<p>My latest, "Her Dragon" is symbolic of female empowerment...</p><p>ART - <a href="https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/her-dragon-peggy-collins.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/her-dragon-peggy-collins.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peggy-collins.pixels.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/her-dragon-peggy-collins.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dragon/" rel="tag">#dragon</a> <a href="/tags/dragons/" rel="tag">#dragons</a> <a href="/tags/female/" rel="tag">#female</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/woman/" rel="tag">#woman</a> <a href="/tags/myth/" rel="tag">#myth</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#arte</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#kunst</a> <a href="/tags/wallartforsale/" rel="tag">#wallartforsale</a> <a href="/tags/wallart/" rel="tag">#wallart</a> <a href="/tags/artprints/" rel="tag">#artprints</a> <a href="/tags/artforsale/" rel="tag">#artforsale</a> <a href="/tags/fineart/" rel="tag">#fineart</a> <a href="/tags/decor/" rel="tag">#decor</a> <a href="/tags/gifts/" rel="tag">#gifts</a> <a href="/tags/giftideas/" rel="tag">#giftideas</a> <a href="/tags/interiordesign/" rel="tag">#interiordesign</a> <a href="/tags/homedecor/" rel="tag">#homedecor</a> <a href="/tags/contemporaryart/" rel="tag">#contemporaryart</a> <a href="/tags/modernart/" rel="tag">#modernart</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#creativetoots</a> <a href="/tags/artbooster/" rel="tag">#artbooster</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#mastodonart</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a></p>
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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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-senate-abortion-ban-legislation-medical-exceptions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>
<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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures<br>—</p><p>The sweeping deal means the Ivy League school’s settlements will total more than $1 billion for over 1,000 claims of sexual abuse by former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden, who worked at the university for 20 years despite decades of complaints.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-750-million-settlement-robert-hadden-sexual-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-750-million-settlement-robert-hadden-sexual-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">umbia-university-750-million-settlement-robert-hadden-sexual-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/columbia/" rel="tag">#Columbia</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/sexualabuse/" rel="tag">#SexualAbuse</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a></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't you dare lecture anyone about <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#parenting</a>, Cruella.</p>
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<p>In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.</p><p>There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-postpartum-medicaid-coverage-robin-vos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-postpartum-medicaid-coverage-robin-vos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-postpartum-medicaid-coverage-robin-vos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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><a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> & <a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#Feminism</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Pkbwood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Pkbwood</span></a></span> Geography prof, director grad program in Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://hcommons.social/@yvonne" rel="nofollow">@yvonne</a> - Historian of medieval women in Europe, associate prof</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@firestorm" rel="nofollow">@firestorm</a> - Queer feminist collective in NC, USA</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@animefeminist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>animefeminist</span></a></span> - Japanese anime, manga & pop culture from feminist viewpoint</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@MsMagazine2019" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MsMagazine2019</span></a></span> - US news magazine founded by Gloria Steinem</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://flipboard.com/@Jezebel" rel="nofollow">@Jezebel</a> - US news & culture from feminist perspective</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://mas.to/@theasianfeminist" rel="nofollow">@theasianfeminist</a> - Feminist issues in Asia</p><p>🧵 1/4</p>
<p>The latest round of <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> in <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> is large, significant and sharp. We shall hope and see if the people of Iran have success this time</p><p>Here's a little <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialMedia</a> wrinkle and it is amazing</p><p><a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> have been lighting pictures of the <a href="/tags/ayatollah/" rel="tag">#Ayatollah</a> on fire, and lighting cigarettes with it</p><p>Burning photos of the supreme leader is a serious offense</p><p>Women smoking is restricted</p><p>Not a single (mandatory) <a href="/tags/hijab/" rel="tag">#hijab</a> to be seen</p><p><a href="https://www.newsx.com/viral-news/symbol-of-resistance-iranian-women-ignite-viral-protest-by-lighting-cigarettes-with-supreme-leader-ali-khameneis-photos-see-pics-143567/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newsx.com/viral-news/symbol-of-resistance-iranian-women-ignite-viral-protest-by-lighting-cigarettes-with-supreme-leader-ali-khameneis-photos-see-pics-143567/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newsx.com/viral-news/symbo</span><span class="invisible">l-of-resistance-iranian-women-ignite-viral-protest-by-lighting-cigarettes-with-supreme-leader-ali-khameneis-photos-see-pics-143567/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jinjiyanazadî/" rel="tag">#JinJiyanAzadî</a> <a href="/tags/womenlifefreedom/" rel="tag">#WomenLifeFreedom</a> <a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#WomensRights</a></p>
