The American Pregnancy Association is associated with CPCs, which tell women and girls not to have abortions, give false medical information including fabricating pregnancy dates in order to push women and girls beyond abortion cutoffs, and employ staff with no medical training.

You said it was hard for your wife. You didn't have the physical part, but  I hope you’re doing ok, too. I had two early missed abortions in the last year. Both were really hard for Dudepheelio.

The CA AG’s office has an Office of Legislative Affairs. Almost all state agencies have at least a position. The whole job is to track, analyze, and influence legislation. They draft bills and amendments. 

I wish I could pull this out of the greys.

I wonder if they contacted Ween and asked to cover a song from The Mollusk (the inspiration for Spongebob, probably along with a lot of hallucinogens) and Jean and Dean were like, “Fuck you, Kap is The Mollusk I found.”

I'm pretty sure that's TomatoFace.

If, legislatively, we’re lumping these miscarriage and early stillbirth cases in with other cases (ie, fetus is ultimately not viable, threats to maternal health, rape/incest, etc, but not yet passed away) so that these latter other cases have greater legislative success in protection for late term abortions, then…

Quit humble bragging about jogging every morning, Chad. No one cares about your workouts.

Every national Democratic campaign should be collecting these quotes for later use. State campaigns can probably use them, too.

It’s not no cost or free contraception. It’s no copay. We pay insurance premiums! 

I came back here to see how many stars this had, and I am so disappointed.

The beauty of having a low totem pole job is leaving it daily! Embrace that.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

Thank you! I’m so sorry about the job. It sucks that you thought they’d be utilizing your talents and they aren’t doing so. I’ve recently had to remind myself that your job is not who you are, but also that every job in an institution with a mission helps advance it. Paperwork needs shuffling.

This continues to be one of the most important investigative pieces GMG ever published.

Democrats are not all progressives. If you want more moderate Republicans, it’s ridiculous not to want moderate Dems. People here shit on centrist politicians without recognizing that the people electing them are also largely centrists. That’s the job. You represent your people. I agree with a lot of AOC’s policy…

I am so sorry the system failed you and your family like that. Thank you for sharing this. 

Oh, phew! So yes, made up numbers.* I hate our health care system.

My D&C for my missed abortion was billed at about $7k. I paid about $200 because I had really good health insurance. As far as I understand it, it’s the same procedure. (Correct me if I’m wrong, medical professional Jezzies! I think additional regulations for elective abortions might make it cost more, but this all…

You paid $13k out of pocket to give birth? Did I read that right, or did the final cost go down because these are all made up numbers anyway?