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Texas ObserverOut today: "When we’ve talked to conservatives who are against the death penalty or questioning it, the most common thing we’ll hear about is the risk of wrongful execution. The data backs it up. There is strong evidence that Texas has executed at least seven innocent people." <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/pro-life-anti-death-penalty/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/pro-life-anti-death-penalty/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a>

Texas ObserverFrom our magazine, Michelle Pitcher interviews Nan Tolson, a conservative opponent of the death penalty: "Every life has inherent dignity and worth, and that includes people on death row who have committed unspeakable acts." <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/pro-life-anti-death-penalty/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/pro-life-anti-death-penalty/</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religion</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Senate Republicans say they will only agree to extend expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) funds if Democrats accept new, stricter abortion restrictions on insurance plans, creating a major standoff that threatens to raise premiums for more than 20 million Americans next year. Democrats insist current ACA rules already comply with the Hyde amendment’s ban on using federal funds for abortion, calling any additional restrictions a nonstarter."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthInsurance</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ACA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> /6

William Lindsey :toad:"We now have clarity on what Republicans are demanding in exchange for extending the ACA tax credits: new abortion restrictions that go even further than the already-strict Hyde Amendment. That is the price they’re trying to extract."~ Aaron Parnas<a href="https://toad.social/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shutdown</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthInsurance</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ACA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> /5<a href="https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-republicans-demand-abortion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-republicans-demand-abortion</a>

William Lindsey :toad:(continued from /11)"add the 600,000 who died this year as a direct result of Elon Musk DOGE-ing USAID, and tack on the deaths from ICE Gestapo raids, the pregnancy-related deaths that are a direct consequence of Trump’s embrace of Dobbs,"<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shutdown</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNAP</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hunger</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prices</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/groceries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#groceries</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#party</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaraLago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaraLago</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ballroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ballroom</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/champagne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#champagne</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BeefFilet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeefFilet</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/truffles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#truffles</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpChocolateCake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpChocolateCake</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> /12

William Lindsey :toad:"By participating in public life, women deny themselves the time and opportunity to be the loving wives and mothers they are designed to be. Their political disposition, which trends to the left of their male counterparts on issues like immigration and abortion, makes that participation actively dangerous. As a voter, a woman is a risk to themselves and the country. Without children, they are a walking anathema."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VotingRights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> /2

National Secular LobbyAnyone still unsure of the esteem in which the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LNP</a> hold women? Their new concern is that women will carry a baby to term and then abort it at the last minute so they can claim parental leave under the new stillbirth-oriented Baby Priya's Bill. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#auspol</a><a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/deeply-cynical-politicking-health-minister-rejects-conflation-of-stillbirths-and-late-term-abortions/hybmork9f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/deeply-cynical-politicking-health-minister-rejects-conflation-of-stillbirths-and-late-term-abortions/hybmork9f</a>

John ColagioiaBanning Abortion Is a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes <a href="https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/16/authoritarian-abortion-ban-conversation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/16/authoritarian-abortion-ban-conversation/</a>Restricting reproductive freedoms has helped Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stoke lasting political divisions within society that help them consolidate their own power.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarians</a>

📚🎧💙BargainSleuth Books +The A Word provides a feminist perspective on the history of abortion, working to end the taboos that surround this procedure—and the word itself. Review--> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookthreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bookthreads</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookBlogger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookBlogger</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookReview</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheAWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAWord</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYUPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NYUPress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GraphicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraphicHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CurrentAffairs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetGalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetGalley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ARCReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ARCReview</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abortion</a><a href="http://bargain-sleuth.com/2025/10/19/%f0%9f%93%9athe-a-word-a-global-history-of-the-abortion-struggle-bookreview-nyupress-arcreview-history-currentaffairs-graphicnovel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://bargain-sleuth.com/2025/10/19/%f0%9f%93%9athe-a-word-a-global-history-of-the-abortion-struggle-bookreview-nyupress-arcreview-history-currentaffairs-graphicnovel/</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The struggle against abortion was the new abolitionism, & this time, they would be on the right side of history. That the adoption of an identity as abolitionists—explicitly, in some cases—was somewhat grotesque on the part of a group most famous for having stood fairly in the path of integration and civil rights was beside the point; it was a chance to redress a past moral failing by donning the very vestments they had once derided.”~ Ibid.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholics</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evangelicals</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> /8

