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These 2 Tennessee Lawmakers Want to Charge You With Homicide for Getting an Abortion
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (243+ words) In a wildly ridiculous case of GOP lawmakers wanting to make everything about ultimately banning abortion and punishing abortion patients, two (he/him) lawmakers in Tennessee have proposed a bill that would charge abortion patients with homicide. While the bill…...
ICE Is Rushing to Deport a Woman Who’s Eight Months Pregnant
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (590+ words) "Given ICE is operating as a black box of impunity, what's being reported is likely only scratching the surfaces of mistreatment," Zain Lakhani, a director at the Women's Refugee Commission, told Jezebel. ICE Is Rushing to Deport a Woman Who's…...
Were the Women of the White House Forced Into a Pregnancy Pact or...?
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (271+ words) There have been very few sound bites from our current administration that have made my stomach turn like JD Vance telling the crowd at a March for Life rally that he wants beautiful young Americans to procreate. "I want more…...
‘Stranger Things’ Isn’t the Only Timeline Where the U.S. Used Pregnant People as Test Subjects
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (463+ words) Now that Stranger Things has concluded its nearly decade-long saga of teenage grit, government monsters, and storylines inspired by the CIA conducting secret and unethical experiments on Americans, I'like many other viewers'have questions. (If you haven't watched Season 5,this is…...
Doctors Fear ICE's Unremovable Monitoring Devices Are Going to Harm Pregnant Women
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1289+ words) Jezebel remains as committed as ever to fostering a space dedicated to championing diverse voices and standard-setting journalism that challenges and exposes the powers that be. Doctors Fear ICE's Unremovable Monitoring Devices Are Going to Harm Pregnant Women "She was…...
Black Woman Forced to Give Birth in Car After Hospital Ignored Her Pain
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (243+ words) " Lee Merritt (@LeeMerrittesq) November 19, 2025 "My bill aims to address systematic issues around maternal care, racial disparities, and hospital accountability," Rep. Kelly told the outlet. "It's clear that what happened to Mercedes isn't an isolated incident, nor is it the first…...
Dr. Oz Adds ‘Underbabied’ to List of Issues Facing American Families
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (290+ words) " Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) October 16, 2025 It's not exactly clear where Oz got his new vocabulary word"or that data. In the U.S., about 9% of men and 11% of women are affected by infertility, and globally, that number's about one in six.He also…...
Nancy Mace Suggests Pregnant Women Take Drug Definitively Proven Unsafe
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (201+ words) South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace (R) spread medical disinformation on Friday's edition of Real Time with Bill Maher by suggesting that pregnant women experiencing pain or fever take ibuprofen instead of acetaminophen'despite the fact that ibuprofen has documented dangers in pregnancy....
In States With Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality Is on the Rise
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (283+ words) Ever since the New post-Roe Order began in 2022, abortion bans have led to doctor shortages, driven up family poverty numbers, and caused unconscionable'suffering. According to a new study, it's also led to a rise in infant deaths. "Curtailing abortion access…...
Let’s Discuss the FDA’s Two-Hour Fake-News Session on SSRIs and Pregnancy
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (486+ words) Pregnant people are already worried that everything they do (or avoid doing) will impact their developing baby," the executive director of Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance told Jezebel. RFK Jr. is not a man for medicine. The bear-dumping lunatic and…...