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Pittsburgh CPUSA and its members in USW Dist. 10 and UE Dist. 5 express their solidarity with the Allegheny Reproductive Health Center workers and their new union! We are disappointed to hear that senior management is refusing to recognize the union, but we still demand they bargain in good faith, let the workers act upon their rights and serve the community with their indispensable work!
"Texas Republicans are rolling ahead with a controversial bill that seeks to further restrict abortion access in the state, while making it impossible for it to be challenged in state courts, despite Democratic objections."
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5316973-texas-abortion-bill-advances/
"The changes would not expand abortion access in Texas or list specific medical exceptions under the state’s near-total ban, which took effect in 2022 and only allows for an abortion to save the life of the mother. It also would not include exceptions for cases of rape or incest."
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-texas-exceptions-35e2dddb7bff3200b951cd3e7aa92f49
Having your concerns dismissed in the ER is nothing new to most of us, especially women and marginalized individuals. Misogyny, ableism and discrimination are far more rampant in healthcare settings than we want to believe.
It’s even worse if you’re black. Misogynoir, which is the term given to the sexism and racism experienced by black women, is a serious issue in America. Black women are three times more likely to die in pregnancy because their pregnancy related concerns are frequently dismissed.
This intersection of sexism and racism creates an exceedingly dangerous situation, and it only gets worse in states with abortion bans.
My latest article is about Adriana Smith, abortion bans, Medicaid cuts and autonomy.
The patriarchal and misogynistic culture of medicine ends lives.
Abortion bans end lives.
We can and must do better:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/adriana-smith-misogyny-and-the-cruelty
"About 58% of South Dakota counties have no birthing facilities, the second-highest rate among states, after North Dakota, according to March of Dimes. And the South Dakota health department says pregnant women and infants in the state, especially those who are Black or Native American, experience high rates of complications and death."
"At least 17 clinics closed last year in states where abortion remains legal, and another 17 have closed in just the first five months of this year, according to data gathered by https://ineedana.com. That includes states that have become abortion destinations, like Illinois, and those where voters have enshrined broad reproductive rights into the state constitution, like Michigan."
"A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain-dead is being kept alive by ventilators because of the state’s law banning abortions, the woman’s mother says, telling local news that the family has no say in the matter."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-forced-keep-brain-dead-pregnant-woman-alive-rcna207002
"It's going to be a patchwork of trying to fill in those gaps," Koskenoja said. "But we lost a very functional system for delivering this #care to patients. And now, we're just having to make it up as we go."
She recently had a patient in the ER who was having a complication from gynecological surgery. “She needed to see a gynecologist, & I called the local OB office,”Koskenoja said. "They told & they have 30 or 40 new referrals a month," and simply don't have enough clinicians to see all those patients. "So adding in the burden of all the patients that were being seen at #PlannedParenthood is going to be impossible."
Yet…brick-&-mortar facilities still account for about 80% of clinician-provided #abortions….
Hannah Harriman, a #Marquette County #Health Dept #nurse who previously spent 12 yrs working for #PlannedParenthood of Marquette, is skeptical of any suggestion that #telehealth can replace a rural brick-&-mortar #clinic. "I say that those people have never spent any time in the UP," she said, referring to the #UpperPeninsula.
"She said the filing 'avoids saying anything on the substance at all,' which, she suggested, allows the Trump administration to delay telegraphing its views on mifepristone and to control whether and when it takes action to restrict the drug."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/health/trump-abortion-pill-case.html
A Conversation with WHO’s Dr. Allotey https://www.byteseu.com/898819/ #Bleeding #Blood #Childbirth #diabetes #epidemiology #FemaleGenitalMutilation #GestationalDiabetes #GlobalHealth #Health #HealthSystems #Healthcare #HIV #InfectiousDiseases #MaternalHealth #MentalHealth #Mortality #Newborn #poverty #pregnancy #PublicHealth #ReproductiveHealth #Research
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1jorwjs/rif_notice_received_this_morning_by_cdc_comrade/?share_id=0PRcWu-wtBjVfd--byXyg&utm_name=ioscss As the attached says, check the validity of each RIF yourself. We deserve public health and women's health. It's #WorthFightingFor #cdc #PublicHealth #democracy #womenshealth #reproductivehealth #doge #fascism
The deletions began shortly after #Trump took office. #CDC web pages on #vaccines, #HIV prevention, & #ReproductiveHealth went missing. Findings on #BirdFlu transmission vanished minutes after they appeared. The #Census Bureau’s public repository went offline, then returned w/o certain directories of geographic info. The #DOJ expunged the #Jan6th #insurrection from its site, & whitehouse.gov took down an explainer page about the #Constitution.
#DigitalBookBurning
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-data-hoarders-resisting-trumps-purge
Hey men who enjoy sex! MASK UP TO KEEP IT UP! 
If taking a soccer ball 
to the crotch had 1/5 odds of long term erectile dysfunction (ED) would you wear a cup when you play soccer?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88904-6
20% of men in this study got NEW ED - and only 1/4 "got their mojo back" after two years.
From physical blockades to "sidewalk counseling," anti-#abortion tactics have shifted over decades. The FACE Act aimed to curb violence, but protests continue to impact reproductive healthcare access. A women’s studies professor explains: https://buff.ly/NCM5TZM
#reproductivehealth
From the National Women's Law Center:
"...Every victory we win, every harm that we prevent, takes us one step closer to a more just, equitable future for all.”—Fatima Goss Graves, NWLC President and CEO
In the first month of the Trump-Vance administration, NWLC has been vocal in calling on those in power to be accountable to their constituents and the rule of law, and fight back against threats to women, LGBTQ+ people, and working families. We've spoken out against the nominations of people who will hinder gender justice efforts, and along with Public Citizen, we sent an open letter to Congress
https://nwlc.org/press-release/nwlc-public-citizen-more-than-110-organizations-call-for-investigation-of-elon-musks-lawless-government-takeover/
calling on them to use their oversight powers to challenge DOGE’s lawless takeover of the federal government and attacks on federal workers and agencies that provide vital services to the public."
Register for the briefing: https://nwlc-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GAfHISPKTaWmnQkHVJs8kQ#/registration
#SCOTUS’ decision not to wade into the #abortion-related matter is a setback for abortion opponents. But it follows the #Trump admin’s announcement that it will scale back #Biden-era efforts to prosecute demonstrators who interfere w/ #PatientAccess to #ReproductiveHealth clinics. The #DOJ instructed its #CivilRights division last month to drop 3 pending actions brought under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (#Face) Act, involving blockades in #Ohio, #Tennessee & #Pennsylvania.
I read recently that procedures in #Michigan are being refused for tubal ligation & similar type reproductive surgeries by one of the biggest healthcare providers in the state, a Catholic one.
A reminder that teaching hospitals who receive largely state funding or private funding are often taking patients, and in the case of #Wisconsin, one such school is getting women in within 2-3 weeks.