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Healthcare Across Borders (HCAB) is an initiative to ensure everyone has full access to essential reproductive, sexual, and gender-affirming care regardless of zipcode.

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There are only two possible explanations for the abortion / EMTALA / Idaho case: 1) The conservatives on the Supreme Court are incompetent: they used an extraordinary procedure then, months later, said "oops" and withdrew it. 2) They're not incompetent; they're partisan hacks.

This week, the Supreme Court just as dramatically swooped back out. It said it was wrong to have intervened—that the appeal was “dismissed as improvidently granted”—and restored the status quo, with the case back in the lower courts and enforcement of the law stopped preliminarily by them.

Today, the Supreme Court punted on Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States, sending the case back to the lower court to avoid making a decision before the election. Healthcare Across Borders ED Jodi Jacobson, released the following statement in response: healthcareacrossborders.org/news/press-s...

"The Comstock Act appeals to them for the same reason it appealed to its namesake. Sweeping and arbitrary power, moral castigation, and most of all, cruelty." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Folks not paying attention were shocked when a Trump packed #SCOTUS gutted Roe. Can't afford to be surprised again when Trump & his cronies use Comstock to enact fed. abortion ban. #mustread @michellegoldberg.bsky.social re why Biden/Dems must rally around Tina Smith's bill to #CancelComstock

Today @sentinasmith.bsky.social has introduced legislation to repeal parts of the Comstock Act, a 150 y/o law that far-right extremists plan to use to ban abortion nationwide. Our Founder & ED, Jodi Jacobson, released the following statement in response: healthcareacrossborders.org/news/comstoc...

Repealing Comstock is absolutely critical to protecting reproductive rights and public health writ large. We are grateful to @sentinasmith.bsky.social for taking this important step.

This decision is a short term victory in that mifepristone will continue to remain available in the U.S. for abortion and miscarriage management for now. However, this is far from the end of the right’s attempts to strip us of our reproductive rights.

Today the Supreme Court dismissed Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA due to a lack of standing. But let’s be clear: This should have never made it past the shredder. 1/

Ahead of SCOTUS rulings on abortion @susanrinkunas.com asks: What's a court with an image problem to do? They might release these decisions close together because the conservative justices think they can manipulate the media into calling them "moderate." www.susanrinkunas.com/a-cynical-su...

Anticipating a Cynical Supreme Court Move on Abortionwww.susanrinkunas.com What to expect when you're expecting two abortion rulings? Maybe some damage control.

Every month, thousands of people facing abortion bans are using telemedicine to get medication abortion quickly and discreetly. One-fourth of all clients can't pay the full $150 cost of care. Our fund helps offset the losses to providers. 1/ secure.actblue.com/donate/abpil...

Donate to the Abortion Pill Sustainability Fund!secure.actblue.com Healthcare Across Borders reimburses clinicians who provide abortion pills to clients in states where abortion is restricted or banned.

"The effect of the Louisiana law...is to target those who help people obtain abortions. By threatening informal community networks sharing pills and information, it ensures that people who are seeking an abortion are isolated from support." newrepublic.com/article/1822...

The Real Reason for Louisiana’s New Mifepristone Lawnewrepublic.com Most of the rationale for making mifepristone and misoprostol controlled substances is gibberish. Groups are targeting these drugs because they offer a way around abortion bans.

ICYMI: Some good abortion news! 🎉 A federal judge has permanently blocked some efforts in North Carolina to restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed. ncnewsline.com/2024/06/04/n...

North Carolina abortion pill restrictions struck down by federal judge • NC Newslinencnewsline.com U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles on Monday blocked parts of North Carolina's law on medication abortions

Twenty women sued the state of Texas after its abortion ban put their lives at risk. The Texas Supreme Court’s decision in response: blame doctors, not the party that’s made it impossible to seek critical healthcare. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Texas’ New Plan for Responding to the Horror of Its Abortion Ban: Blame Doctorsslate.com The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to make things worse for pregnant patients later this month.

"Educators and the state itself are now going so far as to fight for a right to flunk students who have abortions. And it’s doubtful that Texas anti-abortion leaders will stop there." www.jezebel.com/texas-profes...

There's No Bottom: Texas Professors Sue for Right to Fail Students for Having Abortionswww.jezebel.com Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

@hegemommy.bsky.social on Louisiana's new law classifying abortion pills as controlled substances, "Simply put, SB 276 is an alarming escalation in the attacks on medication abortion that fully brings the legal apparatus of the war on drugs to abortion pills." rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/05/30/t...

The ‘War on Drugs’ Is Here for Abortion Pillsrewirenewsgroup.com Louisiana just upped the ante on criminalizing pregnancies by taking the attacks on abortion pills a step further

ICYMI from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social: The Texas Republican Party has adopted a platform that calls for abortion to be treated as homicide, and for abortion patients to be prosecuted as murderers. "When they show you who they are—believe them." jessica.substack.com/p/texas-gop-...

