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@bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social
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Opinions are my own, but also worried if it isn’t also that of any employer of mine.
If you are in political/advocacy comms, this is a must read. Tl;dr: polling is a tool to help us bring people along, NOT a tool that should dictate our stances.
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
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Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
https://www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a-survey-to-a-gun-fight
about 2 months ago
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These “creeps” wouldnt be in office if we had spent $30m to kick em out of office instead of passing a constitutional right to allow govt to interfere in pregnancy. Victim narrative is so tired. When will we fight smart?
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Autonomy News
3 months ago
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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Planned Parenthood Confirms It Considered Allowing Some Affiliates to Drop Abortion Care
The organization’s CEO confirmed Autonomy News’ reporting from June—but a federal appeals court ruling makes the issue moot, a spokesperson said.
https://www.autonomynews.co/planned-parenthood-confirms-it-considered-allowing-some-affiliates-to-drop-abortion-care/
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When people ask me why I don’t like living in KC. It’s the lack of nuance - the basic bish of it all - in the culture of this city. Exhibit:
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3 months ago
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ElieNYC
3 months ago
Ezra Klein is really out here making it seem like whiteness is some intellectually crippling shit.
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"Trump is attempting a fascist power grab, out in the open, for all the world to see — and Democratic leaders and their wonks don’t feel like it’s worth their time to even warn the public about what Trump is doing..."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Dems' Messaging Nerds Urged Party Not to Talk About Trump's Military Takeover
Democrats’ favorite research firm told Democrats to avoid discussing Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” and focus on tariffs instead.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/dem-strategists-urged-party-trump-military-takeover-1235415635/
3 months ago
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5 months ago
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Mark Joseph Stern
5 months ago
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Chad Loder
5 months ago
6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.
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I wish there was this kind of explicit and direct anger about implicit personhood laws being pushed in abobo rights policies.
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5 months ago
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Diane Horvath, MD, MPH
6 months ago
Delighted to be a part of the Supermajority Ed Fund's speaker panel on 6/11 with
@bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social
@msfchoice.bsky.social
@sharkfu.bsky.social
. Join us for a deep dive into what's happening in clinics, courtrooms, and medical school classrooms around the country.
mobilize.us/s/C4U9so
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There have been weak and wrong takes about MO’s abortion legal battles. But this is not one of them. Read👇👇👇👇
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6 months ago
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Jonathan Cohn
6 months ago
ICE made up lies about gang affiliation so that they could terrorize a child's birthday party.
newrepublic.com/post/196138/...
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ICE Invaded Child’s Birthday Party Claiming It Was a Gang Meeting
Federal immigration agents bust up a birthday party on grounds that it was a Tren de Aragua gathering. They still have no evidence for their claims.
https://newrepublic.com/post/196138/ice-child-birthday-party-gang-meeting-tren-de-aragua
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Yassssssssss!!!!!! This is so necessary. So relevant. So amazing. Congrats
@garnethenderson.com
and
@susanrinkunas.com
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6 months ago
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How much more data/evidence do people need before they accept that ballot measures as a tactic without any real long-term strategy to change power DOES NOT WORK?
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Missouri Supreme Court puts state abortion ban back into effect for now
Two rulings from a Kansas City judge had allowed abortions in the state to resume while a challenge to its near-total ban proceeded to trial.
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2025-05-27/missouri-supreme-court-overturn-abortion-amendment-3
6 months ago
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris
6 months ago
I get that there's a lot of anger around the Georgia woman being kept on life support while pregnant, but for the sake of her family and friends, can we agree to stop referring to her as a "corpse"
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Susan Rinkunas
6 months ago
And to some folks in Missouri, this outcome was entirely predictable:
missouriindependent.com/2025/05/21/d...
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Direct democracy alone won’t create change in Missouri • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Legislature is as predictable as a Kardashian divorce. It’s the shock and awe of Democrats and progressives that confuses me.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/05/21/direct-democracy-alone-wont-create-change-in-missouri/
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As a founding member of What's Next 4 MO, I'm grateful to
@melissagiragrant.com
to telling the full story of what happened and the continued fallout in our state. We believe people deserve to know so costly mistakes don't happen again.
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6 months ago
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The New Republic
6 months ago
"I tried to book an appointment at the Columbia clinic, where, she said, 'almost everybody' was able to get one. But there were none online, and there were none when I called. The receptionist suggested I go to Kansas."
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Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access
The state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one?
https://newrepublic.com/article/194676/missouri-after-abortion-ban-struggle-restore-access
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The New Republic
6 months ago
“If you draw a line in the law, the state is going to police that line. That leads to surveilling, investigating, and ultimately punishing pregnant people.”
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The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban
The Silver State is the only one that criminalizes self-managed abortion. A bill to change that went nowhere.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194833/nevada-repeal-1911-abortion-ban
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To quote the Art of War (bc this is a war against fascism) “tactics without strategy is noise before defeat”. There’s a lot of noise in Missouri rn. My latest column:
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Direct democracy alone won’t create change in Missouri • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Legislature is as predictable as a Kardashian divorce. It’s the shock and awe of Democrats and progressives that confuses me.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/05/21/direct-democracy-alone-wont-create-change-in-missouri/
6 months ago
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It is f*cked that in all the performative outrage over HJR73, trans care, WHICH IS ALSO TARGETED, is nowhere to be mentioned. Not even from the trans rights advocacy group.
www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-pare...
