Jessica Valenti

4 days ago | jessica.substack.com | Jessica Valenti |Kylie Cheung

Click to skip ahead: First and foremost—Welcome, Kylie!Stats & Studies has the latest abortion numbers from #WeCount, and a new report shows that the end of Roe cost the U.S. over $133 billion. In the States, news from Texas, Illinois, Iowa, California, and more. Anti-Abortion Strategy has the story of a Republican lawmaker who couldn’t get care for her ectopic pregnancy—and blames pro-choicers. In the Nation, a few quick hits.

1 week ago | jessica.substack.com | Jessica Valenti

Click to skip ahead: GOP Brainworms reports that a group of 25 Republican lawmakers have asked the EPA to test America’s water supply for abortion pills. Abortion Pollinghas some good news on young people. Legislation Watch reports that Wisconsin Republicans plan to introduce a ‘Baby Olivia’ bill. Criminalizing Carereveals that conservatives want doctors to be legally required to turn in abortion patients. In the Nation, some quick hits.

1 week ago | jessica.substack.com | Jessica Valenti

Remember just last weekwhen I warned we were about to see a major push toward criminalization? Well, here we are: A federal judge has struck down major abortion privacy protections—repealing a rule that prevented health care providers and insurers from sharing reproductive health information with law enforcement.

1 week ago | jessica.substack.com | Jessica Valenti

Click to skip ahead: Rest in Peace, Adriana reports that Adriana Smith’s body has been taken off life support in Georgia. In SCOTUS’ Trans Attack, what today’s ruling really means. In the States, news from Idaho, South Carolina, and Ohio. Anti-Abortion Violence has the latest on the Minnesota shooter, and what it was like for providers trying to figure out if they were on his hit-list. Policing Pregnancy asks what we can learn from the UK’s move to decriminalize abortion.

1 week ago | jessica.substack.com | Jessica Valenti

Click to skip ahead: Anti-Abortion Violence has updates on this weekend’s Minnesota shooting. In the States, a new bill in Ohio, the potential fallout of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill in Wisconsin, and Maryland’s novel way of funding abortion. Care Crisis checks in with Adriana Smith’s family, and how her story is being treated by the media. Abortion @ SCOTUS tells you what you need to know about the crisis pregnancy center case headed to the nation’s highest court.