Someone wants you to believe your tap water is full of other people’s abortions. Drs. Kristin Lyerly and Erin Stevens follow the trail from a new EPA water study back to Students for Life, and explain why it’s a distraction while lead, PFAS, and nitrates go unaddressed.
In Kansas, a Senate race no one was watching just got interesting. Democrat Adam Hamilton is closing in on Sen. Roger Marshall, the OB-GYN who sued more than 700 of his own patients over unpaid bills, some as small as $101, and had 81 of them arrested.
Then the hosts look at the 21 million women living in contraception deserts, including much of Minnesota, and at two Minnesota women suing Planned Parenthood over “coerced” abortions. What does the complaint actually say, and who are they blaming?
ICE is detaining a record number of pregnant people and has stopped counting miscarriages. They’re using a “no data, no problem” playbook that also gutted maternal mortality review committees.
Plus, in Texas, the family of Tierra Walker is suing Ken Paxton after she was denied a life-saving abortion, a heartbreaking case that could show why abortion ban exceptions are just words on a page. And in Michigan, students are being forced to hand over their menstrual history just to sit out swim class.
There’s good news, too. A federal court rejected a Washington State church’s attempt to avoid covering abortion in its employee health plan, and telehealth has helped triple medication abortion use in Hawaii, where getting care means crossing water.
Plus, early voting is underway, so the hosts share tips for making a voting plan, and they preview a tailgate for democracy in Green Bay.
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The Hill:Democrat leads Marshall in tight Kansas Senate race: PollPOLITICO PRO:Abortion opponents claim ‘tremendous victory’ as EPA tests water for abortion pillsNPR:New maps reveal massive gaps in access to affordable birth control across the U.SAlpha News:Minnesota women sue Planned Parenthood, allege they underwent ‘coerced’ abortionsThe lawsuit filing against Planned Parenthood is
HEREThe Guardian:Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant womenABC News:Family of Texas pregnant woman who died sues AG Ken Paxton, alleges denied abortion led to deathThe Guardian:Outcry as Michigan high school asks girls to share details of menstrual cyclesReuters:Washington state defeats church’s appeal over healthcare coverage for abortionHonolulu Civil Beat:Abortion Pill Use Has Tripled In Hawaiʻi Over Past Decade
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