Happy Monday, indeed! The anti-abortion movement in Colorado fell flat on its fascist face. They epically failed to get enough signatures for their anti-abortion ballot initiative! Meanwhile, the pro-abortion proposal got ALL their signatures :) cbsn.ws/3w39weL
Sonora, Mexico, which borders Arizona, bans most abortions. Tack this on to Arizona's 1864 ban, and there's a HUGE regional gap in abortion access. Who’s gonna suffer? Folks in rural areas and low-income communities aka the people who NEED access to care. nbcnews.to/3W16RwI
MONTANA, GET THOSE SIGNATURES READY! Despite pushback from anti-abortion jagoffs in the legislature, activists in Montana are in the clear to start gathering signatures to get abortion on the ballot. Get motivated and volunteer with Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights! mtreprorights.org
BOOM. You can add Arizona to the list of states that get to vote on an abortion ballot proposal! Arizonans needed 383k signatures by EARLY JULY and they’re out here w 500k + by EARLY APRIL! With a 100% track record, we get to be cocky as hell for this one. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The Kansas Legislature passed a bill outlawing “abortion coercion”– a tactic to demonize abortion and distract the public from REAL coercion experienced by pregnant people at fake clinics. We’ll take Anti-Abortion Laws That Aren’t A Thing for $1000, Alex. bit.ly/3TGBTr1
Almost two thirds of abortions in 2023 were done via medication abortion! In spite of constant attacks on abortion access! All eyes are on SCOTUS next week as they hear the case for the abortion pill mifepristone. AAF will be there to bring you the tea! bit.ly/3Pwrlt8
Don’t have facts? Just make shit up! Since they DON’T HAVE facts, the anti-abortion grift is forever making up outright lies about abortion. Mother Jones debunks the latest bullshit that telehealth makes it easier to coerce people into abortions. bit.ly/43t9uJw
South Carolina senators proposed a bill requiring state funding for expenses like medical and FUNERAL costs for pregnant people who couldn’t get abortions. The “pro-life” response when given the chance to not let people suffer? “Eh, no.” abcnews.go.com/amp/US/south...
It’s OFFICIAL! The evidence in the SCOTUS mifepristone case is HORSESHIT: This week, TWO of the main studies used by anti-abortion plaintiffs were RETRACTED. The latest #FeministBuzzkillsbit.ly/3SuIqoa
A woman is calling South Carolina’s bluff on their “fetal heartbeat” laws. She is suing the state, claiming the six-week ban that denied her abortion is purposely vague. Read on to get the full story on this challenge of these needlessly cruel laws. abcnews.go.com/Health/wireS...