# abortion rights (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover abortion rights. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Federal Court Says Dobbs Did Not Erase Every Constitutional Right to Abortion](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/a-federal-court-says-dobbs-did-not) _2026-08-19 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ An Idaho judge found that the Constitution still protects abortion when pregnancy threatens serious and lasting harm to a patient’s health. ## [Military Families Are Still Fighting for IVF Coverage](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/military-families-are-still-fighting) _2026-08-17 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ Congress has again stalled an effort to expand fertility benefits for service members. ## [Music Friday: "doom"](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-read-article-about-musical-artist.html) _2026-08-15 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ I read an article about the musical artist Steve Lacy in The New Yorker and decided to check him out. He was described as someone who mixes hip hop, R&B, and alternative rock, and that mix sounded interesting. Here's "doom" from the his most recent release Oh yeah? ## [Before Roe, Clergy Helped Women Find Abortions](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/before-roe-clergy-helped-women-find) _2026-08-12 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ My new Religion Dispatches story looks at the forgotten religious network that helped women navigate abortion before it was legal. ## [Kansas Court Permanently Strikes Down Abortion Restrictions After Years-Long Legal Fight](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/kansas-court-permanently-strikes) _2026-08-11 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Cici Coquillette says the sweeping ruling strengthens Kansas’s constitutional protections for abortion and could influence state-level litigation elsewhere. ## [Former Planned Parenthood Escort Raises Concerns About Clinic Access in San Francisco](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/former-planned-parenthood-escort) _2026-08-10 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ Planned Parenthood Northern California says patient and volunteer safety is its highest priority as a former clinic escort questions enforcement of protections. ## [Abortion is being litigated across the US. What does this mean ahead of the midterms?](https://feminists.substack.com/p/abortion-is-being-litigated-across) _2026-08-10 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ Four years after Dobbs, abortion rights are being dismantled and defended state by state, and 2026 may decide whether access shrinks further or is rebuilt ## [America Fucked Crazy and Now Has To Deal With the Mess](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/08/america-fucked-crazy-and-now-has-to.html) _2026-08-09 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ As a rude young man, I was given a piece of advice that has stuck with me. It's simple in its wording, but it has helped me immensely throughout my life. Three words: "Don't fuck crazy." It means just don't bone someone who is obviously insane. It's the best way to avoid shit that could make your life miserable. Now, you might one day meet someone and think, "Okay, he seems crazy, but not so… ## [Music Friday: "Won't You Come Out Tonight"](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/08/music-friday-wont-you-come-out-tonight.html) _2026-08-09 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ I listened to a lot of SiriusXM's Spectrum a lot over the past week because Mrs. Nasty and I drove out to Victoria, British Columbia to move our eldest daughter there for grad school. This song isn't my favorite on his new album, but it's concise, positive song. ## [Today marks the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights of 1965.](https://feminists.substack.com/p/today-marks-the-61st-anniversary) _2026-08-06 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ Or, we should say what’s left of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/E8Bw4nDQyr8H) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Meet Helina Metaferia: The Artist Who Makes Black and Brown Women Impossible to Overlook](https://feminists.substack.com/p/meet-helina-metaferia-the-artist) _2026-08-05 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ In By Way of Revolution, archival memory and lived experience converge to create monumental portraits that honor generations of resistance and imagine freer futures. ## [Missouri Voters Reject Constitutional Amendment That Would Have Curtailed Citizen Ballot Power](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/missouri-voters-reject-constitutional) _2026-08-05 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ Advocacy groups hail defeat of Amendment 4 as a victory for direct democracy ahead of November's abortion rights vote. ## [The Fauci Hearing Is a Moment to Despair for How Dumb and Deranged We've Gotten](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-fauci-hearing-is-moment-to-despair.html) _2026-08-02 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ There was another way this all could have gone that I think about quite a bit. I think about the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when virtually everyone was scared to death of a new form of a virus that we knew almost nothing about and the medical community and governments were trying anything to keep us safe, like masking, like social distancing, like wiping our groceries, things that worked and… ## [Prediction Markets Are Making Everything A Commodity — Including Women](https://feminists.substack.com/p/prediction-markets-are-making-everything) _2026-08-02 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ What happens when everything becomes something to bet on, including us? ## [Massachusetts Legislature Sends Bill Expanding Abortion Access Throughout Pregnancy to Governor Healey](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/massachusetts-legislature-sends-bill) _2026-07-31 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ Measure would repeal the state's 24-week abortion ban and allow physicians to determine when care is medically appropriate throughout pregnancy. ## [Music Friday: "Breathe"](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/music-friday-breathe.html) _2026-07-31 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ For whatever reason, videos of this band playing this song have found their way into my TikTok feed. I remember hearing this song at parties in the 90s. It's hard not liking this song. ## [Random Notes from a Crank](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/random-notes-from-crank_0712086224.html) _2026-07-30 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ Here are some factoids from the past few Harper's Indexes: Estimated capital investment to create one permanent job in a U.S. data center: $52,000,000 To create one permanent job in any other sector of the U.S. economy: $322,000 Estimated number of public comments submitted to the Trump Administration on its White House ballroom proposal: 32,000 Percentage of those comments that were positive: 1… ## [The Making of the Surveillance State](https://feminists.substack.com/p/the-making-of-the-surveillance-state) _2026-07-28 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ From COINTELPRO to Ring cameras, the story of how surveillance became part of everyday life. ## [Massachusetts House approves bill to expand physician discretion for abortions after 24 weeks](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/massachusetts-house-approves-bill) _2026-07-27 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ Supporters say the legislation would allow doctors to better care for patients facing complex pregnancy complications, while opponents argue it weakens existing limits on later abortions. ## [Ten of the Worst, Cringiest, Skeeviest, Shittiest Lines from Trump's WHCD Debacle](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/07/ten-of-worst-cringiest-skeeviest.html) _2026-07-27 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ Rapist President Donald Trump bombed at his White House Correspondents Dinner speech/stand-up routine as hard as he keeps threatening to bomb Iran. He completely decimated comedy. He died horribly, just not permanently. The WHCD (motto: "Democracy dies because of us") itself is a completely idiotic vestige of a time long since dead, when journalists and politicos would drink and leak and fuck and… ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/O64gAds1u4ka) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Music Friday: "Masks Off"](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/music-friday-masks-off.html) _2026-07-25 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ Jesse Welles came out with a new album recently. I've been enjoying it. Here's the album's title track. ## [Federal Judge Rules FDA Failed to Justify Mifepristone Restrictions](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/federal-judge-rules-fda-failed-to) _2026-07-24 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ A Virginia federal court found the FDA's 2023 restrictions on the abortion pill were arbitrary and capricious because the agency failed to explain why they remained necessary. ## [The “Family Values” Party Has a Sex Crime Problem](https://feminists.substack.com/p/the-family-values-party-sex-crime-problem) _2026-07-23 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ We know what you’re going to say: tell us something we didn’t know. But we can't let the pattern go undocumented. ## [My Play Midnight in Nashville to Premiere in London on August 26](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/07/my-play-midnight-in-nashville-to.html) _2026-07-23 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ So, hey, remember when I went dark for like a month last year? That's because I wrote and directed a play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Now that play, Midnight in Nashville , is running for a couple of weeks in London (the one in England!) from August 26 to September 7 at the Glitch theatre near Waterloo station. All shows at 7 p.m. Same awesome two actors from Edinburgh (who happen to be… ## [Federal Judge Blocks South Dakota's Ban on Abortion Pill Advertising](https://reprorights.substack.com/p/federal-judge-blocks-south-dakotas) _2026-07-21 · Cody McDevitt · Repro Rights NOW_ The preliminary injunction marks an early First Amendment victory for Mayday Health and could shape future legal battles over medication abortion information, online speech and interstate access. ## [The process to replace Lindsey Graham on the