North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he wants abortion to be illegal at ‘zero’ weeks in new audio released by Democrats

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Robinson replied by saying, “That 12 weeks, exceptions for rape and incest … I’m not going to say it’s reasonable. But my faith allows me to live with that, because that’s where the consensus is. Do I want to continue to lower it? You better know it. I would love to get down to six … Read more

Project 2025 plan calls for shifting funding for childcare to in-home care

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In a 2021 thread on X, Vance called universal childcare a “a massive subsidy to the lifestyle preferences of the affluent over the preferences of the middle and working class”. Vance characterized universal day care as “class warfare against normal people”. He also claimed in a 2021 podcast interview that professional women “choose a path … Read more

Florida voters who oppose the state’s 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police

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Florida voters who signed a petition to place a pro-choice abortion referendum on the ballot this November say they have been visited by police who are investigating claims of fraud at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, the Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday. Read more at Salon  

Republicans want to steal reproductive freedom. Black women will suffer most | Opinion

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According to US census projections, people of color are on par to be the majority by the middle of the century. With this imminent reality, the focus on controlling our fertility and denying us bodily autonomy is the age-old strategy of authoritarian, democracy-denying regimes. And to have a conservative-leaning supreme court that has proved that … Read more

Missouri Ballot measure that would protect reproductive rights in danger

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Judge rules Missouri ballot measure to protect abortion rights is invalid Sweet also vowed to appeal the decision, saying that she hopes for a “swift resolution so that Missourians can vote on November 5 to protect reproductive freedom, including access to abortion, birth control and miscarriage care”. Read more at The Guardian Missouri abortion-rights amendment … Read more

Doctors Are Leaving Conservative States to Learn to Perform Abortions. We Followed One.

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The doctor didn’t want to accept that gap in her training. So she threw herself into the growing pool of doctors scrambling to find a clinic in another state willing to offer a few weeks of hands-on abortion instruction. It would take her two years to find, apply for and raise the funds to afford … Read more

In the GOP alternate universe, JD Vance is charming and popular

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There’s been a drumbeat of stories of him endorsing views like hunger is a “great motivation” to work, the “whole purpose of the postmenopausal female” is to provide free childcare, and that progressives are “unhumans” who deserve fascist violence. The seemingly endless number of clips of him condemning childless women as “sociopaths” and “miserable cat ladies” … Read more