Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

The same people working to limit your ability to make decisions about your own pregnancy are also working to make sure you have fewer treatment options if you get breast cancer. #ProLifeMyAss www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

One of my family members works with @reportout.bsky.social and they’re raising emergency funds to evacuate one of their volunteers facing persecution/threats for being LGBTIQ+. Please donate if you can or share: www.justgiving.com/page/reporto...

One of about ten zillion reasons it’s insulting to all of humanity that the anti-abortion movement calls itself “pro-life”

NEW: Last week, some OBGYNs received a strange survey via email. The email used inflammatory terms like "dismemberment" and "feticide," and the survey website suggested affiliation with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG tells Autonomy News it sent a cease and desist:

No surprise that the suspect in the assassination of the Minnesota House Democratic leader and her husband and the attempted assassination of a state senator and his wife was also out to get abortion rights supporters. Misogyny is central of fascism www.startribune.com/brooklyn-par...

I'm crying in the club with @garnethenderson.com after one week of Autonomy News. We're proud not to paywall our reporting. Whomst will be paid subscriber number 75??

“I just saw 17 million deaths from COVID vaccines in 18 months” would be funny if this guy wasn’t now the gatekeeper of all vaccines Americans can get from now on

Hello, if anyone has information regarding the "defunding" PP provision in the GOP reconciliation bill, please contact me on Signal (using a non-work device) at garnethenderson.12 Link unrelated

Delighted to be a part of the Supermajority Ed Fund's speaker panel on 6/11 with @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social @msfchoice.bsky.social @sharkfu.bsky.social. Join us for a deep dive into what's happening in clinics, courtrooms, and medical school classrooms around the country. mobilize.us/s/C4U9so

Hi! I specialize in medication toxicity. All available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines. Mortality rates: Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100K Viagra 4/100K Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)

I’m sick of this regime using antisemitism to justify racist policies. This travel ban is about keeping Black and brown people out which is rooted in racism. It won’t protect Jews—it fuels resentment and puts us in more danger, leading to more violence like what happened in Boulder.

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

i just subscribed for two reasons (and if you can, you should too): 1. @susanrinkunas.com and @garnethenderson.com are some of the best of the best when it comes to repro journalism and we need their work more than ever 2. it isn’t on substack! you aren’t supporting nazis and a shitty platform!

Thorough and excellent reporting by @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co about the Complex Family Planning board certification process - who it excludes, and who is placed at risk by requiring candidates to travel to TX for in-person exams.

This is upsetting and outrageous. I brought together 18 contributors and an artist for our anthology on menopause and raised all the money to make publishing it possible. It came out in UK, Ireland & Europe in Match. Contributors were paid. I haven’t received any money.

“These are often children; these are people in poverty; these are people with very few resources; these are people who use drugs. If we’re willing to throw the most vulnerable people under the bus as a movement, then what the hell is our movement doing?” -- @gynandtonic.bsky.social

She’s beautiful!

Proud to be included in this banger of a cover story alongside some ferocious providers, advocates and PATIENTS. The guts it took for these women to be featured like this is unparalleled. The least we can do is FIGHT FOR THEM.

Anyone interested in promoting @partnersclinic.bsky.social can donate at this link! secure.actblue.com/donate/partn...

Our June issue is here! Featuring @amylittlefield.bsky.social on what it would mean to defend all abortions, @johnsemley3000.bsky.social on what happened when sports betting went legal, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social on the cult of close reading, and so much more.

The best later abortion reporting I’ve ever read. Thank you @amylittlefield.bsky.social for lifting up our patients and staff in such a tender, respectful way, and for calling out the terrible political decisions that got us viability bans.

Stirring and beautiful piece on the people repro groups leave behind by supporting viability limits on abortion. So-called “compromises” lead to forced births, like that of a California woman turned away after raising thousands and flying across the country. Read @amylittlefield.bsky.social:

“Later abortion is banned in all but nine states and Washington DC, and performed in only a handful of clinics nationwide.” Viability bans lead to stories like this, which will only become more frequent if the Trump admin restricts medication abortion for early care www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Incredible reporting and storytelling from @amylittlefield.bsky.social on the complexities of later abortions: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“For Republicans, it’s a coveted talking point. For Democrats, it’s a liability. For Ayana, it’s a chance to be the mom she wants to be.” @amylittlefield.bsky.social @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

My brilliant partner Dr. Graham Mooney is quoted in this bleak AF article about the government’s head-in-the-sand approach to public health surveillance.

Today a right wing “think” tank released what they are calling a study that allegedly shows a higher rate of medication abortion complications than previous peer-reviewed studies. Let us dig into this mess.

The federal govt is going to use Leonard Leo orgs to let the FDA/SCOTUS say the abortion pill is unsafe. This might be why Trump said he’s not using Comstock. Want to see the biggest juking of stats that will rival your local police department’s? Click on this trash. eppc.org/about/board-...

“Mommy, no. Mommy.” Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody. The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

The spoils of appeasement www.science.org/content/arti...

New post on my Substack! 1950s Baltimore policewoman on the city's Abortion Squad. For more, see my book: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mary-...

The pandemic is not over. The termination of the COVID PHE does not mean that the pandemic is over. Every week, ~75% of global COVID deaths occur in the U.S.. Defunding PH practice & imposing a false austerity on PH departments is the opposite is gravely harmful. Esp given emerging pan-zoonoses.

Get ready for more censorship, less dissent, less intellectual freedom, less funding for research in all areas, more prematurely ended careers, less biosafety, less health security, less preparedness, fewer vaccines, fewer jobs, & more dead people. thehill.com/policy/healt...

I don't think some of you all healthcare folks believed us (abortion & gender care providers) when we said that they were coming for ALL of us... but here they are, now with criminal penalties and possible loss of license for administering an evidence-supported, safe, lifesaving vaccine.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

We are shutting down our online store at midnight Eastern in solidarity with the 2/28 Economic Blackout. We’ll be back on 3/1. Also, sorry about the long shipping timeframes and the lack of shirts—we’re working hard to catch up! We use small U.S. suppliers for our products.

Today’s the day! #economicblackout #boycott

Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening. An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply: “The same will happen here”.

“Dr. Paul Offit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia…confirmed the cancellation and warned that it could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.” “It’s a six-month production cycle,” Dr. Offit said. “So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.”

UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT: tomorrow, February 28th, is the Economic Blackout. I ain’t buying shit. Plan ahead, but if you must buy essentials, use cash and support local businesses only. No corporate chains!

Today's @usatoday.com front page First US death from measles in 10 years First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US All of this fully preventable

The true inefficiency in the US: for-profit healthcare and insurance

TOMORROW: economic boycott! #february28 #boycott #economicboycott

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Today's featured state is Michigan! Check out the instas/blueskys and donation links for their abortion funds in the 🧵 below (in alphabetical order):