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2025-10-11

Both Sherrill and Spanberger voted in favor of the Women's Health Protection Act, which would have overturned state abortion bans by establishing a right to abortion under federal law.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022360

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#Abortion #AbortionRights #ReproductiveRights #US #USA #Politics #Virginia #NewJersey

Eric Darnley Smallericdsmall@mastodon.vtip.me
2025-10-10

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from imposing conditions on grants aimed at combating domestic violence, such as barring groups from promoting DEI or abortion resources. Judge Melissa DuBose ruled these restrictions could cause “irreparable harm,” disrupting essential services for survivors, and issued a preliminary injunction nationwide—not just for the plaintiffs. The ruling protects organizations serving domestic violence survivors, LGBTQ+ youth, and those experiencing homelessness from having to compromise their values or erase identities to secure funding. Advocates call the Trump rules “unlawful and harmful,” prioritizing ideology over people’s safety. apnews.com/article/violence-wo #DomesticViolence #DEI #AbortionRights #FederalGrants #CivilRights #CourtRuling

2025-10-08

Cops lie, they always lie.

Article: newly unearthed court documents about the incident show that when the search was performed, police were conducting a “death investigation” into the death of the fetus, and police discussed whether they could charge the woman with a crime with the District Attorney’s office on the same day that they performed the Flock search. The documents, obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and shared with 404 Media, also show that the Flock search was performed more than two weeks after the woman had the abortion. The documents were created as part of an arrest affidavit against the woman’s partner, who was arrested for allegedly abusing and threatening her at gunpoint on the day she took the abortion pill.

In documents created prior to the publication of our article, there is zero mention of concern about the woman’s safety. The records show that the police retroactively created a separate document about the Flock search a week after our article was published, in which they justify the search by saying they were concerned for her safety.

404media.co/police-said-they-s

#AbortionRights #Flock

2025-10-08

"Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of Planned Parenthood patients who've had abortions, officials who oversee clinics in Kansas City and St. Louis said in legal filings." #abortion #abortionrights #catherinehanaway #plannedparenthood #missouri

theintelligencer.com/news/arti

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2025-10-08
2025-10-08

California Gov. Newsom vetoes one pro-trans bill; will he sign others?

fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advo

Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’grammasaurus
2025-10-07

If you feel like you’re becoming numb to all the atrocities going on around us, I guarantee this will jolt you back to a state of outrage.

83,000 surveillance cam’s were accessed to find a woman who’d had an abortion.

open.substack.com/pub/jessica/?

2025-10-06

#Michigan #Abortion #AbortionRights #AbobosForAll #AbobosForSome
#WeAintMissouri

"This ruling is a reminder that our Constitution and the will of Michigan voters cannot be struck down because anti-abortion individuals don’t like the outcome."

– Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

michiganadvance.com/briefs/fed

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2025-10-02

Pope Leo calls out hypocrisy, saying 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' isn't 'pro-life'

fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upwo

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2025-10-01

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Black White Blue in the Southbwabits@mas.to
2025-09-29

In Episode 71, Bill and Jumelle review the newly proposed COMPLETE abortion ban with no exceptions.

Subscribe, download and listen today! linktr.ee/bwabits

#SouthCarolina #SCPolitics #abortionrights #reproductiverights #HandmaidsTale

aclusc.org/en/press-releases/e

Headlines Africaafrica@journa.host
2025-09-26

Clarence Thomas: The Supreme Court’s Longest-Standing Conservative Voice – A Special SCOTUS Series

By Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link, article series…

Editor’s Note: Recently, I’ve considered a look at SCOTUS more in depth. It’s moving the law in right wing and conservative directions, and changing by fiat the power of the President, diminishing the power of Congress. This is the next article to examine the justices. The last in the series will talk about changes that should and need to be made to our top court. I edit and review all content, but I am aided by Perplexity Pro AI in my research.
–DrWeb

Clarence Thomas: The Supreme Court’s Longest-Standing Conservative Voice – A Special SCOTUS Series

Clarence Thomas: The Court’s Longest-Serving Conservative Voice

A Special SCOTUS Series

Early Life and Education

Clarence Thomas was born in 1948 in Pin Point, Georgia, a small Gullah community near Savannah. After his father left, he was raised by his mother and, from age seven, by his grandfather Myers Anderson, whose strict discipline fostered self-reliance.

Thomas attended a segregated Catholic school, then the College of the Holy Cross, and earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 1974. He has often expressed skepticism that opportunities attributed to race rather than merit benefitted him—an idea that shaped his later critiques of affirmative action.

Career Before the Court

Thomas worked in Missouri’s attorney general’s office, private practice, and then the Reagan administration. In 1982, he became Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where he emphasized individual rights and a “colorblind” interpretation of civil-rights law.

In 1990, President George H. W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Nomination and Confirmation

In 1991, President Bush nominated Thomas to the Supreme Court. The confirmation became one of the most contentious in modern history after law professor Anita Hill alleged sexual harassment during their time at the EEOC. Thomas was confirmed by a 52–48 Senate vote; his denunciation of the proceedings as a “high-tech lynching” cemented his combative public image.

Judicial Philosophy

Thomas is known for a robust originalism—interpreting the Constitution according to its text and historical meaning. He often questions longstanding precedents he views as inconsistent with the Constitution, writing separate concurrences or dissents even when alone. He favors bright-line rules grounded in text, structure, and history over pragmatic balancing tests.

Signature Areas and Opinions

  • Second Amendment: Advocates a strong individual right to keep and bear arms, building on District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and subsequent cases.
  • Affirmative Action: Persistent critic of racial preferences; the Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023) aligned with his long-held views.
  • Abortion & Substantive Due Process: Called for overturning Roe v. Wade years before Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022); in Dobbs, he wrote separately to question other substantive due-process precedents.
  • Administrative State: Consistently argues that expansive agency power threatens the separation of powers and the nondelegation principle.

Legacy and Controversy

As the Court’s longest-serving justice, Thomas has significantly shaped conservative jurisprudence. His spare questioning at oral argument for many years contrasted with the sweep of his written opinions. Recent reporting about undisclosed travel and financial ties has intensified broader debates over Supreme Court ethics and reform.

Conclusion: Thomas and the Court’s “Right Turn”

Thomas anchors the Court’s conservative bloc, pressing for a constitutional order rooted in text and history. Whether praised as principled or criticized as radical, his influence on the Court’s rightward trajectory is undeniable and central to any discussion of the modern Supreme Court.

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2025-09-25

#HHS #RFKjr told #Red states #FDA will conduct #review of #abortion pills a move #abortionrights #advocates say could lead to significant #restrictions most common abortion method nationwide.
Medication abortion used in 2/3 of abortions per Guttmacher Institute, research group focusing on sexual #reproductivehealth. Primary way #abortions continue in states where abortion is #banned, largely because of #telehealth appointments & #shield #laws abcnews.go.com/US/health-secre #womenshealth #privacy #maga

2025-09-18

Washington state will backfill lost Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood after a court ruling last week.
kuow.org/stories/wa-will-repla
#KUOW #News #PlannedParenthood #Abortion #AbortionRights #Politics

Brewminatebrewminate
2025-09-17

📉 Population growth is slowing — Republicans are using it as their latest excuse to attack abortion rights.

This isn’t about life, it’s about power. ⚠️

brewminate.com/rising-reversal

Martin EdenMartinEden
2025-09-17

📉 Les lois que Kirk a promues tuent :
+92 % mortalité maternelle
☠️ 2 femmes mortes au Texas par refus de soin
👶 + décès d’enfants post-SB8
Les mots ? Des actes.

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