"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
"But those new rules were reversed in January after nearly two dozen states sued the Biden administration to block separate parts of the measure aimed at protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination. In January, a federal judge struck down the changes, which tossed out the expanded protections for pregnant and parenting students, too."
"Below, hear empowering words from Stacey Abrams, the well-known author, politician, and voting-rights activist; Meena Harris, founder of Phenomenal Media; Amanda Nguyen, an astronaut and civil-rights activist who founded Rise; and Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund."
https://www.popsugar.com/identity/international-womens-day-2025-activists-49431057
"Black and Hispanic people paid more in out-of-pocket costs for maternal care than Asian and white people with the same commercial insurance, a new study published in JAMA Health Forum found.
Why it matters: Black mothers in the U.S. face a pregnancy-related death rate that is more than three times the rate for white mothers. About 80% of these deaths are preventable."
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/maternity-costs-racial-ethnic-differences-study
I live in #Texas. No effing way am I helping fund #Democrats in other states unless and until the #DemocraticParty starts acting like a legitimate #opposition party.
Especially any #Democrat who publicly distances themself from #transgenderRights. Because, either you believe it is perfectly reasonable for the #government to tell people what they can or cannot do with their own bodies, or you don't. The logic that denies gender-affirming #healthcare is the exact logic used to deny #ReproductiveJustice. Either people have a right to #BodilyAutonomy or they don't. There is no #centrist position here.
"Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/instagram-facebook-abortion-pill-providers.html
Seren Friskie of ARCC writes, "For Indigenous communities in Canada, access to abortion care goes beyond medical needs—it is an issue of autonomy, cultural resilience, and social justice. Ensuring equitable access to abortion means dismantling systemic and social barriers..."
https://rabble.ca/health/abortion-is-inaccessible-for-many-of-canadas-indigenous-communities/
Re: #electionday
We can acknowledge that one party may be better for domestic reproductive rights and access than the other, and that the outcome of this election is a matter of life or death for many Americans.
We would be remiss to ignore that regardless of the outcome, reproductive injustices & human rights violations are and will continue to be carried out with full complicity of the U.S. government.
A threat to #reproductivejustice anywhere is a threat to reproductive justice everywhere.
A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms
It took 20 hours and three ER visits before doctors admitted the pregnant 18-year-old to the hospital as her condition worsened. She’s one of at least two women who died under Texas’ abortion ban
#ReproductiveJustice #voteblue2024protectwomensrights
#AbortionIsHealthcare #gopwaronwomen https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/01/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala/
It seems to me that if this did not involve pregnancy, and the local hospital docs stated they could do nothing... why wasn't she immediately taken by "flight-for-life" helicopter to a facility that could render standard-of-care care?! 
And yes this does mean transportation across state lines. That is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned.
It's 2024 people!!
There is no way to justify letting a woman die like this... of common, predictable complications of pregnancy. 
There are some things you might be able to do for #ReproductiveJustice on an individual level. Maybe be a #surrogate, and #advocate for it to be covered by #insurance. Or donate #gametes, and advocate for donation to eliminate #eugenics in the qualifications. Or #volunteer at a #daycare, or donate #diapers and #baby #formula to your local #FoodPantry, etc. Make sure you know where your nearest #PlannedParenthood is and what they do, and get that information out there.
Crushing Colonialism magazine is putting together an issue on #reproductivejustice!
Written articles, artwork or photographs from Indigenous artists are welcome, and accepted material will be paid! Deadline is October 31st.
Send submissions to info@crushingcolonialism.org
Does your group need funding for your reproductive justice related event or project? Apply for up to $1000 in grants from our Small Grants Program!
ARCC is happy to provide grants to small, low-resource, or new groups focussed on #reproductivejustice and #abortion advocacy in Canada.
Just a reminder for after #Harris wins the presidency. The folks claiming now that #Roe needs to be codified are going to have caveats. And nobody is talking about the details yet. What about the the #Casey decision? What about the #HydeAmendment?
The devil is going to be in the details. Be ready for this.There's going to be a lot of work to do, but we can do it. 
#ReproductiveJustice
The court, however, sent the case back to a lower court on the question of whether the state’s -#Constitution protects a right to #privacy, & whether that right encompasses #abortion, which Judge McBurney decided on.
“We had a small window & a small victory,” said Monica Simpson, the exec dir of SisterSong Women of Color #ReproductiveJustice Collective, the plaintiff in the case. “We’re seeing history repeat itself.”
"Vance appeared to understand the political unpopularity of the Republican position on abortion. 'My party, we’ve got to do so much better of a job at earning the American people’s trust back on this issue where they frankly just don’t trust us,' he said, while maintaining that he agrees with his running mate Donald Trump that abortion rights should be decided at a state level."
Women For Justice
posted:
"A new study estimates that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states with abortion restrictions — many of which don't allow for exceptions in cases of rape and incest. The highest number was in Texas, which accounts for 26,313 of the total." - January 2024
source: Kaiser Family Foundation https://bit.ly/4enwWMt
#BansOffOurBodies #VoteThemOut #ReproductiveJustice
#WomenForJustice
“There Is a #Better #World Out There:” Why The #GenderLiberationMovement Is #Marching on #Washington
On September 14th, #trans #organizers and #reproductivejustice #advocates will #MarchOnWashington to #demand the #right to #bodilyautonomy.
“#Trans people and #LGBTQ+ #immigrants deserve the #right to #exist, to be here, and to #fight for their #rights.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Activism #Representation #Culture
https://www.them.us/story/gender-liberation-movement-march-on-washington-feature
Domo 
