A lot of state medical schools don’t train students to perform abortions. They’re barred from doing so.

You are absolutely right. I apologise to the Middle Ages for the unwarranted defamation.

It’s worse than medieval. It wasn’t until the late 1800s that taking abortifacients before the “quickening,” when the woman can feel the fetus moving, was purportedly ‘wrong.’ Abortion likely has been a part of human history for as long as pregnancy has been. All the temper tantrums by antichoice nuts won’t change…

there’s a federal law, the FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) act, which prohibits blocking the doors. However, it’s really fucking difficult to get local police to enforce it. It’s doubtful whether the fucksticks who were arrested today will face charges.

This is a really good read about what it is like to be an abortion provider in Texas. Thank you, Dr. Kumar!

We were able to walk folks to the alley

Fuck yeah, escorts and clinic staff- Thank you for showing those assholes that they won’t stop you. On my fake Facebook account, all of these fuckers are relishing in their martyrdom.

Wait, they were straight-up standing in front of the clinic doors? Yeah....can’t do that. Even the angriest Scalia dissents in the abortion clinic protest cases make it clear that states can obviously prevent that because.....duh

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they don’t care about fire safety laws. I’m not sure of the layout of the clinic but if they were able to physically block people from that entrance without being hit by cars, they would have done it.

Why can’t the police ever use excessive force when it’s really, really warranted?

I threw in Dr to Tiller to remind us of all the doctors, nusrses and countless others in the health industry who have given their lives and continue to put their lives on the line to protect our access to safe abortions. We can beat these anti choice nut jobs.

Once we passed the clinic and rounded the corner, other escorts told me to head to the alley, where escorts were holding space at the back gate, which is usually reserved for clinic staff. We were able to walk folks to the alley and in the back door and NO APPOINTMENTS WERE MISSED.

Planned Parenthoid vs Casey, recently affirmed by the Whole Women’s Health case, says its unconstitutional to place an undue burden on abortion. Making abortion completely inaccessible in your state is the very definition of an undue burden. Also, the First Amendment to the Constitution prevents the establishment of…

I used to go look at the dog shame website and get sucked in for ages.

Sheela the Irish Wolfhound oozes love

I’m having a bad ‘my fiance has stage iv cancer’ week. Not a lot of feeling hopeful and a lot of spontaneous crying. I do not feel like we got this. Oh by the way, I also probably gave him mono and I feel terrible about it. Please send me your cute animals.

It’s my 35th birthday tomorrow. That looks weird to even type. Halfway through the 30s already. Wtf. My older daughter will be 8 in a few weeks. Wtf. TIME. You crazy son of a gun.

I had a glorious pizza today. Goat sausage, fiddleheads, grana padano, apricots, spruce tips, spinach apple pesto. NOM. What you eating?