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#abortifacients — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. #Republican lawmakers in #MI blocked bill to widen access 2 #birthcontrolpills by falsely claiming they induce #abortions. #Antiabortion group in Louisiana killed legislation 2 enshrine right 2 birth control by inaccurately equating emergency #contraception w abortion drugs. Idaho thinktank focused on biblical activism is pushing state legislators to ban access to emergency contraception, intrauterine devices #IUDs by mislabeling them as #abortifacients msn.com/en-us/news/politics/co #WomensHealthcare

  2. The #conservative #Christian #Idaho Family Pol Ctr is recommending states #ban #access to emergency #contraception & #IUD, which they mislabel as “#abortifacients” in a paper outlining next steps “now that we’ve successfully eliminated elective abortion.”

    #Medical societies say it’s wrong to characterize emergency #contraceptive pills, a #BirthControl method used w/in days of unprotected sex, & IUDs, which are long-acting & reversible, as causing #abortions bc NEITHER END AN EXISTING PREGNANCY.

  3. #Republican lawmakers in #Missouri blocked a bill to widen #access to #BirthControlPills by falsely claiming they induce #abortions. An antiabortion group in #Louisiana killed #legislation to enshrine a right to #BirthControl by inaccurately equating #emergency #contraception w/ #abortion drugs. An #Idaho *think tank* focused on “#BiblicalActivism” is pushing state legislators to #ban access to emergency contraception & intrauterine devices (IUDs) by mislabeling them as “#abortifacients.”

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  4. Conservative attacks on #BirthControl could threaten #access
    #FarRight #conservatives are sowing #disinformation that falsely characterizes IUDs, #emergency #contraception, even #BirthControlPills as “#abortifacients” — something used to cause #abortions.

    #Republicans in ≥17 states have blocked largely Democratic-led attempts to pass #laws assuring the right to birth control since 2022.

    #ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health #privacy #law
    washingtonpost.com/health/2024