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Folks not paying attention were shocked when a Trump packed #SCOTUS gutted Roe. Can't afford to be surprised again when Trump & his cronies use Comstock to enact fed. abortion ban.
#mustread @michellegoldberg.bsky.social re why Biden/Dems must rally around Tina Smith's bill to
#CancelComstock
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“Repealing Comstock is absolutely critical to protecting reproductive rights and public health writ large. We are grateful to Senator Smith for taking this important step.”
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"Unprecedented and unlawful reinterpretations of the Comstock Act would result in record-shattering rates of death and illnesses due to complications of pregnancy, and deny countless people and families their fundamental rights."
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“Healthcare Across Border works with clinicians to reduce the toll of abortion bans by expanding access to medication abortion by mail to states with bans."
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"These bans are creating concurrent public health crises, with rising rates of death and illness due to pregnancy-related causes, individuals denied emergency care left to bleed out in parking lots, and countless people forced to carry unintended or untenable pregnancies."
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“Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, total abortion bans have gone into effect in 14 states, six-week bans in three states, and more limited bans in numerous others."
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"This plan is not a vague or secret scheme, but an explicit strategy conservatives are openly pursuing in their sweeping ‘Project 2025.’ Once passed, this bill would eliminate the threat posed by the right to illegitimately deploy Comstock to enact a nationwide abortion ban."
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“The Trump campaign has made clear they intend to override precedent and revamp the Comstock Act to forbid use of the United States Postal Service and other common carriers to distribute medication or equipment necessary for abortion and miscarriage care."
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"Senator Smith is leading efforts to ensure no future administration can use the Comstock Act to ban abortion or essential healthcare. We look forward to supporting this effort and to educating the public and policymakers on why repealing Comstock is so critical."
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Today @sentinasmith.bsky.social has introduced legislation to repeal parts of the Comstock Act, a 150 y/o law that far-right extremists plan to use to ban abortion nationwide.
Our Founder & ED, Jodi Jacobson, released the following statement in response:
healthcareacrossborders.org/news/comstoc...
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Repealing Comstock is absolutely critical to protecting reproductive rights and public health writ large. We are grateful to @sentinasmith.bsky.social for taking this important step.
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Elected officials must fight back NOW if they are serious about protecting our fundamental human rights. We need to enshrine abortion access into law and #ExpandTheCourt — our lives depend on it.
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It’s long been clear that we can't depend on a Court filled with Republican operatives in robes as a democratic institution when several far-right justices regularly base their decisions on rightwing fictions and the demands of the highest bidder, making us all less safe.
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This decision is a short term victory in that mifepristone will continue to remain available in the U.S. for abortion and miscarriage management for now.
However, this is far from the end of the right’s attempts to strip us of our reproductive rights.
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And we will continue fighting against them.
Help us support this critical work:
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Nonetheless, there also is no doubt that extremists—whose entire careers are devoted to lying about proven reproductive health interventions—will persist in their attempts to force the rest of us to conform to their right-wing beliefs.
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Todays’ decision ensures that clinicians can continue serving the thousands of people per month in banned states who seek them out for timely access to medication abortion. You can support their critical work here:
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There is no legitimate reason for any court to ban or limit access to FDA-approved drugs. Mifepristone is approved for use in 96 countries, and over 100 studies have proven that it is safe and effective. 2/
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Today the Supreme Court dismissed Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA due to a lack of standing. But let’s be clear: This should have never made it past the shredder. 1/
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Ahead of SCOTUS rulings on abortion @susanrinkunas.com asks: What's a court with an image problem to do?
They might release these decisions close together because the conservative justices think they can manipulate the media into calling them "moderate."
www.susanrinkunas.com/a-cynical-su...
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This work literally saves lives.
One-in-four clients cannot afford the $150 cost of medication abortion, and clinicians providing this essential care into banned states can only continue practicing if we help reimburse them. Support them here ⬇️ secure.actblue.com/donate/abpil...
