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Janelle Lamoreaux

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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ll be presenting on research from my new book project for the first time at the 4S conference in Toronto. Stop by Saturday to hear my take on recent efforts to restrict medication abortion in U.S. via claims of water pollution, or reach out so we can grab a coffee. Hoping to catch up w/ STS folks!
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
After a year as interim department chair, I’m now on research leave. Excited to jump back into writing. If you’ve read anything inspiring in the fields of STS, anthropology of science and medicine, environmental, reproductive or disability studies, please recommend! Bonus points for great writing.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“For example, any org… adopting what Trump has called “gender ideology,” but which is actually just recognition of the biological and social complexity of sex, gender and sexuality — would be ineligible for future federal research funding and could have their current grants canceled as well.”
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Dr. Jennessa Hester 🍒 @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Yesterday, the Texas Tech Faculty Senate passed a resolution condemning Chancellor Brandon Creighton and his moves to censor teaching and research at the university. 🧵 of the full resolution. Professors are standing and fighting ✊
Photo by The Daily Toreador depicting "Against Censorship" buttons made to protest censorship at Texas Tech University.
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ifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Mife by mail is still available in all 50 states—pass it on. We just heard from SCOTUS that they are going to continue to allow providers to prescribe mifepristone through the mail–at least until this case has gone through appeal.
If/When/How graphic with a light lime green background about the recent Supreme Court order in the mifepristone case. In the upper right corners is a grainy black dotted circle and same in the lower left. At the top, in bold black is "Breaking news:" It continues in purple, "Mife is still available through the mail and telehealth in all 50 states. Today, the US Supreme Court granted the stay until the appeal in the Fifth Circuit is resolved." Below in huge, black text is "What you need to know." Behind that is a picture of a mifepristone pill.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Based on the comments, rhetorical power of sperm decline (as delivered by RFK) also cut in half. 🥱
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 11/05/2026
NEW: The Trump admin has launched moms.gov, featuring "resources, information, and help for new and expecting mothers." The first resource listed: anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, which appear next to or above federally qualified health centers, depending whether you're on desktop or mobile.
a screenshot from moms.gov featuring this description of crisis pregnancy centers: Pregnancy centers provide supportive services for mothers and families. Many centers offer pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, STD/STI testing and treatment, parenting support, childbirth classes, medical referrals, and material goods like clothes and diapers—at no cost to you. There are more than 2,750 pregnancy centers across the country. The majority of pregnancy centers offer limited medical services. Check with your local center for details.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Exclusive: Senate Dems are calling out the Trump administration for their continued hypocrisy over IVF This time, their target is the EEOC chair, who wants to strip fertility coverage from the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. New from me @ms.now:
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Senate Democrats call out the Trump administration for hypocrisy on IVF
A group of Democratic senators is demanding answers about the Trump administration’s plans to roll back protections for workers seeking fertility treatments.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Conservatives think that yesterday’s federal ruling will end abortion pills by mail—it’s not happening. Some abortion providers plan to continue shipping mifepristone 👀 jessica.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
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The Biggest Attack on Abortion Since the End of Roe
A federal court wants to end mifepristone by mail—it's not happening
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
For those living in rural areas of the U.S., or anywhere within states that have abortion restrictions, today’s ruling will not only have effects on access to reproductive healthcare. It will also take a mental toll.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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theguardian.com
Falling fertility, debt and AI: is the US headed toward a population crisis?
Americans having fewer kids plus an ageing population could be a recipe for disaster that further erodes social stability
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are -skipping prenatal care -requesting home births, even when not medically advised -going w/o adequate food Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
19thnews.org
Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care
Health care providers in Minnesota said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate
From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the government to increase births
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Mike Johnson strips military IVF coverage from defense bill – report
House speaker worked behind the scenes to strip provision after it was added as an amendment earlier this year
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals. The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry. Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
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The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
My former student has been detained by ICE in Tucson. He is an amazing person - aerospace engineering scholar with deep respect for the social dimensions of science. Please give if you can. gofund.me/ad78f0dea
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Donate to Bring Yassine Home: Support His Legal Fight, organized by Shivani Desai
Yassine is a beloved son, friend, and roommate, as well as a community role … Shivani Desai needs your support for Bring Yassine Home: Support His Legal Fight
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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/10/2025
And now there are SEVEN. UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact. “Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved." Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀 #DefendHigherEd
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UofA rejects Trump higher ed plan as ASU invited to join compact
The University of Arizona rejected a Trump proposal linking funding to political priorities.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/10/2025
The snake is growing. ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼 Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time. The world is watching. The resistance is here. #NoLoyaltyOaths #NoKings #DefendHigherEd
JOIN OR DIE cartoon snake now featuring segments for MIT, PENN, UVA, Brown, Dartmouth and USC.

