Today… I’m really sluggish and running behind this morning. But I have a quick story, a serious Rachel Classic.
One day, when I was 19 or so, I was poking around in Big Nana and Pap’s basement. Just bored, gettin’ into shit. Pap was the kind who kept everything, neatly labeled and organized, usually in cigar boxes. (Note to self: why don’t I have any of his cigar boxes??) He was an amateur boxer for a short time, a WWII paratrooper, a boxing promoter, a cop and a detective, so he had a lot of neat stuff.
Such as a cigar box full of pot paraphernalia – pipes, papers, joints, the works. Before you ask, 1) it was all old as hell, and 2) Pap was Joe Friday, straight as they come. It wasn’t his. It did come to be mine, though.
Sometime later, I asked my mother why Pap had all this stuff, and she reminded me that as head of the juvenile division, he regularly gave presentations on The Dangers Of Drugs. Comme ça:
So when I saw the news yesterday about the five fetuses, my asshole brain went, “Maybe she’s using them for presentations...”
Abortion
Bloomberg | State Restraints on Abortion Pill Access Tee Up New Legal Battle | Lydia Wheeler
Business Insider | Blue states are rushing to become abortion 'sanctuaries' ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could diminish Roe v. Wade | Kayla Epstein
Jezebel | Kayleigh McEnany Wants More Christian Babies and Kentucky Moves to Outlaw Abortion | Kady Ruth Ashcraft
Los Angeles Times | Republicans hope the justices will keep rolling back rights after striking down Roe v. Wade | Jackie Calmes
VICE | Is 2022 the Worst Year for Abortion Rights on Record? | Carter Sherman
Arizona
ABC | Kentucky, Arizona move forward on 15-week abortion bans | Mary Kekatos
POPSUGAR | Arizona's New Law Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks, With Few Exceptions | Maggie Ryan
Connecticut
Connecticut Post | As bill advances to protect CT abortions, GOP says it could be ‘dangerous path’ legally | John Moritz
Douglass Commonwealth
HuffPost | DC Police Find 5 Fetuses In Home Of Anti-Abortion Activist Lauren Handy | Sebastian Murdock
RawStory | Five fetuses found at home of anti-abortion activist who feared 'people would freak out when they heard' | Travis Gettys
People:
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Idaho
AP | Idaho legislative session ends with tax cut, abortion ban | Keith Ridler
ABC | Health care provider sues over Idaho's strict abortion ban | Rebecca Boone
Iowa
Radio Iowa | Senate panel votes to provide state money to crisis pregnancy centers | O. Kay Henderson
Missouri
AP | Missouri House slated to pass sweeping new abortion bill | Summer Ballentine
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Bulletin | House passes bill that would add exception to abortion law for a fatal fetal diagnosis | Annmarie Timmins
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Texas
KUT-FM | Many Texans are seeking abortions in Oklahoma. Now that state is poised to pass a ban. | Ashley Lopez
Health & Justice
Washington Post | Biden wants more funds for family planning. Clinics say they need it. | Ray Levy Uyeda
Missouri
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Nonprofit continues control of Title X funds in Missouri, beating bid by the state | Michele Munz
New Mexico
NM Political Report | A new healthcare poll finds that a majority of New Mexicans have put off medical visits due to cost | Susan Dunlap
North Carolina
North Carolina Health News | Postpartum Medicaid to be extended for pregnant people to one year after birth | Elizabeth Thompson
Oklahoma
Tulsa World | Let's talk about sexually active teens in Oklahoma and what lawmakers are doing about it | Ginnie Graham
South Carolina
Post and Courier | Medicaid extension for new and expecting mothers could affect thousands of women in SC | Zharia Jeffries
Tennessee
WTVF-TV | TennCare expands benefits for pregnant, first-year mothers | Emily West