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As confirmed by @amylittlefield.bsky.social, telemedicine providers are a lifeline for countless people facing unintended pregnancies. Clinicians like Linda Prine & Angel Foster don’t turn anyone away. Instead they make up losses out of their own pockets. 2/
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Every month, thousands of people facing abortion bans are using telemedicine to get medication abortion quickly and discreetly. One-fourth of all clients can't pay the full $150 cost of care. Our fund helps offset the losses to providers. 1/ secure.actblue.com/donate/abpil...
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"The effect of the Louisiana law...is to target those who help people obtain abortions. By threatening informal community networks sharing pills and information, it ensures that people who are seeking an abortion are isolated from support."
newrepublic.com/article/1822...
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ICYMI: Some good abortion news! 🎉
A federal judge has permanently blocked some efforts in North Carolina to restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed.
ncnewsline.com/2024/06/04/n...
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Twenty women sued the state of Texas after its abortion ban put their lives at risk. The Texas Supreme Court’s decision in response: blame doctors, not the party that’s made it impossible to seek critical healthcare. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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"Educators and the state itself are now going so far as to fight for a right to flunk students who have abortions. And it’s doubtful that Texas anti-abortion leaders will stop there."
www.jezebel.com/texas-profes...
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@hegemommy.bsky.social on Louisiana's new law classifying abortion pills as controlled substances, "Simply put, SB 276 is an alarming escalation in the attacks on medication abortion that fully brings the legal apparatus of the war on drugs to abortion pills."
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ICYMI from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social:
The Texas Republican Party has adopted a platform that calls for abortion to be treated as homicide, and for abortion patients to be prosecuted as murderers.
"When they show you who they are—believe them."
jessica.substack.com/p/texas-gop-...
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"It doesn’t matter if it’s this election cycle or the next: Republicans intend to use the Comstock Act to ban abortion nationwide."
@hegemommy.bsky.social on our memo w/ @takebackthect.bsky.social & @ultraviolet.bsky.social 🔽
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"Ignoring the Comstock threat or waiting for a more politically convenient time—whenever that may be—is only going to exacerbate our post-Dobbs human rights crisis."
@hegemommy.bsky.social on our new memo w/ @hcaborders.bsky.social @ultraviolet.bsky.social urging Congress to #CancelComstock:
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The threat of federal abortion ban under Trump via Comstock is more than real. Big ups to @hcaborders.bsky.social @takebackthect.bsky.social @ultraviolet.bsky.social for sounding the alarm. Lots more to come in the push to #CancelComstock. LFG.
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There’s no time left for complacency.
As the right ramps up its campaign for a national abortion ban, we’re sounding the alarm for Congress to #CancelComstock.
Learn more (w/ @takebackthect.bsky.social @ultraviolet.bsky.social):
healthcareacrossborders.org/wp-content/u...
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Right-wing extremists want to weaponize this zombie law to restrict abortion in all 50 states. If lawmakers want to truly protect abortion, they must #CancelComstock.
READ/SHARE our latest w/ @takebackthect.bsky.social & @ultraviolet.bsky.social
healthcareacrossborders.org/resources/me...
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Arizona Dems have demonstrated that you CAN overturn draconian abortion bans. It’s not that hard: Listen to evidence and to the people and act on their behalf.
Now it’s Congress’ turn to do the same.
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We work to reimburse clinicians who provide abortion pills to clients in states where abortion is banned or restricted. Support our work to ensure everyone can get the care they need, regardless of where they live ⬇️
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But there are ways for people to get care, even in banned states. Not enough people know that they can get abortion pills online & via telemedicine more quickly, discreetly, and cheaply than going out of state.
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Far-right extremists won’t stop until they have banned abortion nationwide.
Texas man seeks state investigation of his ex-partner’s abortion in Colorado, a state where abortion is legal.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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"When the [Florida] ban takes effect, nearly every Southern state will have outlawed abortion or made it inaccessible after six weeks since the first day of the last menstrual period ― a window of time when many don’t yet know they’re pregnant."
www.huffpost.com/entry/florid...
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ICYMI:
mikepod.bsky.social breaks down how the Supreme Court no longer represents the American people, and what that means for the future of democracy and healthcare in the US.
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To protect our rights & democracy we must #CancelComstock & #ExpandTheCourt.
In the meantime, consider donating to the Abortion Pill Sustainability Fund to ensure that everyone has access to abortion care, regardless of where they live.
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