Not colored in because they have not said no to Trump‘s loyalty oath (yet): AZ, Texas, Vanderbilt.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“The source with knowledge of the White House’s plans said that the meeting ‘appears to be an effort to regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign even though it’s obviously not in the schools’ interest to do so.’” I repeat, Obviously not!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 17/10/2025
UPDATE: 4 Down 5 to Go Who’s Next? When students, faculty, & our communities are united, nothing can stop us. Join us for our national teach in on the growing resistance movement to Trump’s ‘Loyalty Oath’ Compact today at 2PM ET: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DefendHigherEd
An update to the classic Ben Franklin political cartoon ‘Join or Die’ with the original colonies replaced by universities that were targeted by Trump‘s loyalty oath compact. The image has been updated to show that MIT, Penn, Brown & USC have rejected Trump’s offer.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs
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AAUP @aaup.org · 08/10/2025
“If we aren't free to pursue research and teaching based on wherever the knowledge leads us, we are not truly working in the service of the public.” — Rana Jaleel, associate professor at UC Davis & Chair of the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure
lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu
How Academic Freedom in Universities Generates the Greatest Value for Society
Academic freedom is at the foundation of one of the most powerful and fundamental ideas about universities. Learn about how academic freedom has contributed to broad benefits in society and UC Davis f...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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National Network of Abortion Funds @abortionfunds.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
"For Latine communities, the compounded impact of anti-immigration laws, surveillance, and the threat of deportation, detention, or forced family separation often makes traveling for abortion care impossible." Fund Texas Choice's latest for @truthout.org. Read now: nnaf.org/Q
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The Anti-Migrant Crackdown Is Also a Reproductive Justice Crisis
Working on abortion access in Texas, we see every day how immigration justice and reproductive justice are inseparable.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...
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Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women
Birth control is routine for many Americans and polls show it's popular across party lines. Now, the Trump administration is withholding funds that provide contraception for low income people.
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Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The Trump administration’s deportation machine has made women invisible targets. If you’ve ever wondered, like me, what happens to all the women ICE detains:
huffpost.com
The People Being Arrested By ICE That No One’s Talking About
The Trump administration’s deportation machine is detaining immigrant women at record numbers — and they've become invisible targets.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/07/2025
A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
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Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says
A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
“Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...
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Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Pregnancy Is Going to Be Even More Dangerous in America www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
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Opinion | Pregnancy Is Going to Be Even More Dangerous in America
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This interview 🙄 - talk about stagnation: this dude sounds like my grandpa (RIP). “We landed on the moon in July of 1969, Woodstock started three weeks later and, with the benefit of hindsight, that’s when progress stopped and the hippies won.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
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Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Birthrate👏🏼Decline👏🏼is👏🏼not👏🏼the 👏🏼problem! It’s racist immigration policies and lack of social welfare. Sure, make the case to spend billions but stop framing decline as downfall, repeating Musk’s eugenicist claim about humanity’s extinction. Feminists do better! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...
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The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate
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DAME Magazine @damemagazine.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
With abortion becoming increasingly inaccessible, more people are discussing seeking a form of permanent birth control because they fear getting pregnant against their will. 1/3
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Since Dobbs, Some Are Considering Desperate Measures - Dame Magazine
When Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, Justice Samuel Alito asserted that the pro-choice arguments that had upheld Roe for nearly half a century were “damaging” and “wrong.” He wrote that “the conte...
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Trump Withdraws From Agreement With Tribes to Protect Salmon www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...
