4/ Follow your local abortion fund on social media. Sign up for their newsletter. All abortion funds are important to a functional repro health, rights & justice ecosystem. Find your local fund(s) today @ https://t.co/CqmieEwRvc. (*redirecting from our main site until restored)
— NNAF Abortion Funds (@AbortionFunds) June 24, 2022
— NNAF Abortion Funds (@AbortionFunds) June 24, 2022
6/ The M+A hotline, 1-833-246-2632 or https://t.co/EsABQyKzUh, offers confidential & private support on miscarriage and abortion with volunteer clinicians and information about abortion pills.
— NNAF Abortion Funds (@AbortionFunds) June 24, 2022
7/ @ReprocareFund offers peer-based emotional support and info via phone or text for people using abortion pills: (833) 226-7821. Both hotlines are in English and Spanish.
— NNAF Abortion Funds (@AbortionFunds) June 24, 2022
Happy International #DayoftheGirl! Today I’m celebrating the promise that exists within every girl. When we invest in that promise, we empower them to change their communities for the better. Join me and the @GirlsAlliance in supporting girls’ education: https://t.co/dwyLjHlyo7pic.twitter.com/mVYsPN8onA
The future of our world is as bright as our girls, so we hope you’ll take action to support projects that empower adolescent girls through education. Donate in honor of a woman in your life today: https://t.co/MglBz5vxUbpic.twitter.com/23J6mH9gav
— Girls Opportunity Alliance (@girlsalliance) March 8, 2020
The catastrophic fires in Australia are the latest example of the very real and very urgent consequences of climate change. It’s on us to stay focused and protect the one planet we’ve got for the next generation: https://t.co/dqytauPeXf
Here’s the thing: Even with problems of this magnitude, each of us can still find a way to make change. That’s why I’m proud of young people like Alice Mahar, a environmental activist in Melbourne. Read about her and find ways you can help, too: https://t.co/qAHFiBgw6b
I wanted to see if anyone from our industry would speak out about the abortion bill, but I guess people are too scared. This isn't just an issue for women, it's one for every human being. We fight for equality and this is something men should fight for and not hide away from.
A long time ago an ex of mine got pregnant. We had used birth control but it still happened. We thought we were being safe enough. It was her choice to abort and I supported her. I'm so grateful we had access to abortion. Men, tell your side of the story. #ProChoice
when i was 22 my partner found out she was pregnant in the bathroom of the Tisch building. I did not know what to do. I was terrified. She knew right away she did not want to have a baby now. I knew that what she knew was clearer and made more sense than the mess in my brain
i went with her to a place in an office building in midtown. i remember people yelling at us as we walked in. I remember thinking, how can you be pro-life and also yelling at a woman who is in this much fear and distress? I don't get it.
the point of this story is that we did not have a child until we were ready, which was about six years later. We traveled, worked, experienced the death of parents, got married. I started working in youth non-profit where i started writing more seriously, she found her career
who knows what my life would have been like if I, a skinny 23 year old aspiring artist and writer would have become a father? I think a lot of dudes need to do more than claim solidarity and outrage. We need to admit culpability and involvement. We need to admit responsibility.
who knows what my life would have been like if I, a skinny 23 year old aspiring artist and writer would have become a father? I think a lot of dudes need to do more than claim solidarity and outrage. We need to admit culpability and involvement. We need to admit responsibility.
A white woman wrote the law. A white woman governor will sign it. 62% of non-college educated white women voted Republican in 2016. This is a powerful and disgusting image, but we also have to address the complicity of white women. https://t.co/3mmNLqhQGB
I had an abortion when I was 19. It wasn’t traumatic or particularly interesting. I just didn’t have any money. My partner wasn’t someone I could parent with. I wanted to finish school. I wouldn’t have been a very good mother.
— this abortion ass bitch (@martinsheen_) May 17, 2019
I am the happiest, most authentic version of myself I have ever been. I learned vulnerability and patience through my abortion. I learned to truly take care of myself.
— this abortion ass bitch (@martinsheen_) May 17, 2019
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I wanted to share this because so much of the narrative surrounding abortion right now is that it must be under traumatic circumstances to be “ok.” But abortion is a right. We do not need to dramatize abortion to make it more appealing to anti-choice.