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<p>RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.</p><p>Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.</p><p>(Published 2022)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cov</span><span class="invisible">id-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#Covid</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/republican-women-state-legislature-election-losses-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>I'm not content warning this, it's just a <a href="/tags/woman/" rel="tag">#woman</a> in her underwear. Also, that would be irony</p><p>This is <a href="/tags/tehran/" rel="tag">#Tehran</a>’s Islamic Azad University on Nov 2</p><p>She was assaulted by <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a>'s <a href="/tags/morality/" rel="tag">#morality</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> because her <a href="/tags/hijab/" rel="tag">#hijab</a> was "improper"</p><p>So she just stripped</p><p>She was arrested and I don't think it will go well for her. Iran's weak, insecure, moronic hangups over <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a>'s clothing is vicious cruel and violent. They kill women for showing their hair. It's all so fucking stupid</p><p><a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#womensrights</a> <a href="/tags/bodilyautonomy/" rel="tag">#bodilyautonomy</a></p>
<p>A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cov</span><span class="invisible">id-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>
<p>The NRA Wanted Her Silenced. Instead, She Built a Grassroots Army <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wante</span><span class="invisible">d-her-silenced-instead</span></a> </p><p>"[Shannon] Watts details threats—sexualized, targeted, relentless—as the right tried to make her a cautionary tale. Instead, she became a symbol of what happens when you refuse to shut up and sit down"</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsedge/" rel="tag">#cliffsedge</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsnote/" rel="tag">#cliffsnote</a> <a href="/tags/shannonwatts/" rel="tag">#shannonwatts</a> <a href="/tags/blueamp/" rel="tag">#blueamp</a> <a href="/tags/cliffschecter/" rel="tag">#cliffschecter</a> <a href="/tags/davidshuster/" rel="tag">#davidshuster</a> <a href="/tags/interview/" rel="tag">#interview</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/guncontrol/" rel="tag">#guncontrol</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/firedup/" rel="tag">#firedup</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#streaming</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a></p>
<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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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 href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> & <a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#Feminism</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@firestorm" rel="nofollow">@firestorm</a> - Queer feminist collective in North Carolina, USA</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@CarveHerName" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CarveHerName</span></a></span> - History of prominent women & women's rights</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@vagina_museum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vagina_museum</span></a></span> - Museum in London of vaginas and gynae anatomy</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@animefeminist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>animefeminist</span></a></span> - Anime & manga from feminist perspective</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@hermathsstory" rel="nofollow">@hermathsstory</a> - Highlighting women in mathematics</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://wandering.shop/@lunastation" rel="nofollow">@lunastation</a> - Magazine of speculative fiction by women</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Pkbwood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Pkbwood</span></a></span> - Dir of program in Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies at York Univ Toronto</p><p>🧵 1/4</p>
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<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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.<br>—</p><p>The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a></p>
<p>Mädchenphysik <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#Physics</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/6a/" rel="tag">#6A</a> </p><p><a href="https://linux-gal.com/2025/07/12/madchenphysik/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="linux-gal.com/2025/07/12/madchenphysik/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linux-gal.com/2025/07/12/madch</span><span class="invisible">enphysik/</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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>
<p>Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight<br>—</p><p>After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers is riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-overhauls-anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centers-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-overhauls-anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centers-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-overhauls-anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centers-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a></p>
<p>When Clayton Strong drove his wife’s body to a hospital in Idaho, the coroner took his word that it was a natural death.</p><p>Five years later, Strong’s next wife turned up dead too: shot in the chest in Texas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-clayton-strong-wives-murder?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-clayton-strong-wives-murder?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroners-clayton-strong-wives-murder?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a></p>