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Trump Withdraws From Agreement With Tribes to Protect Salmon
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Liz Borkowski @lizborkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
NIH staffers who signed the Bethesda Declaration "have risked their jobs to blow the whistle on Bhattacharya and the rest of the administration ... this kind of courage is contagious, and energizing. We need more of it." - @gregggonsalves.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence
Civil servants usually keep a low profile. These NIH employees are putting themselves at risk by calling out the Trump administration.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (Gift Article)
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"At least 20 Planned Parenthood clinics across seven states have shuttered since the start of 2025 or have announced plans to close soon – closures that come amid immense financial and political turbulence for the reproductive health giant [since the overturning of Roe v. Wade]." @theguardian.com
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At least 20 Planned Parenthood clinics shutter amid political turbulence
The reproductive health giant is navigating a loss of federal funding and fresh threats from multiple directions
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14/05/2025
Shout out to all of the faculty and students who made it through this semester in particular. What a time to be teaching and learning in spaces that are directly under attack from people who benefited from having access to the same resources themselves.
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 15/05/2025
Abortion bans disproportionately harm our community, and make it harder for LGBTQ+ people to access family planning or other forms of health care. Alongside our partners, we’re fighting with everything we’ve got for reproductive rights and freedom. @americanprogress.bsky.social's survey: ⬇️
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New Survey Shows Abortion Bans’ Unique and Chilling Impact on LGBTQI+ People
Findings reveal that after Dobbs, LGBTQI+ people are struggling to find doctors and choosing not to start or expand their families.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Republicans push for bigger families – but their tax bill could exclude millions from child credits www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Republicans push for bigger families – but their tax bill could exclude millions from child credits
Estimated 17 million kids would be ineligible for tax credit because their parents wouldn’t make enough to qualify
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Politico @politico.com · 14/05/2025
AOC’s 3 a.m. comment over miscarriages sparks fiery exchange with GOP male counterparts.
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AOC’s 3 a.m. comment over miscarriages sparks fiery exchange with GOP male counterparts
Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee are engaging in a highly emotional debate over the future of Medicaid.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I am coping via op/Ed’s - my latest is “reflecting on maternal mortality this Mother’s Day”
tucson.com
Tucson Speaks Out: May 13
Reflecting on maternal mortality
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 11/05/2025
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/05/2025
Dr. Noor Abdalla will be spending her first Mother's Day as a mom without her husband Mahmoud Khalil, who is still locked up hundreds of miles away from her in ICE detention. He should be holding his son who he hasn't met yet, but he is instead detained without due process by the U.S. government.
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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
**New book alert** Seminal offers a kaleidoscopic view of the relationship between sperm, health, and intersecting politics of gender, race, and reproduction. 30 short essays by experts in the social sciences, humanities, law, and medicine. 30% off! Code: NYUAU30 nyupress.org/978147983408...
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Seminal
The complexities and controversies at the nexus of sperm, health, and politicsIn Seminal, experts from across the social sciences, humanities, law, and medic...
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I published a short letter in the NYTimes about the Trump Administration’s call for a baby boom, and my current research. It doesn’t say everything I think about what’s wrong with the idea of birthrate decline but it’s something! I could write a whole book about this issue - and plan to!
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Opinion | More Babies, but Little Support for Them? (Gift Article)
Readers discuss the Trump administration’s urging a baby boom while also cutting support for children.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Fundraiser for amazing AZ AG Kris Mayes! bit.ly/AGMayesTucson
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Join us on April 30th in support of AG Kris Mayes!
Show your support with a contribution.
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Janelle Lamoreaux @janellel.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
More cuts to maternal mortality research and repro services from the administration of the self-declared ‘fertilization president’-‘father of IVF’. The pronatalism of Vance and Musk has nothing to do with maternal and child health. It is white supremicist heteronormative panic based in fear. 👊🇺🇸🤮
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 25/03/2025
Trump is set to freeze federal grants that provide birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing to low-income people "while it investigates whether the money was used for DEI efforts." The Title X program—signed into law by Nixon—is literally about equity. (via @paleofuture.bsky.social)
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Plans to Freeze Family-Planning Grants
Tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other groups would be cut off while the administration examines their DEI efforts.
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