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<p>Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban. But Experts Fear Confusion Would Persist.<br>— </p><p>Following ProPublica’s reporting, Republicans acknowledged women were denied care because medical providers were unsure what Texas’ abortion ban allowed. But the new legislation doesn’t remove what doctors say are the biggest impediments to care.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-senate-abortion-ban-legislation-medical-exceptions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-senate-abortion-ban-legislation-medical-exceptions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-senate-abortion-ban-legislation-medical-exceptions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

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<p>Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so ‘they cannot be undone in the future’ </p><p><a href="https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/12/06/spain-to-enshrine-gay-marriage-and-abortion-rights-into-its-constitution-so-they-cannot-be-undone-in-the-future/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/12/06/spain-to-enshrine-gay-marriage-and-abortion-rights-into-its-constitution-so-they-cannot-be-undone-in-the-future/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theolivepress.es/spain-new</span><span class="invisible">s/2024/12/06/spain-to-enshrine-gay-marriage-and-abortion-rights-into-its-constitution-so-they-cannot-be-undone-in-the-future/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/spain/" rel="tag">#spain</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> <a href="/tags/rights/" rel="tag">#rights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#womensrights</a></p>

<p>The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.</p><p>In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/dallas/" rel="tag">#Dallas</a> <a href="/tags/houston/" rel="tag">#Houston</a></p>

<p>Former <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> Justice <a href="/tags/davidsouter/" rel="tag">#DavidSouter</a> died on Thursday at his New Hampshire home, the court said in a statement on Friday. He was 85.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/judicialindependence/" rel="tag">#JudicialIndependence</a> <a href="/tags/nonpartisan/" rel="tag">#nonpartisan</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/forme</span><span class="invisible">r-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/</span></a> </p><p>🧵Excerpts from a beautiful piece written in the NYT by David J. Garrow in 1994 on Souter’s remarkable contribution in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in which the <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> upheld the right to <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> as established by <a href="/tags/roevwade/" rel="tag">#RoeVWade</a>:</p>

<p>safe <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> saves lives <a href="/tags/nycgraffiti/" rel="tag">#nycgraffiti</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://todon.eu/@RadicalGraffiti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RadicalGraffiti</span></a></span></p>

<p>Fuck you, you fucking douchebag.</p><p>You want people to have more <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a>?</p><p><a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a>. <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a>. <a href="/tags/daycare/" rel="tag">#Daycare</a>. <a href="/tags/maternity/" rel="tag">#Maternity</a> and <a href="/tags/paternity/" rel="tag">#paternity</a> leave. <a href="/tags/child/" rel="tag">#Child</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#tax</a> credits. A <a href="/tags/livingwage/" rel="tag">#livingwage</a>. Four day workweek. Etc.</p><p>Nah: deny <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> the right to have an <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> and make everyone <a href="/tags/poor/" rel="tag">#poor</a> and desperate, right? Goddamned <a href="/tags/plutocrat/" rel="tag">#plutocrat</a> assholes.</p><p>Plus, you raised an absolute festering pustule of a son, <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a>. So don&#x27;t you dare lecture anyone about <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#parenting</a>, Cruella.</p>

<p>ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.</p><p>Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.</p><p>Our most-read story of 2024: <a href="https://propub.li/3W5ooDd" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3W5ooDd</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/roevwade/" rel="tag">#RoeVWade</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a></p>

<p>A pregnancy center can bill the state $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends.</p><p>(Published July 2024)</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3PvTPmw" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3PvTPmw</a><br><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#Accountability</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a></p>

<p>Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.<br>—</p><p>In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/red</span><span class="invisible">-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a></p>

<p>If a bill that would ban almost all abortions moves to the South Carolina Senate, not a single Republican debating or voting on the restrictions will be a woman.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/republican-women-state-legislature-election-losses-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/republican-women-state-legislature-election-losses-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rep</span><span class="invisible">ublican-women-state-legislature-election-losses-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/southcarolina/" rel="tag">#SouthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a></p>

<p>Lawmakers in at least seven states are filing more than a dozen bills to expand abortion access.</p><p>Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sta</span><span class="invisible">te-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a></p>

<p>Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked<br>—</p><p>Reproductive rights are now enshrined in the state constitution, but Missouri’s main abortion provider is fighting legal hurdles to resume offering the procedure. Meanwhile, anti-abortion lawmakers strategize to prevent a return of abortion services.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">souri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.<br>—</p><p>Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>

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<p>Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year<br>—</p><p>Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes<br>—</p><p>Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">souri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Texas made its first arrest of an abortion provider, AG Ken Paxton announces<br><a href="/tags/aurefreepress/" rel="tag">#AureFreePress</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/headline/" rel="tag">#headline</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a></p>

<p>A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.<br>—</p><p>St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/st-</span><span class="invisible">lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage<br>—</p><p>A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p>“The <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb”</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-abortion-ban-1849-01658358639a63db7df92aeec34c612d?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-02-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/wisconsin-abortion-ban-1849-01658358639a63db7df92aeec34c612d?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-02-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/wisconsin-a</span><span class="invisible">bortion-ban-1849-01658358639a63db7df92aeec34c612d?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-02-Breaking+News</span></a></p>

