“This is an excellent preview of how bad it would be for the state if we lost Medicaid expansion,” Windecker said. #mtnews #mtleg #mtpol

Prosecuting people for miscarriage doesn’t improve public health or safety – instead, it means locking someone up, separating families, and dire financial harm to them. We object to all that. Join If/When/How in demanding #JusticeforBrittany: tinyurl.com/DemandJusticef…

Conversion therapy should be banned everywhere.

Seeking or needing care for pregnancy loss should not end in criminalization. Period. But it does. Need free, confidential legal services for your pregnancy loss? Call If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice’s Repro Legal Helpline: 844-868-2812 and share it with anyone who may need it.

FILED: We are challenging a new state law claiming that all Montanans can & must be classified by “exactly two sexes, male & female." SB 458 is unconstitutional & we will fight all attempts to erase 2S-LGBTQIA+ Montanans from dozens of sections of the Montana Code.

“The filing said the legislature’s “attempt via enactment of SB 458 to write ‘gender’ out of the Montana Code Annotated” is “an exercise of “a power properly belonging” to the judicial branch,” making it unconstitutional.” dailymontanan.com/2023/12/19/mon…

“With its unscientific definitions, SB 458 leaves persons trained in science baffled as to how to comply with both it and their medical & other scientific training.” ACLU of MT sues, alleges bill is unconstitutional. Nicole Girten: dailymontanan.com/2023/12/19/mon… #mtnews #mtpol #mtleg

More info on the additional lawsuit challenging SB 458, the anti-LGBTQ2S+ law that falsely claims that sex is binary. Physicians took time to educate legislators about how and why this law was inaccurate, but they passed it anyway. dailymontanan.com/2023/12/19/mon…

"Gianforte this year signed legislation to ban drag events in public spaces and gender-affirming care for trans youth. None have escaped legal challenges so far." #mtleg

Not your body? Not your business. It's literally that simple💗

ICYMI: Garnet Henderson garnethenderson.com on Bluesky’s final report on Idaho’s reproductive health crisis highlights the people choosing to stay in the state and fight back against the extremism, despite the risks rewirenews.link/3vdUOkc

A year of gratitude! 🌟 Thanks to our amazing MSFC community — donors, supporters, alums, educators, and student leaders worldwide. Your commitment strengthens us for the challenges and opportunities ahead in 2024. 💙

Through it all, we're finding reasons to celebrate! Our network is simply spectacular💜

1. Incredible news! A federal judge has blocked Idaho's gender affirming care ban, ruling it as likely unconstitutional. Crucially, he rules that "A parent's right to seek medical care" is "deeply rooted in this nation's history and traditions." Subscribe to support my work.

In the year since the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe, National Domestic Violence Hotline has seen a 98% increase in survivors mentioning reproductive coercion as part of their experience as compared to the year before. Learn more in this #podcast episode: reprosfightback.com/episodes-blog/…

Our CEO Zakiya Thomas ☂️ sat down with Dr. Nancy O'Reilly to talk about the need for everyone's protection under the Constitution in the form of the ERA and the importance of voting for candidates who prioritize equality for all. drnancyoreilly.com/bringing-peopl…

“After Roe v. Wade was overturned, we had to turn to state courts and state constitutions as the critical backstop to protecting access to abortion,” said Brigitte Amiri, deputy director at the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project. mtsrhc.org/news/state-sup…