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Politicians Force a Vote to Ban Abortion; Missourians Ready to Protect Reproductive Freedom
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-great-rivers-action/pressroom/politicians-force-a-vote-to-ban-abortion-missourians-ready-to-protect-reproductive-freedom-2
7 months ago
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HJR73 has no path to victory at the ballot box. It’s a messaging bill for anti-abortion R’s. It’s a fundraising bill for pro-abortion grifters. Keep organizing. Don’t get distracted.
7 months ago
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It's important to center humans impacted by really harmful abortion policy campaigns.
@amylittlefield.bsky.social
brilliantly does this while exploring an important reckoning in our work to secure reproductive justice. READ HERE:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions?
Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it. But later-abortion care has never been more important.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/defending-all-abortions/
7 months ago
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Right by You is a small grassroots org taking on Goliath for the protection of young abortion patients. Support them now!
secure.actblue.com/donate/right...
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7 months ago
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Helmi
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Anyone interested in supporting Right By You can donate at this link!
secure.actblue.com/donate/right...
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Show your support with a contribution.
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Garnet Henderson
7 months ago
Right by You is also a member of the What's Next coalition, a group of activists and organizations that wanted more from the ballot measure in the first place, and have criticized Planned Parenthood's lawsuit for not challenging all the state's restrictions:
missouriindependent.com/2024/11/25/r...
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For activists who wanted more from Missouri abortion amendment, the work is far from over • Missouri Independent
The accountability initiative demands a legal strategy to dismantle as many barriers to abortion access in Missouri as quickly as possible.
https://missouriindependent.com/2024/11/25/reproductive-justice-whats-next-abortion-amendment-3-missouri/
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Garnet Henderson
7 months ago
NEW: Right By You, a youth-focused abortion access organization, is filing a lawsuit to challenge the Missouri laws that require parental involvement in abortion decisions for young people and ban helping young people access abortion (referred to as "abortion trafficking" in the law).
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Melissa Gira Grant
7 months ago
New from me—Missouri voters added a reproductive freedom amendment to their constitution in November. It has no age limits on whose rights to abortion it protects. But so far, young people have been left out. Until this new legal challenge, just filed today:
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Missouri’s New Fight to Roll Back Abortion Age Restrictions
An abortion-support text line is challenging two Missouri laws that limit young people’s access to abortion. Why have other reproductive rights groups been so reluctant to make similar challenges?
https://newrepublic.com/article/194610/missouri-new-fight-roll-back-abortion-age-restrictions
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Missouri Independent
7 months ago
A reproductive health care nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn Missouri’s law requiring minors to get parental approval before getting an abortion.
#moleg
#mogov
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Nonprofit sues to overturn Missouri’s parental consent laws for minors seeking abortions • Missouri Independent
A nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a Missouri law requiring minors to get parental consent before accessing abortion.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/04/30/abortion-advocacy-group-sues-missouri-parental-consent-laws/
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Susan Rinkunas
7 months ago
A Missouri group that helps young people with pregnancy decisions is suing the state over a parental consent law for minors seeking abortions—they argue it's unconstitutional under Amendment 3. Planned Parenthood affiliates chose not to challenge this law. via
@missouriindependent.com
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Nonprofit sues to overturn Missouri’s parental consent laws for minors seeking abortions • Missouri Independent
A nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a Missouri law requiring minors to get parental consent before accessing abortion.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/04/30/abortion-advocacy-group-sues-missouri-parental-consent-laws/
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ifwhenhow
7 months ago
Abortion funds show up for people. We must show up for them. Support
@moabortionfund.bsky.social
as they deal with this burdensome court mess and targeting by the Attorney General:
fund.nnaf.org/campaign/mis...
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Jason Hancock
7 months ago
Hailey entered foster care when she was 2. She got pregnant at 15, and after being denied an abortion, became determined to keep her baby from repeating the traumatic childhood she experienced. But Hailey says the state has seemed just as determined to keep her from raising her baby.
#moleg
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A Missouri teen spent her life in foster care. Now she’s fighting the state to keep her baby • Missouri Independent
Hailey, a Missouri teen in foster care, was denied an abortion, then said the state worked to keep her from parenting her child.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/04/28/missouri-pregnant-foster-teen-abortion-child-services/
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This is a heart-wrenching example of the impossible situations young pregnant Missourians face. Barriers to abortion, punished for pregnancy, and harassed for parenting.
missouriindependent.com/2025/04/28/m...
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A Missouri teen spent her life in foster care. Now she’s fighting the state to keep her baby • Missouri Independent
Hailey, a Missouri teen in foster care, was denied an abortion, then said the state worked to keep her from parenting her child.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/04/28/missouri-pregnant-foster-teen-abortion-child-services/
7 months ago
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I don’t know why anyone calls this a “power grab”. Republicans hold the SUPERMAJORITY in
#moleg
. This is a logical conclusion of skipping power change strategies and going straight to tactics ($30m for a ballot measure).
