4️⃣ days left: @moabortionfund.bsky.social is super close to raising $75K — and I’m only $467 from hitting my $2.5K goal! Can you chip in to make sure cost isn’t a barrier to any Missourian who needs an abortion? fund.nnaf.org/sarahfelts26 #FThon26 #FundAbortionBuildPower

This is right. The government didn’t “settle” this case. Trump brought a frivolous case and voluntarily withdrew it, and then the Justice Department said they’d agreed to set up this insane slush fund for him. It has no legal connection to the case, and there’s no legal authorization for it at all.

This headline is completely dishonest and does not reflect the reporting in the article. In fact the "settlement" was signed between two different representatives of Donald Trump, and does not involve the IRS.

🔔 Here’s your Monday reminder to donate to your local abortion fund — because cost shouldn’t be a barrier to abortion access! Can you chip in? I’m just $467 from my $2500 goal, & @moabortionfund.bsky.social is just $9273 from the ultimate $75K goal for #FThon26! ✨ fund.nnaf.org/sarahfelts26 ✨

“…the forces that stand today against …political representation for Black people won’t stop there…They seek a one party political system ruled by authoritarians. The political oppression of Black people is not the end. It is the conduit.”

Sherrilyn Ifill reminding us, "No democracy can survive if tens of millions of its citizens refuse to fight to protect it because they 'don’t do politics.'”

gestured towards this in my column today but republicans seem to have adopted this idea that the partisan lean of a state represents some mystical General Will such that the south isn't just a place with republican voters It Is Republican and no democrat has a right to serve within its borders

🧊☕️ The best duo? Iced coffee & funding abortion! I’m $350 away from my goal for @moabortionfund.bsky.social, which has helped nearly 15K(!!!) Missourians pay for abortions since 2014. That need is ongoing, & together, we can meet it! Join me & donate $10, $25, $50 or $100: fund.nnaf.org/sarahfelts26

Couldn’t be prouder to support @beaconrepro.bsky.social in their vital work administering Missouri’s Title X program, which helps thousands of patients to access birth control, cancer screenings, & more at clinics across the state. Will you join me & chip in $10? BeaconReproHealth.org/donate

Sen. Hawley got the facts wrong, so let’s clear a few things up: For 40+ years, Beacon has responsibly administered MO's Title X program in compliance with federal law. Title X helps people access birth control, cancer screenings, and more. Help us protect access: BeaconReproHealth.org/donate

Make no mistake — while we hope this is a temporary setback to abortion access in Missouri, anti-abortion politicians are celebrating this ruling as a win in their larger coordinated effort to overturn the will of the voters and strip us of our ability to plan our lives, our families, & our futures.

💰$373 from my $2000 goal for @moabortionfund.bsky.social! It’s fund-a-thon season once again! Will you to join me & support MO Abortion Fund’s work helping Missourians pay for their abortions? Please donate! fund.nnaf.org/sarahfelts2025 #FThon #FundAbortionBuildPower #AbortionAccess

Today the MO Supreme Court made a decision that effectively reinstates an abortion ban in Missouri. Missouri patients can still access abortion in nearby states, including Illinois and Kansas. Call us at 1-800-230-PLAN or search abortionfinder.org to find the abortion care provider nearest to you.

Complete & utter disregard for the will of MO voters. #MoLeg Republicans shut down debate to shove through another abortion ban that will be on the ballot, with shady AF language that *doesn’t even mention it’s an abortion ban* because they know we just voted to REPEAL the abortion ban 6 months ago

The MO Senate is debating an abortion ban *right now* Take action with @ppgraction.bsky.social & demand your state senator defend the will of the people & vote NO on HJR 73’s abortion ban! www.weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/moleg-2025... #MoLeg

My baby is a model! (That’s her in the top left photo) It’s #GiveSTLDay — please join me & make a donation to @ppgreatrivers.bsky.social: GiveSTLDay.org/Planned-Parenthood-Great-Rivers

Let's be very clear: The Trump administration is not "defending" mifepristone against a legal challenge. They're pulling a calculated move that will allow them to restrict or ban abortion medication without pushback www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

Really great thread here about the definition of abortion under state bans, how midwives treat with miscarriages, and what Texas stands to gain with this arrest

Recall sitting in the room through this man’s confirmation hearing and hearing an awful lot about raising military standards, standards that had been brought down by DEI.

