FYI: Due to scheduled maintenance, our Repro Legal Helpline contact form may be down from Nov. 8 at 10 AM PT - Nov. 9th at 1 AM PT. But we're still here to answer your calls, talk through your rights and risks, & offer free legal support for abortion, pregnancy, or birth. Reach us at 844-868-2812.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts. This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.

Trans people don't need the government's permission to be ourselves.

Elections in California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia were good news for reproductive freedom. www.jezebel.com/democrats-wo...

Hurricane Melissa Mutual Aid 🌺 www.inclusivetherapists.com/blog/hurrica...

Low-income families will see even deeper #SNAP cuts because the Administration plans to release only two-thirds of the funds it says are available, shortchanging millions who rely on benefits to afford food. More from @katiebergh.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/blog/adminis...

Horrifying footage of a child care provider being detained by ICE in Chicago outside her center. No one should be violently ripped from their place of work. Child care providers are deeply important to the well-being of kids and our communities. Please give if you are able: gofund.me/9efc0639d

Booooooooo! Prop. 3 and Prop. 15 are bad news.

Great news for an active court case that could expand abortion access in Pennsylvania: www.democracydocket.com/opinion/abor...

To support mutual and direct aid efforts including Sudanese survival funds: linktr.ee/bsonblast

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

Following a wave of controversial legislation shifting power away from educators, Prop. 15 in Texas would create a “parental rights” amendment—the first in the country—embedding parental primacy in the state constitution.

Gaza to launch emergency child vaccination drive amid Israeli siege - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-launch-emergency-child-vaccination-drive-amid-israeli-siege

FYI!!!!

BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

A new @ifwhenhow.bsky.social & @hrw.org report based on 62 interviews across 6 states reveals how state-mandated parental notification laws effectively give parents or judges “veto power over a young person’s abortion decision,” violating young people's human right to bodily autonomy.

Our new report with @hrw is here! But what's next? Join us next Wed. to move data into action and hear from frontline experts to equip you with the stories and tools you need to take action in your state. Register by 11/4: tinyurl.com/whoseabortion

There are several reasons a young person may not involve a parent in their abortion decision. Fear of abuse, loss of housing, family alienation, or forced continuation of a pregnancy are just a few. Read "Whose Abortion Is It?" to learn more: tinyurl.com/WhoseAbortionIsIt

While the Trump admin refuses to use SNAP contingency reserves, we must do what we do organize to get real needs met and care for each other. Here's a state-by-state and territory list of resources for food assistance and basics: tinyurl.com/WithoutSNAPR... Kudos to @austinheller.bsky.social

Though policymakers frame parental notification laws as less harmful than parental consent laws, @hrw.org and @ifwhenhow.bsky.social found that notification laws essentially grant parents–or a judge– veto power over a young person’s abortion decision. Read more: tinyurl.com/WhoseAbortionIsIt

Our new report with @hrw.org is here! But how do we move toward repealing these laws? Join us next Wednesday to move data into action and hear from frontline experts to equip you with the stories and tools you need to take action in your state. Register today: tinyurl.com/whoseabortion

"The US government may be committed to starving millions of the world’s children, but we don’t have to be." Act now: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct Give to mutual aid & survival funds: linktr.ee/thesameerproject + lifeline4gaza.com Read @domkellywriter.bsky.social's piece: www.teenvogue.com/story/famine...

Alongside @hrw.org, we interviewed 62 healthcare providers, care workers, judicial bypass attorneys, and more across six states to discover the harms of forced parental involvement in young people's abortions. See what we found: tinyurl.com/WhoseAbortionIsIt

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NEW: US state laws requiring healthcare providers to notify a parent about a young person’s abortion decision are causing harm. In a new report, HRW and If/When/How document how state-mandated parental notification laws in six US states threaten young people’s health and safety. Learn more ⤵️

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications. Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 . sudansolidarity.com

Caribbean Disaster Relief Fund of Minnesota and the Jamaica Minnesota Organization are two of the groups working to provide help.

important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out

The Trump Administration’s assertion that it can't use SNAP’s contingency reserves for SNAP benefits is contrary to: ▪️The plain language of the law ▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan ▪️Guidance from prior Administrations We have the receipts:

Walmart employees? On SNAP. Junior US military personnel with families? On SNAP. Wherever workers are being underpaid, they are on SNAP.

It's official! We're suing the state of Michigan. No matter if someone is pregnant, they deserve the constitutional protections that are promised to all Michiganders and should have their end-of-life decisions honored. Check it out: tinyurl.com/MILawsuitWaPoArticle @compandchoices.bsky.social

When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.

Maryland families deserve support, not punishment. Proud to join 19 other orgs on an amicus brief in solidarity with Mrs. C: bit.ly/amicus-maryland RSVP for an upcoming convening led by systems-impacted organizers to confront the harms of Baltimore’s family policing system: bit.ly/cradle-to-cage

We’re sharing our new strategic plan! Great! So why now? To meet the increase in state violence, reproductive oppression, and authoritarianism of 2025 and beyond, we knew we needed to be clear about the work we do, our principles, and vision. Check it out: tinyurl.com/IfWhenHowNorthStar

"Police and prosecutors constantly lie to the media to punish women and protect themselves...That is especially true as police continue to collaborate with abusers in their efforts to harass and torment their victims." - Elizabeth Ling, If/When/How Read more: jessica.substack.com/p/texas-abor...

GOOD NEWS ALERT! California just enacted new laws—that we advised on!—to protect reproductive freedom. Here's what they do: ➡️

WASHINGTON — The White House slammed a President Donald Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the administration and Democratic states where Trump has begun sending in troops over governors’ objections.

From Palestine, to Sudan, to here, the U.S. funds state violence whether it's arms for a genocide, police, or ICE. At the same time, denies food, housing, and health care. Repro justice must refuse and resist this status quo. Act: tinyurl.com/USCPRAct Give to direct aid: linktr.ee/thesameerproject

Today is the first day of the Supreme Court's 2025-26 term. You can see all of the cases for which the court has (so far) granted oral argument here.

Barbie Anderson is trying to conserve the milk her three young children drink in case she doesn’t get her WIC benefits on October 15 as scheduled.

WIC runs out this week

Judge orders feds to explain plans for Ábrego García after DOJ stonewalls @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-orders...

Lots of inaccuracies floating around re: the new generic mifepristone. It's not the first generic, it's the second, and it's not a "new abortion pill." It's the same thing that's already on the market, there are just a total of three companies making the drug now (brand name and two generics).

Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered pushback from anti-abortion groups and politicians aligned with the Trump administration. https://to.pbs.org/48MP3vJ

Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

8 million people in Sudan are facing emergency levels of hunger, part of a strategy of deliberate starvation.

We contacted more than 40 Planned Parenthood affiliates for this story on the state of care now that the GOP budget law is fully in effect. Service journalism with @garnethenderson.com:

The Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian mission carrying baby formula, medicine, and food to Gaza, is currently being intercepted by Israel. Thiago Avila speaks truth to power. May the members of this mission be protected. May this genocide end.

UPDATE: Live feeds from several Global Sumud Flotilla ships are now *dropping* as several sources indicate Israeli ships are approaching the flotilla The flotilla is carrying 500 volunteers from 45+ countries trying to break Israel's siege of Gaza & aid starving Palestinians