The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

I wonder if it could be because of something that's happening on 7 November, political accountability, and the far-right's imbrication with government... But what do I know. | The Detail: Media under fire from all angles www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta... #nzpol

PabloReports: What do you make of Trump saying that he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situation? Rep. McGovern: Is anybody surprised? I’ve been saying all along that Trump doesn’t give a shit about the people of this country.

With all due Roy Morgan caveats, the demographics here are striking. National is polling 14% with women under 50 and 18.5% with men under 50. We're heading towards being a retirement village. www.roymorgan.com/findings/102...

Yep, nothing like admitting you’re a criminal.

Mockler: He took office and spiked 2.9% inflation, up to 3.8%. Gas prices are up to $4.50 in most states, and he did this all while stripping insurance away from 10 million Americans. I think the most impressive part is the deficit hasn't decreased at all.

Hungary's new government has presented a program with several constructive commitments relevant to sexual and reproductive health and rights. However, the program is marked by strategic ambiguity and serious omissions. It does not amount to a coherent SRHR or human rights agenda.

Rep Justin Jones made a statement entrance, walking into the Tennessee legislature with an"Abolish ICE" flag. No subtlety. No backing down.🔥🔥🔥

Will SCOTUS restrict access to the abortion pill, Mifepristone? @ucdavislaw.bsky.social professor @maryrziegler.bsky.social joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & me to discuss the case on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider episode: cafe.visitlink.me/LjWbZQ

PabloReports: Ted Cruz called you a parasite and disparaged your work as a bartender. AOC: I think it’s funny that he’s been taking a government paycheck for 23 years but has the audacity to criticize someone who has come from a family that had to work their way up and earn their place here.

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

#BHN This morning on Breakfast, Winston Peters said National will try to raid the Cullen Fund to pay for their budget because of their "failed economic policies" More tonight at 9pm #nzpol #nzpolitics

i wonder if Chris Hipkins is paying attention to how badly moving to the right is going for UK Labour. grovelling to people who won't ever vote for him while ignoring those who might is not a winning strategy. #ukpol #nzpol

A must-read thread 🧵

The more things change The more they stay the same.

It'd be really fun if someone pointed out that David Seymour's expensive Ministry of Regulation was setting up a bureaucratic and costly regulator for the existing regulators within the Government, with the aim of reducing regulations. Which it has not done in any meaningful way.

Jessica Waters: "I hope the sad irony of all this is not lost: I went to Congress to testify, as a legal expert, about a federal law aimed at preventing this very type of harassment, threats and violence against healthcare providers and patients with which I soon found myself inundated."

A woman who was refused her request for sterilisation due to a 'risk of regret' has won her case with the Health Ombudsman. The Ombudsman found that the decision was "unfair, inconsistent, and based on subjective reasoning". Women deserve reproductive freedom. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

florida blatantly disregarding their state constitution is fine though? texas not putting it up to vote is fine though? but dems use a democratic process and virginia is invalid by a technicality?!

Tennessee NAACP goes to court to stop "late-decade Congressional redistricting," and the law sure looks to be on their side.

Mary Ziegler: "If courts find that providing information about abortion isn’t constitutionally protected, that chilling impact will be immeasurably magnified."

And the Supreme Court cries foul..fuck them all

Witnessing southern states rush to dismantle black voting power is truly truly some heartbreaking shit to behold

What happened in Alabama is actually happening everywhere. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

It's amazing how quickly White politicians in the South rushed to PROVE exactly why we needed the Voting Rights Act!

There is NO waiting period for accessing abortion healthcare in Aotearoa NZ! Abortion is healthcare and you do not need a referral for one. You can refer yourself at 0800 DECIDE www.decide.org.nz or your GP should provide you with the abortion medicine. #abortion #alranz #nzpol #nx #aotearoa

These deaths are on him as well as the parents he has misled.

