On Friday, Louisiana asked a federal judge for permission to join a somehow-still-active lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over its regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone. Yes, that judge. This and more in our latest weekly roundup:

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CEO Alexis McGill Johnson confirmed our story during a press call to which we were not invited. In June, PPFA sent a preemptive statement to the media—before fulfilling our comment request—suggesting our story contained lies. The organization just admitted we were right.

ICYMI: On Friday, Planned Parenthood's CEO confirmed a story that @autonomynews.co published in June. We obtained an internal PPFA email claiming our story made "false accusations"—but @garnethenderson.com and I were correct. Support independent journalism: www.autonomynews.co/support/

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This week's roundup just dropped, featuring alarming claims about birth control from the Trump administration, a surprise court ruling in the Planned Parenthood "defund" battle, and a whole lot of state-level news:

ICYMI: On Friday, Planned Parenthood confirmed that it considered a plan that would have allowed some regional affiliates to stop providing abortion care, as we reported exclusively in June. But the organization says a recent appeals court ruling makes the whole issue moot. Learn more:

Today, Planned Parenthood's CEO confirmed the organization considered a plan that would have allowed some affiliates to stop providing abortion care to preserve Medicaid eligibility, as Autonomy News reported in June. The organization previously called our reporting "false" and "misleading."

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We reported in June that Planned Parenthood was preparing to let its affiliates halt abortions so they could continue to qualify for Medicaid. PPFA didn't deny it but suggested on social media that we were spreading misinformation. Follow @autonomynews.co www.autonomynews.co/planned-pare...

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Three months after - asking us to delay a deadline for comment - using the extra time to contact other members of the media to sow doubt in our reporting - calling our reporting "lies" without directly refuting it - PPPFA confirms our reporting was correct on a press call we were not invited to

In this week's news roundup: The New York-Texas "shield" law showdown likely headed for the Supreme Court, an anti-trans law affecting crisis support for young people in Idaho, and a highly unfortunate amount of RFK Jr.-related news:

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ICYMI: Last night @susanrinkunas.com and I were first to report that the man accused of slipping abortion pills into his partner’s drink says the story isn’t true. He’s represented in his wild $100 million counterclaim by an attorney who once got himself acquitted of federal fraud charges:

NEW: A Texas mother recently became the first woman to sue for wrongful death of an embryo from abortion pills; past cases had aggrieved male partners suing. But in a wild counterclaim, the Marine she accused of “drugging” her hot chocolate says she made it all up and there was no coercion

New co-byline from me and @susanrinkunas.com. Every detail in this case is stranger than the last, to put it mildly.

BREAKING: The Texas man accused in a Jonathan Mitchell-penned lawsuit of putting abortion pills in his partner's drink without her knowledge—causing her to have a miscarriage—says her story isn't true. He's countersuing for $100 million.

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NEW: Florida and Texas asked Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk to join the ongoing lawsuit against the FDA over the abortion drug mifepristone. They say they seek to challenge the drug's APPROVAL from 2000—going way farther than wanting to end telemed prescriptions storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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ICYMI from @susanrinkunas.com at @autonomynews.co: Union members at Planned Parenthood Greater Ohio are demanding executive pay cuts before layoffs that could reduce patients’ access to care. We’re also told recent layoffs at the PPFA national office hit the education department especially hard:

Unionized employees at Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, one of the state’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates, are asking PPGOH leadership to take 25% pay cuts before laying off any frontline staff amid losses in federal funding. Management has proposed cutting 20-30% of clinical staff.

Sarah Fernandez, a health care assistant and a member of PPGOH Workers United’s bargaining committee, said the union is especially concerned about the impacts staffing cuts could have on patients' ability to get time-sensitive care, like emergency contraception, plus less availability for walk-ins

NEW: Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio could lay off 20-30% of its clinical staff as soon as next week, the workers' union tells me. The union is asking PPGOH management to commit to exec pay cuts before laying off any patient-facing workers www.autonomynews.co/ohio-planned... @autonomynews.co

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Catch up on bodily autonomy happenings with our weekly roundup. Today’s edition includes: *a birth control rule from Trump 1.0 *fallout from June’s Supreme Court ruling on trans youth *Texas abortion pill proposal *Idaho losing OBYNS *why conservatives care about Costco’s abortion status quo

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, one of the most aggressive anti-abortion AGs in the country, has been named FBI co-deputy director. Quite possibly the worst abortion-related news we’ve seen from the Trump administration yet.

I have received a few tips about about recent repro layoffs. If you have info to share, reach out to me or @susanrinkunas.com for @autonomynews.co. Signal: garnethenderson.12 susanrinkunas.73

Hearing things about layoffs in repro world. If people have information to share, reach out to @garnethenderson.com and I for @autonomynews.co. Signal: garnethenderson.12 susanrinkunas.73

We're proud to announce that Autonomy News is now fiscally sponsored by Tiny News Collective, which can accept tax-deductible gifts on our behalf! We just kicked off a campaign to pay Garnet and Susan salaries so they can do this work full time. Read more and share to spread the word:

Our worker-owned publication @autonomynews.co is tantalizingly close to 5,000 followers. How quickly can we make that happen?

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“How can a service that provides safe coordination for abortion be a bad thing but those who are actually killing children are being portrayed in this article as good people being victimized by a coordination service,” the person behind “Discreet Care” wrote to our freelance editor this week.

Thanks so much to @objectivejournos.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to talk about Autonomy News and our hopes for the future, as well as our approach to covering reproductive justice while avoiding pitfalls like trauma porn and bothsidesism: