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"...legislatures across the country continue to pass laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries. Some state laws already require private health insurers to do the same. Since the start of 2025, Vermont lawmakers, alongside Republican-controlled legislatures in Arkansas, Utah, Louisiana, and Montana, have passed laws to facilitate Medicaid coverage of doula services."

kffhealthnews.org/news/article

KFF Health NewsDoulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States - KFF Health NewsEven as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries.

"Texas health officials are overhauling a program designed to steer people away from abortion following a ProPublica and CBS News investigation that found that the state had funneled tens of millions of taxpayer dollars into the effort while providing little oversight of the spending."

propublica.org/article/texas-o

ProPublicaTexas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight
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Procedural abortions can resume in Kansas City Missouri after a ruling by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge, Jerri Zhang.

The ruling isn’t all good news, while this does resume procedural abortions, there are still restrictions on medication abortion, but any abortion being legal is a huge win. This means Planned Parenthood can start providing them again.

The Nazi Party has been doing everything within and without their power to get abortions banned again in the state after voters approved a measure to lift the ban back in November. And in 2026 it’s back on the ballot again! #missouri #abortion #freedom #healthcare #AbortionIsHealthcare #reproductivehealth #rights #news

archive.ph/2025.07.05-162105/h

"After Texas made performing abortions a felony in August 2022, ProPublica found, the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54%.

The number of emergency room visits for early miscarriage also rose, by 25%, compared with the three years before the COVID-19 pandemic..."

propublica.org/article/texas-a

ProPublicaA “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
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"Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed"

Whether Flock suddenly grew a conscience or is just worried about maintaining their contracts in liberal states I see this as something to smile about. That the surveillance goes on is another issue but I'll take the good news I can get it.

404media.co/flock-removes-stat

404 Media · Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches RevealedFollowing 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.

Science to the rescue!

Menstruators know that it's always good to find out as soon as possible if things go wrong. A new period pad may be one stop in the right direction. 😊

Beware of data privacy and use your eyes though:
"The researchers say these results can be read by eye, but they have also developed an app that uses a machine learning-driven image analysis"

Stay safe ❤️ 💜 💙

livescience.com/health/new-men

#MyPeriodDataIsMine
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Live Science · New menstrual pad device tracks period blood for signs of diseaseBy Rachel Somerstein