

@19thnews.org's Jennifer Gerson has launched a newsletter for folks navigating perimenopause and menopause. It's a space to swap tips, connect, laugh, and "feel empowered and emboldened by the confidence that comes with arriving at midlife all the time." 💌

Yellow, red, and black graphic with quote in typewriter font, attributed to Preston D. Mitchum: “Too often, LGBTQI+ people are celebrated only in ways that feel commercialized, sanitized, and disconnected from our history. But our liberation was born from defiance—from uprisings led by Black and Brown trans women, sex workers, and queer youth who refused to accept state violence, criminalization, and systemic exclusion.” On either side are red and yellow vintage button pins, one reading “Stonewall Fight Back! Lesbian & Gay Oppression” and another reading “Gay Liberation Now” on a fist. Along the bottom is a partial photo of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera at a protest.

"[LGBTQI+] liberation was born from defiance—from uprisings led by Black and Brown trans women, sex workers, and queer youth who refused to accept state violence, criminalization, and systemic exclusion."

Read rePROs' new policy brief by Senior Fellow Preston Mitchum: tinyurl.com/ErasureAsPolicy

Temperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.? — rePROs Fight Back Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly stripped away—and abortion care won’t be the ...

Polls & ballots resoundingly show that abortion access is popular in the U.S. Yet extremists are waging a coordinated attack to dismantle reproductive freedom. This week, Fatima Goss Graves of @nwlc.org joins us to discuss the status of abortion access, what’s ahead, & what brings her hope.

A new must read brief from our amazing Senior Fellow
Preston Mitchum tackling the many ways the admin is attacking LGBTQI+ rights.

"These actions were not isolated or symbolic; they were part of a deliberate strategy to delegitimize queer & trans existence."

A purple graphic promoting rePROs Fight Back’s policy brief, “Erasure as Policy: The Trump Administration's Assault on LGBTQI+ Lives.” On the right, there is a digital illustration of people holding or draped in Pride flags. Some figures appear only as white silhouettes, symbolizing erasure.

Trump is using federal policy to systematically target LGBTQI+ folks in a strategy to delegitimize queer and trans existence. rePROs FB Senior Fellow Preston D. Mitchum outlines the tools used to carry out these attacks and the urgent need for resistance and repair: tinyurl.com/ErasureAsPolicy

Temperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.? — rePROs Fight Back Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly stripped away—and abortion care won’t be the ...

"None of this is about ensuring that people can get the best care that they can. None of this is about ensuring that you are supporting pregnancy or improving birth outcomes... All of this is about controlling our bodies, our freedoms, our futures." —Fatima Goss Graves, @nwlc.org

One eastern Oregon clinic is a health care ‘lifeline.’ Medicaid cuts threaten its existence • Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Planned Parenthood affiliates depended on about $17 million in Medicaid funding in the 2024 fiscal year.

This clinic is about an hour northwest of Boise, Idaho's most populated area. Now that Idaho has a near-total abortion ban that has also made routine reproductive health care more difficult to obtain, about 80% of the clinic's clientele came from out of state.

By @miamaldonado.bsky.social and me

Text on a green photograph of a judge's gavel reads: "It's time to repeal Hyde."

Abortion coverage bans = abortion bans. Hyde denies coverage to those struggling most. Everyone deserves abortion care, no matter their income or insurance. #EndHyde

Podcast Recommendations on Reproductive Rights — EarBuds Podcast Collective This fight is massive. Whether we’re talking about the right to access abortion or gender-affirming care, the right to receive evidence-based sex education or choose the birth control method that work...

This #InternationalPodcastDay, check out @jennieindc.bsky.social’s podcast recommendations for EarBuds Podcast Collective to help you stay engaged in the fight for reproductive rights 🎙️✨ @earbudspodcol.bsky.social

🚨 New Episode 🚨

This week on @reprosfightback.bsky.social I talk to the amazing @fatimagossgraves.bsky.social with the @nwlc.org about abortion access in the U.S. Y'all I had so much fun talking to her. You really don't want to miss this conversation. #podcast

When miscarriages become crimes 412 women faced criminal charges for pregnancy outcomes. This is what fetal personhood looks like.

Between June 2022 and June 2024, at least 412 people across the country have been charged for crimes related to their pregnancies, pregnancy losses, or even live births.

This is what fetal personhood looks like.

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rePROs Fight Back offers weekly conversations about all things repro health, rights, and justice! New episodes every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts + everywhere you stream 🌼✨ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

🎨: @liberaljane.bsky.social

Temperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.? — rePROs Fight Back Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly stripped away—and abortion care won’t be the ...

Polls & ballots resoundingly show that abortion access is popular in the U.S. Yet extremists are waging a coordinated attack to dismantle reproductive freedom. Fatima Goss Graves, President & CEO of @nwlc.org, joins us to discuss the status of abortion access, what’s ahead, & what brings her hope.

The Blueprint Reclaimed: Why America Needs More Black Midwives Once the backbone of community healthcare, Black midwives are reclaiming their place in a healthcare system that has long erased them.

"Once the backbone of community care, Black midwives are reclaiming their place in a healthcare system that has long erased them." —Meka Kpoh, midwife & founder of Black Birth Justice, in @msmagazine.com x Groundswell Fund

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Love podcasts? Love abortion? Want to get engaged in the fight for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice?

Have I got the (award-winning 😳) #podcast for you:
@reprosfightback.bsky.social! pod.link/1327397412 (new episode out tomorrow)

🎨 by @liberaljane.bsky.social

ICYMI, Asha Dahya, head of Girl Talk HQ + creator of the podcast #GreenTideRising and the short film Someone You Know, spoke with us about the iconic, feminist Green Wave Movement across Latin America and what the U.S. can learn 🌊🌊💚 www.reprosfightback.com/episodes-blo... #Sept28

On its 25th birthday, mifepristone is more under attack than ever The FDA's approval of the revolutionary drug in 2000 helped change abortion access nationwide.

Twenty-five years ago today, the FDA approved mifepristone for abortions.

Now, it's more under threat than ever. I took a look at its history and the current efforts to restrict access to the abortion pills for @motherjones.com:

Twenty-Five Years of Mifepristone: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever 25 Years of RU-486: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill Mifepristone to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever

Mifepristone is safe, effective, and essential. Backed by 100+ studies and trusted by millions of patients over 25 years, it’s one of the safest medications out there.

The science is clear: attacks on mifepristone are political, not medical.
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