#abortions — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #abortions, aggregated by home.social.
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#Tennessee: #DeathPenalty for #abortions if they unhinged idiots have their way
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#Tennessee: #DeathPenalty for #abortions if they unhinged idiots have their way
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#Tennessee: #DeathPenalty for #abortions if they unhinged idiots have their way
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#Tennessee: #DeathPenalty for #abortions if they unhinged idiots have their way
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#Tennessee: #DeathPenalty for #abortions if they unhinged idiots have their way
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#Maine #FamilyPlanning will close its primary care practice at end of October
#MainePublic | By Patty Wight
Published October 1, 2025"Maine Family Planning says it cannot sustain its primary care practice beyond this month.
"The nonprofit says it faced an impossible decision after losing $2 million in #Medicaid funding under a new federal law. That means 800 patients in #Aroostook and #Hancock counties will now need to find new primary care providers.
"The law bans health providers who also offer #abortions from being reimbursed by Medicaid.
“ 'The cruel and dangerous law has put us in an impossible situation,' President and CEO George Hill said in a written statement. 'Discharging and turning away vulnerable patients strikes at the very heart of MFP’s reputation as a trusted community provider that has been able to serve patients of any means for more than 50 years.'
"As a result, #MaineFamilyPlanning says they've been providing primary care to Medicaid patients in #EllsworthME, #HoultonME, and #PresqueIsleME free of charge since July."
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https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2025-10-01/maine-family-planning-will-close-its-primary-care-practice-at-end-of-october#WomensHealth #FamilyPlanning #FundingCuts #MedicaidCuts #ProBirth #KillThePoor #TrumpSucks #USPol #MainePol
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#ForcedSterilization is a worldwide problem!
As #Japan starts compensation payments, #ForcedSterilisation continues around the world
#NonConsensual #sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today
by Ewan Bolton, 18 February 2025
"Just last week, in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan, the local governor met victims of an official eugenics policy to apologise for the suffering they underwent.
"'On behalf of the prefecture, I would like to offer my heartfelt apologies for the immense suffering caused to the 900 (victims),' said Murai Yoshihiro while lowering his head.
"For many, the words 'forced sterilisation' bring to mind #NaziGermany and the devastating #eugenic policies pursued by #fascist regimes in the 1930s and 1940s. But the non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior continued through the 20th century and persists in some parts of the world today.
"In January, victims of Japan’s forced sterilisation programme were finally able to apply for compensation for the first time. Between 1948 and 1996, at least 16,500 people were forcibly sterilised in Japan under the country’s #EugenicProtectionLaw. Nearly 60,000 more underwent #abortions without, or with only dubious consent. Most were mentally handicapped people or those with hereditary diseases.
"As Japan finally addresses this legacy, victims of forced sterilisation in #Peru are still fighting for compensation after 370,000 people were sterilised in what the UN has described as a potential crime against humanity. And in the #UnitedStates, #India, #China and parts of #Europe, non-consensual sterilisations continue to this day.
"As with the Nazis, almost all cases can be traced back to the discredited #PseudoScience of eugenics which was developed in the #UK at around the turn of the last century and had many supporters, including #WinstonChurchill.
"Japan’s Eugenic Protection Law was introduced in the wake of World War II. It granted medical institutions the right to administer sterilisations and abortions without the consent of patients. Of the 25,000 people sterilised under the programme, according to government figures only 8,000 gave consent. The legitimacy of the consent in these cases is disputed.
"A large number of the victims were children, some as young as nine years old. In Miyagi prefecture, in the northwest of the main island, more than half of the 859 sterilised between 1963 and 1981 were under the age of 18.
"At a press conference last month in Hyogo prefecture, a #DeafWoman, now in her 80s, described the emotional pain of being given an abortion without her consent. 'I was taken to the hospital, and I thought I would be going to the general medicine department. I was very surprised because I was taken to the gynaecology department … I am unable to forget what happened at that time'.
"In her prefecture alone, there are '14 or 15 other [#DeafPeople] who suffered harm' that are known about, 'but there are undoubtedly more', said Yoshimichi Hongo, chairman of the Hyogo Prefecture Association for the Deaf."
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/as-japan-starts-compensation-payments-forced-sterilisation/
#WorldPol #reproductiverights #Fascism #BodilyAutomony #DisabledPeople #ReproductiveAutonomy #Sterilization #Genocide -
#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 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/conservative-attacks-on-birth-control-could-threaten-access/ar-BB1nEZgR #WomensHealthcare
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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.
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#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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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
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/05/birth-control-access-abortion-ban/ -
6,000 #doctors urge the #SupremeCourt to keep #abortions in #medical #emergencies #legal.
A letter signed by #physicians from all 50 states asks the #highcourt to #uphold a #federal #law called #EMTALA, which is being #challenged by the #fascist #state of #Idaho.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Idaho #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://19thnews.org/2024/05/doctors-letter-supreme-court-abortion-medical-emergencies/