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Experts say reproductive coercion more often occurs when a partner forces someone to get or remain pregnant. The anti-abortion movement is seizing on rare instances of forced abortions as a justification to ban telehealth pill prescriptions. The woman's lawyer here is the notorious Jonathan Mitchell

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Workers at the country’s largest abortion fund and hotline went on strike last week over management's refusal to codify protections from job losses due to artificial intelligence. @garnethenderson.com spoke to the union and explains why the hotline is so crucial to the abortion access landscape:

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NEW at @autonomynews.co: The nation's largest abortion fund and support service went dark for a day last week because workers went on strike over management's refusal to bargain with them on AI protections. This ongoing dispute could lead to tremendous disruptions in the abortion access landscape:

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In our weekly news roundup: unaccompanied migrant girls and their newborns may have been deported, Trump is targeting childhood vaccine recommendations, a large abortion fund lays off staff, and more

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Many people know her story, but fewer know her name: Erika Christensen had to fly from New York to Colorado for her later abortion in 2016. While she helped change NY law, patients still have to leave the state. She's now an advocate working to eliminate barriers to abortion throughout pregnancy.

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The National Abortion Federation (NAF) joined a lawsuit challenging Trump’s DOJ slush fund, arguing it will reward those who perpetrate violence at abortion clinics. Meanwhile, the workers of NAF's hotline—the nation's largest abortion support service—are on strike, alleging unfair labor practices.

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Last month, I reported on the National Abortion Hotline Union—whose members staff the nation’s largest abortion helpline—and their struggle to secure AI protections. The union has now filed an unfair labor practice charge against management for calling off bargaining & refusing to return.

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Also: Misoprostol-only abortions are technically an off-label use of the drug. The Trump DOJ has recently argued that gender-affirming care providers are doing something wrong by prescribing drugs off-label. That's a whole other avenue they have to attack abortion access on top of Comstock.

You’re simply not getting coverage/context like what we provide at @autonomynews.co This story mentions *Josh and Erin Hawley *Alliance Defending Freedom *Project 2025 *antis fighting over FDA chief Makary AND it has a scoop about what happened in the three days the telehealth ban was in effect

I want to highlight this detail from our story: We at @autonomynews.co are first to report that, when the Fifth Circuit's decision was briefly in effect earlier this month, abortion providers in some states were advised not to even prescribe mifepristone in person.

NEW: After initially missing its own 5pm deadline, this evening the Supreme Court blocked a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have restricted telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone. Mifepristone remains available, including by mail. But Thomas and Alito both wrote alarming dissents:

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ICYMI yesterday: I wrote about Trump’s new moms.gov website, which suggests pregnant people can get medical care at anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, and refers people to the hate group Focus on the Family for adoption information.

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NEW: The Trump administration is directing people to crisis pregnancy centers while systematically attacking access to legitimate reproductive health services. Read more from @garnethenderson.com