<p>At 19 I was told my health came second to my future husband. </p><p>At 22 I was told I would feel differently once I was “in love” </p><p>At 24 my boyfriend was asked if he would still love me if I couldn’t bear children. </p><p>My autonomy was violated for 5 years for a hypothetical baby</p><p>I had severe endometriosis and adenomyosis. My periods hell. They were irregular, heavy and painful. I would lay on the bathroom floor in unrelenting pain, throwing up and too weak to move.</p><p>As the years dragged on I became more disabled from the pain and anemia. </p><p>Surgeries to control the blood loss failed. </p><p>Medications to put me into chemical menopause failed. </p><p>Birth control pills failed. </p><p>I needed a hysterectomy.</p><p>I had never wanted children. I wasn’t even sure I wanted marriage. I was also far too disabled to get pregnant or raise a child.</p><p>So I asked for the surgery. I asked my doctors to remove the diseased organ destroying my quality of life.</p><p>I was firmly told “No” because I might meet a man who wants kids. </p><p>That even though I was too sick to survive pregnancy and likely infertile, I couldn’t make the choice to remove my womb in case I changed my mind when I met my dream man.</p><p>I told the doctors I didn’t want kids, it didn’t matter. </p><p>I pointed out I was too sick to care for myself, let alone a child, and it didn’t matter.</p><p> I said that my “dream man” would love me even if I couldn’t have kids, and the doctors laughed.</p><p>I had no bodily autonomy. </p><p>Medical misogyny was ruining my life. </p><p>I spent the next few years getting second and third opinions. Fighting like hell to get the surgery I knew I needed to have any shot at a “normal” life. When I began dating someone, I brought him to my appointments hoping he could convince them to operate.</p><p>They asked him if he would love me if I couldn’t give him biological children. He didn’t want kids either, but they said the same thing to him they kept saying to me: “You might change your mind”</p><p>Why is the medical system so obsessed with us having babies? Misogyny and patriarchy. </p><p>We could have changed our minds. We could have also broken up.</p><p>What “could” happen in the distant future should never be given more weight than what was happening in the present.</p><p> I was slowly dying. Bleeding to death and confined to bed. Relying on blood and iron transfusions to survive.</p><p>I tell this story every few months because I think it’s incredibly important we talk about our lack of autonomy. </p><p>The post Roe landscape is putting our lives in danger, and my story can hopefully help people understand why.</p><p>If I wasn’t able to make the choice I needed for my body when there was no fetus involved, imagine how hard it must be for pregnant people who need to access abortion? </p><p>Forced birth advocates love to trumpet the “exemption for the life of the mother” rule to justify abortion bans</p><p>But if doctors weren’t willing to remove my uterus when it was literally killing me, why are we trusting they will terminate a pregnancy when the mother’s life is at risk? </p><p>A hypothetical baby came before my life… imagine what would happen if there was a real fetus involved?</p><p>We know what happens. </p><p>Women die. </p><p>They bleed out in parking lots. </p><p>They become septic, lose their fertility or spend months fighting for their lives in the ICU. </p><p>Their care is delayed because the fetus comes first. And delayed care comes at a cost.</p><p>I finally got my hysterectomy, but only because I was bleeding out in the ER and transfusions couldn’t keep up. </p><p>By the time they finally gave me the surgery I spent years asking for, my survival odds were only 50/50. </p><p>Had they done it when I asked, it would have been 99%</p><p>It’s the same thing for those experiencing miscarriage or abortion complications. </p><p>If they could get timely healthcare, their odds of survival would be excellent. </p><p>When we tell doctors they can’t intervene until the life of the mother is “clearly” in jeopardy?</p><p>That’s when we start dying. </p><p>We deserve better. We need full autonomy over our reproductive systems, and that includes access to sterilization and abortion.</p><p>It’s time.</p><p>More on what my hysterectomy taught me about medical misogyny:</p><p><a href="https://www.disabledginger.com/p/what-my-hysterectomy-taught-me-about" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.disabledginger.com/p/what-my-hysterectomy-taught-me-about"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.disabledginger.com/p/what-</span><span class="invisible">my-hysterectomy-taught-me-about</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/hysterectomy/" rel="tag">#hysterectomy</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> <a href="/tags/abortionrights/" rel="tag">#AbortionRights</a> <a href="/tags/reproductiverights/" rel="tag">#reproductiverights</a> <a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a> <a href="/tags/patriarchy/" rel="tag">#patriarchy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/breaking/" rel="tag">#BREAKING</a> “New York state court blocked <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> pills to a Texas woman.</p><p>The unprecedented move catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal battle between states that ban abortion and states that support abortion rights” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/new-york-texas-abortion-shield-law.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/new-york-texas-abortion-shield-law.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/hea</span><span class="invisible">lth/new-york-texas-abortion-shield-law.html</span></a></p>

<p>Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases<br>—</p><p>The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a></p>