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Fetus Madness

Apr 1, 2022
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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:

“You see that pipe, kids? One day that will be my granddaughter’s.”

So when I saw the news yesterday about the five fetuses, my asshole brain went, “Maybe she’s using them for presentations...”

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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

  • More from KJZZ-FM, UPI

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 
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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 

  • More from AP, New Hampshire Union Leader, WMUR-TV

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

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