Texas GOP Platform Endorses Death Penalty for Abortion Patientsjessica.substack.com Republicans are telling us exactly who they are

"It doesn’t matter if it’s this election cycle or the next: Republicans intend to use the Comstock Act to ban abortion nationwide." @hegemommy.bsky.social on our memo w/ @takebackthect.bsky.social & @ultraviolet.bsky.social 🔽 rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/05/16/t...

There’s Movement On a Comstock Act Repealrewirenewsgroup.com Advocates press members of Congress in a new memo highlighting Comstock's threats.

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"Ignoring the Comstock threat or waiting for a more politically convenient time—whenever that may be—is only going to exacerbate our post-Dobbs human rights crisis." @hegemommy.bsky.social on our new memo w/ @hcaborders.bsky.social @ultraviolet.bsky.social urging Congress to #CancelComstock:

There’s Movement On a Comstock Act Repealrewirenewsgroup.com Advocates press members of Congress in a new memo highlighting Comstock's threats.

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The threat of federal abortion ban under Trump via Comstock is more than real. Big ups to @hcaborders.bsky.social @takebackthect.bsky.social @ultraviolet.bsky.social for sounding the alarm. Lots more to come in the push to #CancelComstock. LFG.

There’s Movement On a Comstock Act Repealrewirenewsgroup.com Advocates press members of Congress in a new memo highlighting Comstock's threats.

There’s no time left for complacency. As the right ramps up its campaign for a national abortion ban, we’re sounding the alarm for Congress to #CancelComstock. Learn more (w/ @takebackthect.bsky.social @ultraviolet.bsky.social): healthcareacrossborders.org/wp-content/u...

Right-wing extremists want to weaponize this zombie law to restrict abortion in all 50 states. If lawmakers want to truly protect abortion, they must #CancelComstock. READ/SHARE our latest w/ @takebackthect.bsky.social & @ultraviolet.bsky.social healthcareacrossborders.org/resources/me...

Memo to Congress: Repeal the Comstock Acthealthcareacrossborders.org Healthcare Across Borders, together with Take Back the Court Action Fund, and Ultraviolet Action have released a memo to members of Congress, highlighting how the Comstock Act could be manipulated to ...

Arizona Dems have demonstrated that you CAN overturn draconian abortion bans. It’s not that hard: Listen to evidence and to the people and act on their behalf. Now it’s Congress’ turn to do the same.

Far-right extremists won’t stop until they have banned abortion nationwide. Texas man seeks state investigation of his ex-partner’s abortion in Colorado, a state where abortion is legal. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortionwww.washingtonpost.com The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal.

"When the [Florida] ban takes effect, nearly every Southern state will have outlawed abortion or made it inaccessible after six weeks since the first day of the last menstrual period ― a window of time when many don’t yet know they’re pregnant." www.huffpost.com/entry/florid...

Florida's 6-Week Abortion Ban Is About To Go Into Effectwww.huffpost.com Thousands of women have flocked to Florida for abortion care since the fall of Roe v. Wade. For many of them, that will no longer be an option.

ICYMI: mikepod.bsky.social breaks down how the Supreme Court no longer represents the American people, and what that means for the future of democracy and healthcare in the US.

Since right-wing extremists stole the Supreme Court, we've known that it no longer represents the will of the American people. Even still, it's pretty astounding just how quickly and effectively SCOTUS has helped the far-right achieve its goals.

Michael Podhorzer (@mikepod.bsky.social)mikepod.bsky.social Former political director, AFL-CIO. Senior fellow, CAP. Substack: www.weekendreading.net

The right-wing group responsible for the case that overturned Roe is now leading efforts to revive the Comstock Act, “and yet, many Dems &...repro rights groups appear reluctant to make repealing Comstock a campaign issue.” @melissagiragrant.com for @tnr.bsky.social⬇️ newrepublic.com/article/1809...

Who’s Afraid of Repealing the Comstock Act?newrepublic.com Some Democrats reportedly want to introduce a bill ensuring the antiquated law can't be used to enforce a dubious abortion ban. But others are hesitating.

Today, as SCOTUS heard arguments in a case about whether Idaho’s near-total abortion ban overrides federal law protecting access to emergency abortions in hospitals across the country, California AG Rob Bonta shows once again why CA is leading the charge to get people the care they need.

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Donald Trump is already responsible for abortion bans and will weaponize the DOJ to enact a federal ban on abortion via #Comstock. Biden is pro choice and will not ban abortion. The distinction couldn’t be more clear and visceral and yet here is the New York Times. 😳

Important reporting from @melissagiragrant.com in @tnr.bsky.social: 145 Members of Congress co-signed the revival of a 19th century law to ban abortion nationwide. Now none of them are willing to defend this cruel, draconian position. newrepublic.com/article/1805...

Republicans Are Running Scared From Their Own Abortion Positionsnewrepublic.com 145 Republicans in Congress say they want to enforce the 151-year-old law. We asked a handful of them about the consequences. None replied.