Kelcie Moseley-Morris

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National reproductive rights reporter at States Newsroom, previously of the Idaho Capital Sun
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Dobbs triggered confusion and chaos as patients and providers attempted to parse an ever-changing patchwork of laws around the country during considerable legal wrangling. Some trends offer a possible preview of what is to come before and after the November election. Via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social

The Dobbs effect today: Abortion ballot initiatives, expected highe...www.newsfromthestates.com In Arizona, the state’s highest court upheld a Civil War-era abortion ban. Florida and South Carolina moved to restrict abortion to six weeks — before many people know they are pregnant. The Alabama S...

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A Montana woman was devastated when a rare genetic defect was diagnosed in her first pregnancy, forcing her to seek tests and care hundreds of miles from home. She wonders if she can count on IVF, now that just one clinic in the state offers that procedure. Via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social

After an abortion for fetal anomalies, she hoped IVF would build he...www.newsfromthestates.com This is the fifth installment of an occasional States Newsroom series called When and Where: Abortion Access in America, profiling individuals who have needed abortion care in the U.S. before and afte...

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Advocates are worried about #abortion data collected by the government that isn't protected by health privacy law @kelciemmorris.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/06/03/s...

States are already collecting more abortion data. And HIPAA won’t always keep it private. • Wisconsin Examinerwisconsinexaminer.com Two exceptions to HIPPA that could affect abortion patients are for law enforcement and public health reporting.

This story is hilarious. Guy who is supposed to be teaching AP Biology becomes obsessed with teenagers using their cellphones and quits because he hasn't succeeded. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

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Louisiana could become the first state in the country to categorize abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances, threatening incarceration and fines if an individual possesses the pills without a valid prescription.

Louisiana moves to make abortion pills ‘controlled dangerous substances’www.washingtonpost.com Someone possessing the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professional practice could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison.

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This week in abortion: - must-reads by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @nicolefroio.bsky.social @melissagiragrant.com @kylietcheung.bsky.social - good posts by @susanrinkunas.com @garnethenderson.bsky.social - action items w/ @abortionfunds.bsky.social

Florida Abortion Ban Takes Effect Wednesday, Will Devastate Access Across the Southhomewiththearmadillo.blog The Arizona GOP keeps refusing to repeal its 19th century abortion ban while simultaneously freaking out that voters are going to somehow get the idea that they're against abortion rights.

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A decision could come as soon as the end of June to decide whether Idaho’s near-total abortion ban means doctors who need to terminate a pregnancy during a health emergency would be protected from prosecution under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social

Supreme Court justices appear split over whether to protect abortio...www.newsfromthestates.com U.S. Supreme Court justices spent two hours Wednesday debating whether a federal law about emergency treatment encompasses abortion care even in states with strict abortion bans, with no clear indicat...

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More excellent reporting by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social regarding the way the abortion ban has caused expensive transfers of patients to other states to ensure they can received the care they need. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/loss...

Loss of federal protection in Idaho spurs pregnant patients to plan...www.newsfromthestates.com Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided in January to consider a case about whether a federal law regarding emergency medical treatment supersedes an abortion ban in Idaho, air transports out of state fo...

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Some Idaho physicians now advise pregnant patients, or those trying to become pregnant, to purchase memberships with medical air transport companies to avoid potentially significant costs if they need transport out of state for care in an emergency Via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com

Not sure how much longer I can stand being on Twitter on this beat. The amount of times I have been called an abortion propagandist for tweeting about people needing emergency medical care this week alone is so damn high

During a press call this morning, St. Luke's chief medical officer Dr. Jim Souza says for all of last year, 1 patient was airlifted from Idaho to another state for maternal complications. Since January, when SCOTUS lifted the EMTALA protection from the abortion ban, it has happened 6 times.

My latest legislative tracker is a mix, including abortion 'coercion' and 'trafficking' bills, a contraception bill that passed in Alabama but with time running out on the legislative clock, and a $2 million allocation to crisis pregnancy centers in Kansas

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Powerful story from @kelciemmorris.bsky.social. Alabama subjects doctors who perform abortions to up to 99 years prison, and politicians have created a climate where a person not only has to grieve a child that won't make it to term, but also has to drive 11 hours for a critical medical procedure.

Kelly Shannon carried a fetus with a tumor that took up one-third of its body. It would not survive term. An abortion should have been allowed, even under Alabama's strict ban. But UAB declined to perform it.

Fatal anomaly exception didn’t spare Alabama mom who needed an abortion • Alabama Reflectoralabamareflector.com Kelly Shannon met the requirements for an abortion under Alabama's ban. But a committee at UAB didn't agree.

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Beautiful and heartbreaking reporting from @kelciemmorris.bsky.social and the @statesnewsroom.com's Reproductive rights desk. Turning pain into purpose is a easy thing to say, but mad respect to the people who do it. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/turn...

Turning pain into purpose: Tennessee House candidate talks to voter...www.newsfromthestates.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Candidates for political office often have personal reasons motivating them to run, even if those reasons don’t always end up as part of a stump speech or a talking point of the cam...