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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Missouri Legislature sends controversial AG powers bill to governor
Legislation giving new power to Missouri’s attorney general and secretary of state has been sent to the governor’s desk.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/missouri-lawmakers-bill-targeting-pending-abortion-lawsuit/63-33212c53-55b3-42fd-9e30-179888ad4793
7 months ago
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I’m more confused by dems’ pearl clutching over HJR73 than I am at HJR73. This is predictable. Ya shouldve thought about this when u blew $30m on an abortion ballot instead of flipping seats first.
#modems
#moleg
www.missourinet.com/2025/04/17/m...
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Missouri House passes proposed ballot measure to restrict abortions - Missourinet
An attempt to restrict voter-approved abortion rights is halfway through the Missouri Legislature. The state House of Representatives has passed House Joint Resolution 73. The proposed ballot measure ...
https://www.missourinet.com/2025/04/17/missouri-house-passes-proposed-ballot-measure-to-restrict-abortions/
8 months ago
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Wild West Access Fund
8 months ago
On April 30, Nevada’s decades-old parental notification law will go into effect, requiring parents & guardians of minors be involved in their abortion decisions.
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Also, abortion providers in MO cutoff care at 12 weeks and calling it a win. So?????? Im so confused as to who needs to be protesting whom?
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8 months ago
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I find it laughable that there are certain repro orgs in MO performing outrage over the 12 wk abortion ban, when just 2 years ago, they were writing ballot language for a 16-18 week ban. The adulting it takes not to drop screenshots right now.
8 months ago
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Bottom line tl;dr of it all: if we want to halt 🛑 pregnancy criminalization, we have to stop 🛑 passing ballot measures that codify fetal personhood at viability or any other time in pregnancy.
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Susan Rinkunas
8 months ago
Hearing that a bill to repeal the 1911 Nevada law this woman was charged under is being tabled thanks to pressure from reproductive rights groups. If you have information to share, please contact me on Signal at susanrinkunas.73
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Carter Sherman
8 months ago
NEW from me: When states ban abortion, they make it harder for doctors to even learn how to perform it. Now, a small but growing number of doctors are leaving the US to learn to become abortion providers.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘A skill you need to save a life’: the US doctors traveling to Mexico for abortion training
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, a growing number of would-be abortion providers have begun to leave the country in search of an education as training in the US dwindles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/doctors-mexico-abortion-training
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There’s an important connection not named in this story: these are in essence personhood bills. It can only be murder if the embryo or fetus is a person.
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Kylie Cheung
8 months ago
This session alone, 10 states have tried or are currently trying to classify having an abortion as homicide. In most of these states, individuals found guilty of murder can be eligible for the death penalty. Whether these bills pass immediately isn't the point—it's about shifting the Overton window:
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We’re Now Up to 10 States Trying to Charge Abortion Patients With Homicide
Legal experts warn that whether or not these bills pass, they shift the Overton window and prime us to eventually accept what may be unthinkable right now.
https://www.jezebel.com/were-now-up-to-10-states-trying-to-charge-abortion-patients-with-homicide
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Three criminal cases relating to pregnancy outcomes and abortion in one week. This isn’t misuse of the law or rogue cops. This is PERSONHOOD - fetal rights in play. It’s actually…the law.
8 months ago
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Angry Dems: start looking at the Dem adjacent orgs that endorsed, endorse, and have plans to endorse (i.e. send money) to these feckless f*cks. For ex. Emily's List and others who could be primary-ing incumbents but won't, b/c they are extension of the Dems.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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We Dug Into the Polls. Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid.
Democratic voters are even angrier than you think.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/21/polling-data-democrats-primaries-grassroots-tea-party-00241769
8 months ago
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If/when dems ever get it together and get their power back, I better see them arresting proud boys off the streets and sending them to Russia. Nothing less for my support.
9 months ago
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Personhood: grants embryos, fetuses, and zygotes equal protection and rights from conception to later in pregnancy.
@andreagonram.bsky.social
does a great explainer. 👇🏼https://www.thecut.com/article/why-fetal-personhood-bills-are-flooding-state-legislatures.html
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Fetal Personhood Bills Are Flooding State Legislatures
Republicans are throwing legislation that would define embryos and fetuses as people at the wall to see what sticks.
https://www.thecut.com/article/why-fetal-personhood-bills-are-flooding-state-legislatures.html
9 months ago
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Liza Fuentes
9 months ago
Primary this man
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Reporters, go ask the The Fairness Project ("the largest abortion ballot measure fund") if they're coming back to MO to help us fight this. I'll wait.
missouriindependent.com/2025/03/05/a...
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Abortion ban advances in Missouri Senate after GOP critic leaves committee over exceptions • Missouri Independent
A constitutional amendment that would reinstate Missouri's abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest cleared a Senate committee.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/03/05/abortion-ban-missouri-senate-mike-moon-rape-exceptions/
9 months ago
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