The now-dead pope said that women who get an abortion are no different from someone hiring a hitman. I'm not wasting time mourning him.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249172/pope-francis-abortion-statements
#pope #abortion
@maya_b
“The Conservative Party supports conscience rights for doctors, nurses, and others to refuse to participate in, or refer their patients for abortion, assisted suicide, or euthanasia.”
And there it is, this is the strategy Danielle Smith’s UCP is using to limit access to #MaternalHealthcare. They don’t have to explicitly ban #Abortion or #MAID in order to restrict access.
@teslatakedown.com I’m now seeing lotsa #Tesla cars in Murfreesboro, #Tennessee. This is a deep red #Trump district represented by Dr Scott DesJarlais even *after* court testimony revealed he pointed a gun at his girlfriend and *patient* pressuring her to get an #abortion. I suspect used Teslas are being shipped here where they won’t be torched 
or keyed 
.
The funny part is that #Republican state legislators blocked electric 
️ charging station infrastructure because it was #woke.
Featured story: “Up until now, the state of #Texas—like most other banned states—has made it very clear they are not interested in providing clarity for providers and patients. And Texas doctors face some of the most draconian penalties in the country.” https://www.texasobserver.org/republican-abortion-laws-texas-legislature-exceptions/
In 2024, nearly a quarter of all out-of-state abortions took place in Illinois, as the total number of abortions in the state slightly decreased compared to the previous year, according to a recent study by the Guttmacher Institute. #health #news #abortion https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/17/nearly-25-all-out-state-abortions-took-place-illinois-last-year-study
Missouri house passes amendment re-establishing abortion ban
In addition to the abortion language, the proposed amendment also would place in the constitution a ban on transgender youth accessing gender-affirming health care.
@mpjgregoire
The word mandate likely makes #PierrePoilievre antsy as it sounds like two guys getting together, whereas #term sounds like something related to #abortion and he is against the Liberals just like he is against abortion. Prove me wrong.
They're going to have to revisit the definition of "person" they used against Row that is found in the 14th. This is why absolutely NO country in the free world will touch the #abortion issue because it opens up Pandoras box for other things. Are corporations persons? Well if you say no, then neither are fetuses. If you say no to people born in the US, you say no to both fetuses AND anyone you want. So the conservatives have their balls in a ringer. #news #law #trump https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship.html
Polish presidential candidate storms hospital protesting the ‘Anita’ #abortion dispute: A Polish gynaecologist was barricaded in an office for over 50 minutes as police intervened in an escalating confrontation with protestors. https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/polish-presidential-candidate-storms-hospital-protesting-the-anita-abortion-dispute/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
This is so obscene, ignorant, degenerate, and heartless. Evil. It is pure evil.
In November, Missouri voters approved an amendment to the state's constitution that provided the right to reproductive freedom, legalizing abortion. Yesterday, the House Republicans voted to essentially repeal that, making abortion illegal in Missouri again, with limited exceptions. Here's more from St. Louis Public Radio.
"Attorneys for CHI and MercyOne argue that “finding an unborn child to be a ‘person’ would lead to serious implications in other areas of the law.”
Remember people, to Catholic doctors an "unborn child" is a person only in the case of abortion.
When a Catholic hospital kills an "unborn child" by lack of proper care it's only a fetus.
This indicates the differences observed among all study participants were largely due to the propensity to get #pregnant at different stages of the life course.
However, due to underreporting of #abortion and misreporting of #miscarriage more methodological work is needed to confirm the results.
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https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph/article/view/79555
In Idaho, a judge ruled that the strictest abortion ban in the country was, too strict. Abortions are now allowed not just if the pregnant person’s life is in imminent danger, but also if their life could be in danger in the future without one.
About the ruling OBGYN and plaintiff Emily Corrigan said: “Today’s ruling will help us preserve the health of some of our patients the way that we have been trained. But we will still be forced to turn people away, against our training as physicians. Abortion has long been part of the national standard of care offered to those with serious pregnancy complications, and it shouldn’t change just because of what state you are in. It is my duty to protect my patients and their health, and I will continue to advocate for all Idahoans seeking essential health care.”#freedom #abortion #AbortionIsHealthcare
https://open.substack.com/pub/ariellaelm/p/three-wins-today-april-15-2025
"But more recently, fellow abortion opponents, who call themselves abortion abolitionists, are showing up to her booths with signs, often screaming “baby killer” at her while she speaks with students. Hawkins has had to send alerts to donors asking them to help pay for increased security."
"For the first time since Texas banned nearly all abortions, Republican lawmakers are considering tweaking the language of the law to protect the lives of pregnant women.
But this much-lauded bipartisan effort will offer no reprieve for women carrying doomed pregnancies diagnosed with lethal fetal abnormalities."
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/11/texas-abortion-law-lethal-fetal-anomalies/