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Turning pain into purpose: @kelciemmorris.bsky.social writes for @statesnewsroom.com about how Clarksville, Tenn. woman Allie Phillips had to leave the state to terminate a nonviable pregnancy, and now takes her story door-to-door in a bid for office. tennesseelookout.com/2024/04/01/t...

Turning pain into purpose: Tennessee House candidate talks to voters about her abortion • Tennessee Lookouttennesseelookout.com Allie Phillips, a legislative candidate in Tennessee, tells how she was forced to leave her home state to terminate a nonviable pregnancy.

In February, I traveled to Clarksville, Tennessee, to meet Allie Phillips and spend a few hours canvassing her neighborhood, where she talked to people about one of the worst things that has ever happened to her — when she had to leave the state to terminate a nonviable pregnancy.

There was A LOT of repro news over the past two weeks, and you probably only heard about 25% of it if you're lucky. My latest legislative tracker highlights a whole lot more I wasn't even aware of until today.

Contraception access bills meet mixed support in states around the...www.newsfromthestates.com

NEW from me: Birmingham resident Hannah Miles has been trying to have a baby for more than 3 years, fighting obstacles like endometriosis, diminished ovarian reserve and cancer treatment that affected her husband’s sperm. She has one embryo left.

IVF patient vows to fight for access to treatment in Alabama follow...t.co Birmingham resident Hannah Miles has been trying to have a baby for more than three years, fighting obstacles like endometriosis, diminished ovarian reserve and cancer treatment that affected her husb...

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Looking for a multi-state round-up of legislative proposals affecting abortion policy? Do you wish there was one based on trusted local reporting? It's right here. Via @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com

Republican legislators push bills requiring government to collect r...www.newsfromthestates.com

I'm launching an occasional series today featuring the personal stories of individuals who needed care before and after the Dobbs decision, and highlighting how much of their experience was shaped by what year — or even month — it was, and where they lived. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/and-...

Before and after Dobbs, questions of ‘when and where’ affect ab...www.newsfromthestates.com DakotaRei Frausto was 17 years old and 12 weeks pregnant when they had to travel 11 hours by car from San Antonio, Texas, to New Mexico to terminate a pregnancy after contraception failed them.

Before Dobbs, abortion was rarely an issue of such significance that individuals and national PACs would pour millions of dollars into state races. But it's a different story now. I did a deep dive into where the money came from in two recent elections: Kansas and Ohio.

With abortion on the 2024 ballot, campaigns could see millions in f...www.newsfromthestates.com Before the Dobbs ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022, abortion was rarely an issue of such significance in elections that individuals and national political action committees poured millio...

As part of her bedtime routine, my toddler has to have a little washcloth that she calls her “nose” cuz she uses it if her nose runs overnight. She didn’t use the one from last night, so I told her she didn’t need a new one. So she then wiped her nose on it and asked me for a new one. 🙄

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Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Agowww.nytimes.com A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.

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This is beyond shocking and enraging. It is the gravest dereliction of duty I can remember. My Lord. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/w...

I just want the Kansas Secretary of State to know it is not the greatest practice to have campaign finance reports that are 369 pages in length and scanned in from physical hard copies send help

"The mortality rate for mothers rose 121.5%, while the rate for children rose 18%, the report found. Idaho’s maternal mortality rate in 2021 was 40.1 deaths per 100,000 births, compared to 18.1 deaths per 100,000 births in 2019."

Idaho’s infant, mother death rate is rising, new report finds - Idaho Capital Sunidahocapitalsun.com A new report found children and mothers are dying in Idaho at an increasing rate. It recommends revamping Medicaid coverage in the state.

UPDATE to this story from before the holiday: The U.S. Supreme Court has requested a response from the Department of Justice in the case by Thursday this week.

Alliance Defending Freedom asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Idaho abortion case - Idaho Capit...idahocapitalsun.com Attorneys for Alliance Defending Freedom and Cooper & Kirk have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in an Idaho abortion case.

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Breaking News: Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days, Qatari mediators said. Israeli officials signaled that a fourth exchange of hostages and prisoners would go forward Monday.

Israel-Hamas War: Israel and Hamas Agree to Extend Truce, Qatar Sayswww.nytimes.com Qatari officials, who helped negotiate the initial deal, said Israel and Hamas had agreed to pause fighting for another two days.

I really don't understand why members of Congress can be expelled but can't be recalled. It makes no sense to me.

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ADF just loves to do this stuff when people are about to check out for a holiday. See: abortion pill lawsuit filed Nov. 18, 2022

NEW: The Alliance Defending Freedom and Cooper & Kirk have asked SCOTUS to intervene in a federal case in Idaho regarding whether ER doctors can continue to be shielded from prosecution under the state’s abortion ban. t.co/N7GG9rK087

Alliance Defending Freedom asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Idaho abortion case - Idaho Capit...t.co Attorneys for Alliance Defending Freedom and Cooper & Kirk have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in an Idaho abortion case.