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State courts and legislatures are starting 2026 off with a bang:

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NEW: Colorado will pay $5.4M to Becket Fund and $700k to Alliance Defending Freedom to settle challenges to the state's ban on abortion pill "reversal." This the latest backfire in blue state attempts to regulate the unproven procedure, as @susanrinkunas.com and I reported with @motherjones.com:

An anti-abortion prosecutor wrongfully charged a woman with fetal homicide after an alleged medication abortion. State dropped the charge, but only after news outlets published her mugshot and claimed she faced life in prison. Beyond time to change how abortion arrests are covered @autonomynews.co

New at @autonomynews.co: @susanrinkunas.com and I argue that journalists have to stop splashing the names and mugshots of people criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes all over the internet—not to mention taking cops and openly anti-abortion prosecutors at their word.

NEW: A recent arrest in Kentucky underscores everything news outlets get wrong when covering criminal charges after abortion and miscarriage. Prosecutors dropped a wrongful charge of fetal homicide on Wednesday, but the damage is done with the woman’s name and mugshot splashed across the internet.

NEWS: The Kentucky AG's office has dropped a fetal homicide charge against a woman accused of taking abortion pills due to explicit exception in the law. HOWEVER the state has added another charge against her: concealing the birth of an infant. More to come on @autonomynews.co

Welcome to 2026, we are very much still in the Bad Place. Learn about a Kentucky case where a woman appears to have been wrongly charged with fetal homicide, and other news:

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The affiliate board said on 11/25 that allegations of mismanagement and anti-abortion views were “baseless.” Then @autonomynews.co reported that Akposé suggested halting both medication and procedural abortions, shocking staff. Support independent media: www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-pare...

Email to staff from PPSE board chair Karen Doolittle: “Mairo Akposé has stepped down as Interim CEO of PPSE and the Board of Directors has accepted her resignation. The current executive leadership team stays in position managing the day-to-day operations”

NEW: the embattled interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast Mairo Akposé has stepped down, per sources

So many attacks against trans kids last week, plus a Democratic governor making, uh, strange choices:

You’ve likely heard of “Baby Olivia” bills, model legislation enacted in six states so far requiring schools to show a biased, inaccurate video about fetal development from the anti-abortion group Live Action (or a similar video). The lead sponsor of Ohio’s version runs a crisis pregnancy center.

Rep. Melanie Miller is behind a bill that advocates say would stigmatize abortion and send more clients to her nonprofit. “Crisis pregnancy center director introduces anti-abortion model legislation” is a ready-made headline—so why was this fact only a footnote?

In this week's roundup, updates on the many abortion pill lawsuits, a "blue" state governor poised to make some not-so-progressive moves, and the Hawleys are at it again:

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It’s another very stacked roundup this week. But there is something fun amid all the bleak news:

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The abortion fund @yellowfund.bsky.social recently announced it would halt funding and support for callers with appointments at any Planned Parenthood affiliate—not just PPSE—due to the allegations. Yellowhammer said it was already working with indie clinics most as that was better for patients

Employees had already made several explosive allegations public, like that Akposé said in a meeting that “we talk about abortion too much.” But sources tell me she was alarmingly open to slashing abortion services: www.autonomynews.co/embattled-pl... @autonomynews.co

Akposé fired the entire public policy team, a reckless move ahead of 2026 when Georgia will consider a total abortion ban and Ossoff seeks reelection. The board recently said allegations against leadership or the board were without merit—but announced that national would hire a GA state director 👀

NEW: The controversial interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast floated ending in-clinic abortion procedures and spoke of dropping abortion care altogether. Leader of the affiliate serving Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi remains in her role after an investigation that sources call a "farce."

Latest on Planned Parenthood SE affiliate debacle from @autonomynews.co. Whether this is targeted anti-abortion infiltration or the case of a useless board hiring an incompetent exec, PPFA & PPSE's major donors/foundation funders ought to be raising hell about it. www.autonomynews.co/embattled-pl...

Planned Parenthood Southeast interim CEO Mairo Akposé told staff she would consider ending abortion care entirely at PPSE, per sources speaking to Autonomy News. They also said dysfunction at the affiliate went beyond what was reported this fall after the launch of the SavePPSE campaign. More:

What do we say when the government comes asking for data it's not entitled to? Fuck you, make me. www.autonomynews.co/doj-subpoena...

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