ballot will violate federal election law](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/replacing-lindsey-graham-on-the-ballot) _2026-07-21 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ South Carolina's procedure for filling ballot vacancies will disenfranchise overseas and military voters in violation of federal law ## [Pay Equity for Black Women is still 200 Years Away](https://feminists.substack.com/p/pay-equity-for-black-women-is-still) _2026-07-21 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ It's Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, and we need to get loud. ## [The Other Trump Administration Speech from Last Week That Tells Us We're All Fucked](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-other-trump-administration-speech.html) _2026-07-20 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ Sure, we are rightly aghast at President Donald "Dumpster Load" Trump's simpering whine of a speech last Thursday about totally fake election interference, setting up both an excuse when Republicans likely have their voluminous asses handed to them in November and a justification for all the fuckery they're going to attempt to mess with the election or to overturn it after the fact. We can get… ## [Musing of the Moment: World Cup Final from a Spurs Perspective](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/musing-of-moment-world-cup-final-from.html) _2026-07-19 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ from The Athletic Spain dominated the match and held Argentina to zero shots on goal. Heck, Argentina only mounted a mere three shots to Spain's twenty, eleven of which were on target. Spain had plenty of chances, and the Spaniards were the clearly superior squad. For how much footballing talent that country has, I'm surprised this win is only their second World Cup. From a Tottenham Hotspur… ## [Music Friday: "Wonderwall"](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/music-friday-wonderwall.html) _2026-07-18 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ I'm posting in regret of England's terrible loss to Argentina in the World Cup. ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cEPsEqaMdcIN) _2026-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Random Notes from a Crank](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/random-notes-from-crank_052728566.html) _2026-07-14 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ In anticipation of the Argentina vs. England World Cup match, here's the Encyclopedia Brittanica entry on the Falklands War . For Father's Day I got this away England kit. Mrs. Nasty got it from OkayJersey , which has great prices. I'm thinking about getting the Tottenham away kit for this upcoming season, and I like last season's home kit for Roma. The BBC has a good article about the failure of… ## [The White Working Class Voter Lie](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-white-working-class-voter-lie.html) _2026-07-13 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ Whenever I hear some shrunken-soul member of the supposed left-wing pundit class opine about how Democrats need to "appeal to white working class voters," I think, "What the fuck are Democrats doing that shouldn't appeal to them?" Of course, the answer is that they need to be a little more racist, a little more homo/transphobic, a little less "woke" (whatever the fuck they think that means), a… ## [Who Elected the Algorithm?](https://feminists.substack.com/p/who-elected-the-algorithm) _2026-07-11 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ Progressive social media is being censored, here is how the EU is holding Meta accountable. ## [Music Friday: "Dollar General"](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/music-friday-dollar-general.html) _2026-07-10 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ The new album by American Aquarium comes out swinging with its opening track "Dollar General." "Greatest trick ever played was taking our voice and giving us two sides in the illusion of choice. It ain't left versus right. It's bottom versus top. Until we figure it out, this ain't gonna stop." The album is titled New Ways to Lose . ## [Random Notes from a Crank](https://plannedob.blogspot.com/2026/07/this-political-cartoon-by-jeff-stahler.html) _2026-07-09 · Quintilian B. Nasty · Planned Obsolescence_ This political cartoon by Jeff Stahler is a good summation of this presidential administration, especially with the answer of "disaster." GoComics.com The only time I've listened to Olivia Rodrigo's music is when she was on Saturday Night Live , but I'm heartened by her all-women musical festival that will give all of its profits to Planned Parenthood: "Olivia Rodrigo Stands against Trump as She… ## [Black Girls Deserve to be the Main Character](https://feminists.substack.com/p/black-girls-deserve-to-be-the-main) _2026-07-07 · FEMINIST · FEMINIST HQ_ FEMINIST chats with Marley Dias, a Black girl with a mission, about her new book I AM THE DREAM COME TRUE. ## [No One Hates America More Than Donald Trump](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/07/no-one-hates-america-more-than-donald.html) _2026-07-04 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ In some ways, President Donald Trump has finally achieved his goal of returning to the New York City of the 1980s when a freewheeling Trump did whatever he wanted, was invited on the