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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Ofc SCOTUS preserved telehealth mife rules for now. It's an election year. DO NOT CLAP. PREPARE. The inevitable has been prolonged. But it's still coming.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This was a four-month long reporting project that took me out of reporting retirement and what I learned about physician training might help make sense of the experience so many women share about navigating perimenopause. #moleg #mogov #menopause #perimenopause #menoposse
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 25/01/2026
2028 litmus tests, yes plural: Abolish ICE Nuremberg trials end the filibuster DC statehood John Lewis Voting Rights Act Supreme Court expansion
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is an embarrassingly bad and false take. 1. Pregnant people are punished every day in MO (see family policing/separation, drug policies, etc) 2. To think the state of Trump (MO) honors our constitution is…a white lady’s fantasy
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Primary all of them. Every single last one of them.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Remember when “defund police” got you defunded (by progressive donors)? This slippery slope was created by all parties.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Tony Dokoupil, you suck.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Whoever sees this, pass it along. This HBO documentary is a critical watch for everyone right now. (About the military mindset of border patrol agents) www.hbomax.com/movies/criti...
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Watch Critical Incident: Death at the Border | HBO Max
Watch Critical Incident: Death at the Border on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. CRITICAL INCIDENT revisits the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who died...
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The elephant in the room, of course, is that if Democrats like Frey really do want ICE out of Minneapolis, they’re going to have to support policies that take away their money and power, that defund them, you might say.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 07/01/2026
ICE officers approached vehicle in manner counter to training, DHS official tells NBC News www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Illegal acts of war and the elites are putting out polling on unpopularity of such acts AS IF THESE FASCISTS GIVE 2 F*CKS HOW U FEEL. That’s our problem, not theirs bro.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 17/12/2025
NEW: Louisiana and lawyer Erin Hawley of ADF just asked a federal judge to IMMEDIATELY end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone while their lawsuit against the FDA proceeds. They cite Fifth Circuit opinion and the Comstock Act of 1873 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
LAFAYETTE DIVISION
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, by and through its Attorney General, LIZ MURRILL, and ROSALIE MARKEZICH,
Plaintiffs,
v.
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No.: 6:25-cv-01491-DCJ-DJA
Judge David C. Joseph
Magistrate Judge David J. Ayo
PLAINTIFFS STATE OF LOUISIANA AND ROSALIE MARKEZICH’S
MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY RELIEF UNDER 5 U.S.C. § 705
Plaintiffs State of Louisiana and Rosalie Markezich respectfully move under 5 U.S.C. § 705 for **an order staying or postponing the effective date of the 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued to allow mifepristone to be dispensed remotely** (the 2023 REMS). Plaintiffs also move in the alternative under 5 U.S.C. § 705 for a preliminary injunction under Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ordering FDA to suspend or withdraw the 2023 REMS while this case proceeds.
The 2023 REMS is unlawful for at least the following reasons:
**First, as five Fifth Circuit judges already have indicated, the 2023 REMS is arbitrary and capricious** and an abuse of discretion in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A). All. for Hippocratic Med. v. FDA, No. 23-10362, 2023 WL 2913725, at *17–18 (5th Cir. Apr. 12, 2023) (Alliance I); All. for Hippocratic Med. v. FDA, 78 F.4th 210, 249–51 (5th Cir. 2023) (Alliance II), rev’d and remanded on other grounds, 602 U.S. 367 (2024) (Alliance). That is because FDA permanently removed the in-person dispensing requirement and made other changes based on sources that the agency conceded did not support its decision.

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**Second, the 2023 REMS is “otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A). Under 18 U.S.C. § 1462** [NOTE: THIS IS THE COMSTOCK ACT. IT'S 18 U.S.C 1461-1462], Congress prohibits the use of “any express company or other common carrier or interactive computer service” for “any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion.” Because a federal agency cannot permit what federal law expressly prohibits, FDA lacked authority to permanently remove the in-person dispensing requirement.
For these reasons, and as set forth fully in Plaintiffs’ Complaint and supporting Memorandum of Law, interim relief is necessary and appropriate to mitigate irreparable injuries caused by the 2023 REMS. Interim relief will serve the public interest and will not harm Defendants. 
This Motion is made on the grounds specified in this Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of Law, the exhibits attached to this Motion, the Complaint, and the Complaint’s accompanying exhibits, as well as on such other and further oral or documentary evidence as may be presented to the Court at or before a hearing on this Motion.1 An exhibit list and a proposed order are attached.

docket here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71544002/louisiana-v-u-s-food-drug-administration/?order_by=desc
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
If you are in political/advocacy comms, this is a must read. Tl;dr: polling is a tool to help us bring people along, NOT a tool that should dictate our stances. www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
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Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
These “creeps” wouldnt be in office if we had spent $30m to kick em out of office instead of passing a constitutional right to allow govt to interfere in pregnancy. Victim narrative is so tired. When will we fight smart?
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 12/09/2025
Today, Planned Parenthood's CEO confirmed the organization considered a plan that would have allowed some affiliates to stop providing abortion care to preserve Medicaid eligibility, as Autonomy News reported in June. The organization previously called our reporting "false" and "misleading."
autonomynews.co
Planned Parenthood Confirms It Considered Allowing Some Affiliates to Drop Abortion Care
The organization’s CEO confirmed Autonomy News’ reporting from June—but a federal appeals court ruling makes the issue moot, a spokesperson said.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
When people ask me why I don’t like living in KC. It’s the lack of nuance - the basic bish of it all - in the culture of this city. Exhibit:
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Ezra Klein is really out here making it seem like whiteness is some intellectually crippling shit.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"Trump is attempting a fascist power grab, out in the open, for all the world to see — and Democratic leaders and their wonks don’t feel like it’s worth their time to even warn the public about what Trump is doing..." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
rollingstone.com
Dems' Messaging Nerds Urged Party Not to Talk About Trump's Military Takeover
Democrats’ favorite research firm told Democrats to avoid discussing Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” and focus on tariffs instead.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
media.tenor.com
a woman with long black hair is holding a cup of coffee .
ALT: a woman with long black hair is holding a cup of coffee .
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 21/06/2025
6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I wish there was this kind of explicit and direct anger about implicit personhood laws being pushed in abobo rights policies.
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Diane Horvath, MD, MPH @gynandtonic.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Delighted to be a part of the Supermajority Ed Fund's speaker panel on 6/11 with @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social @msfchoice.bsky.social @sharkfu.bsky.social. Join us for a deep dive into what's happening in clinics, courtrooms, and medical school classrooms around the country. mobilize.us/s/C4U9so
Supermajority Ed Fund's summer lineup: 
6/4: We The People: Resisting Trump's attacks on immigrants
6/11: We Decide: Providers, patients, and the path ahead
6/18: We Built This: Black wealth, boycotts, & economic power
6/25: We Are Here To Stay: the future is trans and queer
7/2: We Are The Future: The next gen of representation
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
There have been weak and wrong takes about MO’s abortion legal battles. But this is not one of them. Read👇👇👇👇
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
ICE made up lies about gang affiliation so that they could terrorize a child's birthday party. newrepublic.com/post/196138/...
newrepublic.com
ICE Invaded Child’s Birthday Party Claiming It Was a Gang Meeting
Federal immigration agents bust up a birthday party on grounds that it was a Tren de Aragua gathering. They still have no evidence for their claims.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Yassssssssss!!!!!! This is so necessary. So relevant. So amazing. Congrats @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
How much more data/evidence do people need before they accept that ballot measures as a tactic without any real long-term strategy to change power DOES NOT WORK?
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Missouri Supreme Court puts state abortion ban back into effect for now
Two rulings from a Kansas City judge had allowed abortions in the state to resume while a challenge to its near-total ban proceeded to trial.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 21/05/2025
And to some folks in Missouri, this outcome was entirely predictable: missouriindependent.com/2025/05/21/d...
missouriindependent.com
Direct democracy alone won’t create change in Missouri • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Legislature is as predictable as a Kardashian divorce. It’s the shock and awe of Democrats and progressives that confuses me.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
As a founding member of What's Next 4 MO, I'm grateful to @melissagiragrant.com to telling the full story of what happened and the continued fallout in our state. We believe people deserve to know so costly mistakes don't happen again.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/05/2025
"I tried to book an appointment at the Columbia clinic, where, she said, 'almost everybody' was able to get one. But there were none online, and there were none when I called. The receptionist suggested I go to Kansas."
newrepublic.com
Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access
The state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/05/2025
“If you draw a line in the law, the state is going to police that line. That leads to surveilling, investigating, and ultimately punishing pregnant people.”
newrepublic.com
The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban
The Silver State is the only one that criminalizes self-managed abortion. A bill to change that went nowhere.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
To quote the Art of War (bc this is a war against fascism) “tactics without strategy is noise before defeat”. There’s a lot of noise in Missouri rn. My latest column:
missouriindependent.com
Direct democracy alone won’t create change in Missouri • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Legislature is as predictable as a Kardashian divorce. It’s the shock and awe of Democrats and progressives that confuses me.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
It is f*cked that in all the performative outrage over HJR73, trans care, WHICH IS ALSO TARGETED, is nowhere to be mentioned. Not even from the trans rights advocacy group. www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-pare...
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Politicians Force a Vote to Ban Abortion; Missourians Ready to Protect Reproductive Freedom
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
HJR73 has no path to victory at the ballot box. It’s a messaging bill for anti-abortion R’s. It’s a fundraising bill for pro-abortion grifters. Keep organizing. Don’t get distracted.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It's important to center humans impacted by really harmful abortion policy campaigns. @amylittlefield.bsky.social brilliantly does this while exploring an important reckoning in our work to secure reproductive justice. READ HERE: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions?
Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it. But later-abortion care has never been more important.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Right by You is a small grassroots org taking on Goliath for the protection of young abortion patients. Support them now! secure.actblue.com/donate/right...
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I just gave to Right By You!
Show your support with a contribution.
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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Anyone interested in supporting Right By You can donate at this link! secure.actblue.com/donate/right...
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I just gave to Right By You!
Show your support with a contribution.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 30/04/2025
Right by You is also a member of the What's Next coalition, a group of activists and organizations that wanted more from the ballot measure in the first place, and have criticized Planned Parenthood's lawsuit for not challenging all the state's restrictions: missouriindependent.com/2024/11/25/r...
missouriindependent.com
For activists who wanted more from Missouri abortion amendment, the work is far from over • Missouri Independent
The accountability initiative demands a legal strategy to dismantle as many barriers to abortion access in Missouri as quickly as possible.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 30/04/2025
NEW: Right By You, a youth-focused abortion access organization, is filing a lawsuit to challenge the Missouri laws that require parental involvement in abortion decisions for young people and ban helping young people access abortion (referred to as "abortion trafficking" in the law).
courts.mo.gov
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 30/04/2025
New from me—Missouri voters added a reproductive freedom amendment to their constitution in November. It has no age limits on whose rights to abortion it protects. But so far, young people have been left out. Until this new legal challenge, just filed today:
newrepublic.com
Missouri’s New Fight to Roll Back Abortion Age Restrictions
An abortion-support text line is challenging two Missouri laws that limit young people’s access to abortion. Why have other reproductive rights groups been so reluctant to make similar challenges?
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 30/04/2025
A reproductive health care nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn Missouri’s law requiring minors to get parental approval before getting an abortion. #moleg #mogov
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Nonprofit sues to overturn Missouri’s parental consent laws for minors seeking abortions • Missouri Independent
A nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a Missouri law requiring minors to get parental consent before accessing abortion.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/04/2025
A Missouri group that helps young people with pregnancy decisions is suing the state over a parental consent law for minors seeking abortions—they argue it's unconstitutional under Amendment 3. Planned Parenthood affiliates chose not to challenge this law. via @missouriindependent.com
missouriindependent.com
Nonprofit sues to overturn Missouri’s parental consent laws for minors seeking abortions • Missouri Independent
A nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a Missouri law requiring minors to get parental consent before accessing abortion.
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ifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Abortion funds show up for people. We must show up for them. Support @moabortionfund.bsky.social as they deal with this burdensome court mess and targeting by the Attorney General: fund.nnaf.org/campaign/mis...
Graphic about a legal attack on abortion in Missouri by antis. It has a blue background with a screenshot of a headline from Missouri Independent reporting that reads, "Attorney General Andrew Bailet demands records from Missouri abortion nonprofit." To the right is a quote by Executive Director of the Missouri Abortion Fund Jessica Lambrecht in a white text box that reads, "We know that the AG's office will stop at nothing to make accessing abortion impossible, if not exponentially difficult."An explainer graphic with a blue background and a white text box. At the top yellow highlighted text states, "Update on subpoena." Below they explain, "On Monday, a judge denied Planned Parenthood Great Plain's motion to dismiss the case. The judge found that Amendment 3 did not invalidate the abortion law the Attorney General is using to sue PPGP. PPGP will appeal, but that means the case continues." An explainer graphic with a blue background and a white text box. At the top yellow highlighted text states, "Update on subpoena." Below they explain, "The judge did issue a stay on the attorney General's subpoena seeking records from Missouri Abortion Fund while Planned Parenthood Great Plains appeals. If the appeal is unsuccessful, we will have to ocme back to court and present our argument why the subpoena is an abuse of the Attorney General's power." An explainer graphic with a blue background and a white text box. At the top yellow highlighted text states, "Update on subpoena." Below they explain, "We are now forced to move through the court process further. This means our organization has to allocate, resources, time, and energy to monitoring and litigation a case even though we are not a defendant. This is an expensive burden, but we are working closely with legal counsel to protect ourselves and our ability to fund abortion."
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Jason Hancock @jasonhancock.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Hailey entered foster care when she was 2. She got pregnant at 15, and after being denied an abortion, became determined to keep her baby from repeating the traumatic childhood she experienced. But Hailey says the state has seemed just as determined to keep her from raising her baby. #moleg
missouriindependent.com
A Missouri teen spent her life in foster care. Now she’s fighting the state to keep her baby • Missouri Independent
Hailey, a Missouri teen in foster care, was denied an abortion, then said the state worked to keep her from parenting her child.
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Bonyen @bonyenleegilmore.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This is a heart-wrenching example of the impossible situations young pregnant Missourians face. Barriers to abortion, punished for pregnancy, and harassed for parenting. missouriindependent.com/2025/04/28/m...
missouriindependent.com
A Missouri teen spent her life in foster care. Now she’s fighting the state to keep her baby • Missouri Independent
Hailey, a Missouri teen in foster care, was denied an abortion, then said the state worked to keep her from parenting her child.
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