Happy 20th anniversary NZ Sign Language Week! NZSL is one of the things I'd love to learn more of especially with Deaf and Hard of Hearing loved ones in my aiga Take the challenge and learn some NZSL this week! I learnt how to sign my name for this video! Everyone deserves to be seen and heard

This is the anti-choice movement: they disregard women *AND* children's lives who are pregnant, even from SA. There is no reasoning with these folks. They don't like women or children - they want to control them. #nzpol #prolife ? #prolifemyass #abortion #prochoice #abortionishealthcare #proabortion

The cruel abortion ruling in Kenya, which disregarded women's lives in favour of fetuses, is raising new fears over prosecution and access to care. The ruling forces women and providers back into the criminal justice system, over an essential and common health service.

#BREAKINGNEWS The Ministry of Health in NZ have put out a warning ⚠️ re: #CPCs Crisis pregnancy centres may advertise abortion counselling and services but many are not regulated as medical institutions. #nzpol #abortion #abortionishealthcare #prolife #prolifeisalie www.health.govt.nz/regulation-l...

Again when it is religious or political leaders ....

The medication abortion poll cited here by a top-anti abortion group was funded and conducted by firms controlled by Leonard Leo. A Leo-backed group published the bogus "study" on mife. Susan B. Anthony List also gets tons from Leo. The snake is choking on its tail sbaprolife.org/newsroom/pre...

A federal court has temporarily blocked providers from prescribing mife (one of the two meds typically used in a medication abortion) via telehealth. It’s important to know: - Miso can be used alone. - So many people are here to help. - We will win, eventually.

How to have an abortion with pills if mife isn’t available - www.ineedana.com/only-miso

This is devastating, if unsurprising, especially since it's unlikely that the current SKKKOTUS will fix it. Mife is one of two key medicines in medical abortions, which have made up over 65% of all *clinician-provided* abortions & telehealth has been 27% of clinics providing abortions *overall.* +

Listen, a Misoprostol-only medication abortion is still safe, and practiced around the world (where Miso- is sold OVER THE COUNTER in most places, ahem) -- but a Miso + Mife regimen makes the process simply better for patients--fewer side effects-- and patients deserve better care.

With Miso- only, patients tend to experience more nausea, vomiting, / diarrhea + a longer duration of cramping + bleeding. Mife is clinically and statistically safer than Tylenol and Viagra, has been FDA approved for over 20 years. This ban is bullshit.

Importantly, community networks operating as human rights organizations have said they’ll keep mailing mife + miso

Misoprostol is also effective on its own, and providers have been preparing a backup plan since 2023 when a previous suit threatened mife

Conservatives are gonna deauthorize mife soon. This country is fucked

Alabama’s Doug Jones joined me today to discuss why governors races are among the most important in the coming election and what governors can do to pass state voter protection laws in the wake of Callais. Click to watch the full video: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Let's look at who is funding and supporting the normalization of #whitesupremacy in Aotearoa New Zealand. #reproductivejustice #FSU #abortion #nzpol the-end-is-naenae.ghost.io/the-grift-of...

Porsha Ngumezi died at a Texas hospital after bleeding heavily during a miscarriage. The medical board’s discipline of her doctor felt like “a slap in the face,” her husband said. “What kind of justice is this for Porsha?”

Winston Peters appointed NZ First donor Scott O'Donnell to KiwiRail Board. He left after eight months, thousands in pocket, with little Board work done. He couldn't attend some meetings with his conflicts of interest. Looks like cronyism costs taxpayer again. #NZpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

Of course they will. Winston will lie about anything for votes. NZF will campaign on breaking up the duoply and then do nothing AGAIN but blame the coalition agreement. We see you Winston you’re 100% bluster, bigotry and bullshit #nzpol

So doctors are screwed no matter what they do. Even if these doctors made mistakes (or were anti-choice?) the real culprit is the Texas abortion ban that makes doctors afraid to act. The Texas Medical Board is cementing the anti-choice myth that women's deaths are doctors' fault. No, it's the law.

In Colombia in February, women of African descent gathered to discuss reproductive justice. “For many Black women, abortion is not just a sensitive or stigmatized issue. Historically, it has also been a form of resistance dating back to slavery."

Hillary Clinton testified for 11 hours regarding Benghazi and 6 hours regarding Epstein because she didn’t have anything to hide, yet bribe for hire Pam Bondi is illegally refusing to show up to a deposition regarding Epstein because she has everything to hide. Lock Pam up.