99-0. Every single senator voted to confirm this ghoul.

There are a bunch of articles like this, which argue that Trump is going after institutions because of their failures. The reality is Trump is going after institutions - bureaucracy, military, judges, lawyers, media - because he is an authoritarian who wants control. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

Best Christmas present: August got me an ornament with a photo of the first time we met! (Courtesy of my sisters, of course!)

Yesterday marked 9 years @ PP in MO. It’s still tough, it’s still worth it, I still feel grateful, & I still have some optimism for the future. It’s a good time to take a step back & recognize that my younger self is marveling at the opportunities I have to do work that means so much to me.

Friendly Reminder: People don’t have to be pregnant to order ab0rt!on p!lls! 💊 A person in ANY state in the U.S. could hypothetically order them today on a sliding scale of $0 - $150 to have in their medicine cabinet just in case someone needed them at some point over their ~2 year shelf life.

Buried lede: could end HIV if they charged $50 per dose and not $42,000

NEW: Trans people centered themselves in a trans case before a very not trans court. Not only was Chase Strangio arguing Wednesday, but a trans plaintiff was in the courtroom, as were many other trans lawyers, journalists, and observers. "Trans people were not hidden Wednesday, and that matters."

1. Today at the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett emerged as a potential wild card, with at least one attorney in other LGBTQ+ cases expressing her questioning was curious. In particular, she seemed surprised to learn about the history of anti-crossdressing laws. Subscribe to support my journalism.

70% of those killed in the genocide in Gaza are women & children. Health care & humanitarian workers say conditions for pregnant women/newborns in particular are only worsening: “Previously Gaza was an open prison, but now it’s fully closed. It’s a cage.” via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social

The must-read piece, from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, to prepare for Wednesday’s 10 a.m. arguments.

“The court’s findings signal a troubling acceptance of discrimination, ignore an extensive trial record & the voices of trans Missourians & ppl who care for them, & deny trans adolescents & Medicaid beneficiaries from their right to access evidence-based, effective, & often life-saving medical care”

This is another step in the state’s attack on the health, rights & dignity of trans & nonbinary Missourians.

Sometimes I try to step back and look at the horrors of the past year as if I am someone else, as if I’m learning it all for the first time. Watching this was one of those times. Please share below:

Wake up babe a new "I called your tailor" dropped

Maybe the worst thing I’ve ever heard: my 11 year old saying “school shooter drills are dumb bc the shooters have been to those drills”

"Even if this deal allows Schumer and company to fill a couple district court vacancies the easy way, some of the judges that Democrats confirm will just spend their careers getting overruled by appeals court judges that Democrats will not." [email protected]

Matt Gaetz is withdrawing his name to be AG. Investigative reporting still works, even in the disinformation age. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/21/n...

Another rapist in the upcoming administration 🫠

“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.”

“This is the thing: The presidential race ate up all the money — one billion dollars — and there won’t be another one for four years, but the work at the municipal, local, state, and legal level is never-ending.”

Still blooming — some bushes hadn’t had any blooms at all this year until October. Climate change is terrifying. And in this moment, these hydrangeas bring me joy daily.

“Let your heart break over what’s ahead.”

Today marks 8 years at Planned Parenthood Advocates in MO. I’m proud/tired/hopeful/daunted/angry/grateful. It’s not lost on me what a privilege it is to do work that aligns w/ my values in the state that I love (even when it feels like MO doesn’t reciprocate). All of that’s true, & it is still hard.

Pre-Halloween workout with my lil’ pirate bb