Todd Blanche, the nominee for Attorney General has signaled plans to revive the 1873 Comstock Act to restrict mailed abortion medication. It’s a move that could gut telehealth access to mifepristone, even as fearmongering about the drug’s safety continues to spread despite 25 years of evidence proving it’s safe and effective.
From there, we turn to some genuinely good news: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), along with the Society for Women’s Health Research and other partners, just announced a “women’s health moonshot.” It’s a push for Congress to invest $20 billion over the next decade to close the massive research gap in women’s and obstetric health. The doctors explain all the different ways this could be a HUGE development.
The conversation takes a harder turn when they discuss anti-abortion groups manipulating real patients’ stories for propaganda. They dig into the case of a Wisconsin woman whose fatal fetal diagnosis was twisted into an anti-abortion narrative online, and the legal effort now underway to hold groups accountable for it.
And will abortion drive voters again in the 2026 midterms? Or will it be absorbed into a broader affordability conversation that’s defining this year’s midterms?
LINKS
ACOG: Leading Women’s Health Organizations Launch National Strategy to Close the Women’s Health Gap
HuffPost: Trump’s AG Nominee Commits To Ending Abortion Pills By Mail
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Legal group warns abortion opponents to stop ‘twisting’ Wisconsin mom’s story
Up North News: AI chatbots are spreading abortion misinformation to Wisconsinites—and lawmakers are fighting back
USA Today: Terrifying chatbot is here to talk women out of abortions
Campaign for Accountability: AI Chatbots Point Women to Unproven and Unethical “Abortion Pill Reversal,” Report Shows
Amnesty International: AI & Abortion Care: How people are using AI to find abortion care, and how this might be dangerous
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