William Lindsey :toad:"By the 1970s, the public association of southern white churches with segregationism had damaged the image of the Christian Right. In adopting the antiabortion struggle, evangelicals saw themselves as engaged in a battle for the civil rights of the unborn—a new conflict every bit as morally weighty as the struggle against slavery or Jim Crow."~ Ibid., pp. 103-4<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholics</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evangelicals</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReligiousRight</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/integration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#integration</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> /7

William Lindsey :toad:"To the faithful, the shift from anti-integration to antiabortion activism came from the same source, the wellspring their pastors led them to: the infinitely malleable, infinitely instructive Bible, an indispensable tool for the sophist and the power seeker as well as the believer.”~ Ibid.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Catholics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholics</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evangelicals</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ReligiousRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReligiousRight</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/integration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#integration</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> /6

NonilexScientists who specialize in chemical detection told the senior officials that there are currently no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EPA</a> approved methods for identifying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mifepristone</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> — but that new methods could be developed….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex“Are there existing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EPA</a> approved methods for detecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mifepristone</a> & its active metabolites in water supplies?” the lawmakers asked at the end of the public letter, sent on June 18, an effort led by Sen James Lankford & Rep Josh Brecheen, both of Oklahoma. “If not, what resources are needed to develop these testing methods?”<a href="https://brecheen.house.gov/uploadedfiles/congressional_letter_to_epa_re_mifepristone.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://brecheen.house.gov/uploadedfiles/congressional_letter_to_epa_re_mifepristone.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a>

NonilexSenior ofcls at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EPA</a> directed scientists over the summer to assess whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> could develop methods for detecting traces of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> pills in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> — a practice sought by anti-abortion activists seeking to restrict the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medication</a>.The request originated from a letter sent from 25 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeeZeldin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeeZeldin</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s EPA administrator, asking the agency to investigate how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mifepristone</a> might be *contaminating* the water supply.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EPA</a> Followed Up on an Unusual Request About <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abortion</a> PillsScientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medication</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/epa-abortion-wastewater.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/epa-abortion-wastewater.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

PrivacyDigestLivestream: Stop <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Censoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Censoring</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abortion</a> October 10, 2025 - 9:00am to 10:00am PDT Online <a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@eff</a> will co-host this event with Plan C. Stop Censoring Abortion: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> is Suppressing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReproductiveHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReproductiveHealth</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/planc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planc</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/1stamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1stamendment</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/event/stop-censoring-abortion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/event/stop-censoring-abortion</a>

The New Oil<a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Police</a> Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abortion</a> for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime<a href="https://www.404media.co/police-said-they-surveilled-woman-who-had-an-abortion-for-her-safety-court-records-show-they-considered-charging-her-with-a-crime/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/police-said-they-surveilled-woman-who-had-an-abortion-for-her-safety-court-records-show-they-considered-charging-her-with-a-crime/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a>

Flipboard Tech DeskSeveral months ago, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@404mediaco</a> reported that the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Texas had used an AI-enabled license plate surveillance tool to track down a woman who had had an abortion. The sheriff said that the search was because the woman's family members were concerned for her safety as the abortion was self-administered. Court documents show that in fact, police were conducting a "death investigation" into the fetus, and discussed whether they could charge the woman with a crime. The "concerned family member" was the woman's partner, who had been arrested for threatening her at gunpoint after she took the abortion pill. Here's more.<a href="https://flip.it/nwba-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/nwba-2</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abortion</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ReproductiveJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReproductiveJustice</a>

William Lindsey :toad:And:"Someone who says 'I’m against abortion, but I’m in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States'—I don’t know if that’s pro-life."As Olmstead says, after Leo was elected, the American right (i.e., Republicans) hoped to find an ally in him in their culture-war battles. Now they're appalled at what he's saying and are lecturing him re: what Catholic teaching "really" means.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PopeLeo</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ProLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProLife</a> /2

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