bethsully.bsky.social @bethsully.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This is what abortions bans do. They deny people access to evidence-based essential health care, like treatment for second trimester miscarriages. This impacts everyone and we shouldn't stand for it. propublica.org/article/texa... 042
Reposted by @bethsully.bsky.socialHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening. 4123512409
bethsully.bsky.social @bethsully.bsky.social · 31/01/2025“The first thought that came to my mind was that whoever made this decision has no compassion at all,” Could agree more. Read this powerful piece in the NYT on the on-the-ground impact of the foreign aid freeze. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...nytimes.comHow the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid FreezePresident Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader. 010
Reposted by @bethsully.bsky.socialThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." 2431661037
bethsully.bsky.social @bethsully.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The 🇺🇸 gives 40% of🌍donor family planning $$. This week all of that $$ was frozen. Our analysis shows that for every day this freeze continues, an additional 130,390 women & girls will be denied contraceptive care. www.guttmacher.org/2025/01/fami...guttmacher.orgFamily Planning Impact of the Trump Foreign Assistance Freeze 130
Reposted by @bethsully.bsky.socialGuttmacher @guttmacher.org · 24/01/2025Trump is wasting no time on enacting harmful policies that will have chilling effects on #ReproRights & health globally. Guttmacher's Principal Research Scientist, @bethsully.bsky.social, spoke to @salonnewsroom.bsky.social about what to expect from this anti-abortion administration ⬇ gu.tt/4ju7LLxgu.ttHow the Trump admin's attacks on abortion could devastate health care access globallyReproductive rights advocates warn Project 2025 will expand the Global Gag Rule to hurt health care internationally 043
Reposted by @bethsully.bsky.socialGuttmacher @guttmacher.org · 15/01/2025The global gag rule—a US policy the incoming Trump-Vance administration is expected to revive & potentially expand—disrupts essential health services affecting women in low- & middle-income countries. Here’s what we know from its last implementation under the first Trump presidency: gu.tt/403Rkgjgu.ttHow the Global Gag Rule Restricts Reproductive Freedom WorldwideThe global gag rule restricts US funding for NGOs providing abortion services, harming reproductive health globally, as shown in Guttmacher research. 025
Reposted by @bethsully.bsky.socialChelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 09/11/2024I haven't seen one out there yet, so I created a Sexual and Reproductive Health starter pack! Let me know who I missed that's here. Looking forward to building back community here, especially as we gear up for these next few years. go.bsky.app/6WuJVjj 59238116