— this abortion ass bitch (@martinsheen_) May 17, 2019
We need to normalize abortion - it is nuanced and uncomfortable and sad and lifesaving and empowering and a of these things can exist together. We need to throw our support behind people who need AND want abortions.
— this abortion ass bitch (@martinsheen_) May 17, 2019
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Remember the story of that guy who was upset because he knocked up a woman, forced her to have the baby thinking he could trap her. She signed away her parental rights to him but pays CS faithfully. I hope that queen is having a wonderful day.
NYT: A longtime aide to George W. Romney issued a harshly worded critique of Mitt Romney, accusing him of shifting political positions in “erratic and startling ways” and failing to live up to the distinguished record of his father, the former governor of Michigan.
Walter De Vries, who worked for the senior Mr. Romney throughout the 1960s, wrote that Mitt Romney’s bid for the White House was “a far cry from the kind of campaign and conduct, as a public servant, I saw during the seven years I worked in George Romney’s campaigns and served him as governor.”
“While it seems that Mitt would say and do anything to close a deal – or an election,” he wrote, “George Romney’s strength as a politician and public officeholder was his ability and determination to develop and hold consistent policy positions over his life.”
… “George would never have been seen with the likes of Sheldon Adelson or Donald Trump.”
… Mr. De Vries, who said he wished to the see the Republican Party return to its moderate roots, said he intended to vote for Mr. Obama on Election Day.
Reuters: Retail sales rose in September as Americans stepped up purchases of everything from cars to electronics, a sign that consumer spending is driving faster economic growth.
…. expectations for third-quarter economic growth improved after the Commerce Department reported a 1.1 percent increase in retail sales during September.
The reading, which beat analysts’ forecasts, builds on other signs of growing economic momentum, including a drop in the jobless rate last month and a rise in consumer confidence.
“The news flow on the U.S. economy keeps getting better,” said Chris Williamson, an economist at Markit in London.
Yet another TOD post that has been reblogged by Jueseppi B, despite requests that he make his own effort to support PBO rather than copying others simply to drive up his reblog’s traffic. He doesn’t take kindly to being challenged, as another woman found out: explicit. Genuine bloggers are welcome to use anything they ever see at TOD. Thanks
Paul Krugman (NYT): So the Supreme Court – defying many expectations – upheld the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare …. this a big victory for President Obama … But the real winners are ordinary Americans – people like you.
How many people are we talking about? You might say 30 million, the number of additional people the Congressional Budget Office says will have health insurance thanks to Obamacare. But that vastly understates the true number of winners because millions of other Americans — including many who oppose the act — would have been at risk of being one of those 30 million.
…. In short, unless you belong to that tiny class of wealthy Americans who are insulated and isolated from the realities of most people’s lives, the winners from that Supreme Court decision are your friends, your relatives, the people you work with — and, very likely, you. For almost all of us stand to benefit from making America a kinder and more decent society.
…. the law that the Supreme Court upheld is an act of human decency that is also fiscally responsible. It’s not perfect, by a long shot … but it’s still a big step toward a better – and by that I mean morally better – society.
Which brings us to the nature of the people who tried to kill health reform – and who will, of course, continue their efforts despite this unexpected defeat …. what was and is really striking about the anti-reformers is their cruelty …. it has long been obvious that the opposition’s goal is simply to kill reform, never mind the human consequences. We should all be thankful that, for the moment at least, that effort has failed.
…. The cruelty and ruthlessness that made this court decision such a nail-biter aren’t going away.
But, for now, let’s celebrate. This was a big day, a victory for due process, decency and the American people.
Greg Sargent: Romney supported a tax increase, remember? GOP strategists are predicting that by calling the mandate a “massive tax increase,” they’ll be able to win over independents in battleground states. Perhaps, but as noted above, they may also be alienated by the drive for full repeal. Either way, this is made even more absurd by the fact that Romney supported precisely the same tax increase as Governor of Massachusetts.
Washington Post: …. “The most effective argument for Romney is that this is a massive tax increase that will impact hardworking Americans,” said GOP strategist Ron Bonjean…..
Romney’s history, however, may make it difficult for him to capitalize on that argument.
The health-care system that he put into place as Massachusetts governor – which was a model for the federal law – included a mandate with a similar penalty for noncompliance.
At the time, Romney also denied that it was a tax, preferring instead to refer to it as a “fee” or an “incentive.”
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