big talk shows, was a regular at the great restaurants. But not that part. No, what he has done in Washington, D.C. is recreate the Manhattan of his younger years, when the city was still a wreck, still in its… ## [On America’s 250th birthday, revisionist history takes a front seat](https://feminists.substack.com/p/on-americas-250th-birthday-revisionist) _2026-07-04 · Sydney Greene · FEMINIST HQ_ 250 years later, there is still no freedom in America ## [Democrats, Shut the Fuck Up and Vote for the Democratic Nominee](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/06/democrats-shut-fuck-up-and-vote-for.html) _2026-06-28 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ When three Democratic candidates supported by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, won their Democratic primaries last week, the reaction of the center and right of the Democratic Party was, at least in the telling of political media, a deranged fucking freak-out . Driven, as such things are, by nutzoid conservative media declaring, in essence, that the savage Hottentots have overrun… ## [Remember: The Republican Congress Is Also Responsible for the Reflecting Pool Debacle (and Everything Else)](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/06/remember-republican-congress-is-also.html) _2026-06-22 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ Donald Trump never wants anything "fixed." He wants it remade in his image. It doesn't matter if what he's doing to something helps it or not. What matters is he can slap his shitty name on it and pretend it's his. It's even better when he can take something someone else built or had dedicated to them and take credit after doing nothing or very little or just fucking it up completely. I think a… ## [On Immigration, Embrace What They Hate, Democrats](https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2026/06/on-immigration-embrace-what-they-hate.html) _2026-06-11 · Unknown · The Rude Pundit_ My political theory is simple: most people are fucking idiots. They have the attention span of sugar-filled toddlers given free rein in a wrecked Toys R Us who, after they are done screaming for a while, fall asleep on the pile of moldy dolls they stacked up. They don't care if their rampage hurts them or anyone else as long as they get to rampage, and when they wake up from their naps, they are… ## [What happens if Graham Platner drops out?](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/what-happens-if-graham-platner-drops) _2026-06-04 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ As controversies add up, Maine Democrats would face a tight timeline to replace Graham Platner on the ballot if he ended his campaign ## [Greg Abbott’s lawsuit to expel Democrats is embarrassingly weak](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/greg-abbotts-lawsuit-to-expel-democrats) _2025-08-06 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ His claims are unprecedented, lack any support in the law, and contradict each other if you think about them for even a second ## [Greg Abbott's threats to Texas Democrats are unprecedented—and baseless](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/greg-abbotts-threats-to-texas-democrats) _2025-08-04 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ Last night, Abbott threatened fleeing state legislators with removal from office on entirely baseless grounds ## [The response to Skrmetti must be litigating trans rights in the states](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/the-response-to-skrmetti-must-be) _2025-06-18 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ State constitutions can provide greater protections for members of the LGBTQ+ community than the U.S. Supreme Court is willing to provide ## [The special election to replace Mark Green will likely violate federal law](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/the-special-election-to-replace-mark) _2025-06-10 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ Tennessee's filing deadline for special elections creates an irreconcilable conflict with rules protecting military and overseas voters ## [Kathy Hochul can and should remove Eric Adams—but here's why she might delay](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/kathy-hochul-can-and-should-remove) _2025-02-14 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ Overlapping provisions in the New York City Charter might queue up a chain of events that produces Mayor Andrew Cuomo ## [A mixed bag in state judicial elections—and what comes next](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/a-mixed-bag-in-state-judicial-electionsand) _2024-11-07 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ Look, do I have super inspirational words? No. But if we're going to move forward, we need to focus on the states—and state courts. ## [A guide to this year's intermediate appellate court elections](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-this-years-intermediate) _2024-10-29 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ State courts matter, and intermediate appellate courts do, too! ## [How the Nebraska GOP may be planning to trample an abortion rights amendment](https://guaranteedrepublics.substack.com/p/how-the-nebraska-gop-may-be-planning) _2024-09-18 · Quinn Yeargain · Guaranteed Republics_ Dueling ballot measures on abortion don't entirely conflict—but Republicans might say they do