Clinic Escorts vs. Extremists: Inside the Fight for Abortion Care With emboldened extremists and the COVID crisis, abortion-clinic escorts and defenders face more danger than ever before.

The Nebraska clinic escort who was assaulted for trying to stop a crisis pregnancy center volunteer from guiding patients into the CPC instead of the abortion clinic

Abortion Clinic Harassment Intensifies During the Pandemic — ACCESS Protesters outside of abortion clinics are a common sight. But they have become emboldened during the Trump era, employing aggressive tactics, turning out in record-breaking numbers, and flouting pand...

Every time this stuff comes up I think about the Michigan abortion provider who told me about the man who routinely shows up outside her clinic with an assault rifle

NAF 2024 Violence & Disruption Statistics Read the alarming trends of increased harassment and violence in the first two+ years of a post-Dobbs world, compiled by NAF.

From 1977-2024, the anti-abortion movement has committed:
11 murders
26 attempted murders
42 bombings
203 arsons
570 assaults
109 attempted bombings or arsons
100 acid attacks
668 anthrax or bioterrorism threats
4 kidnappings

and the list goes on!

Women’s Healthcare on the Line: Idaho Providers Speak — The Pro-Voice Project Women’s Healthcare on the Line: Idaho Providers Speak is a documentary-style stage production is built from interviews with Idaho physicians about practicing, and deciding whether to stay, amid Idaho...

7:00-9:00 pm (doors open at 6:30) at the Pearl Theater in Bonners Ferry. Tickets are free but please reserve your seat and consider adding a donation so we can continue offering low/no cost events
www.theprovoiceproject.com/all-events/e...

Gender, Safety, and the Law: what loved ones and supporters need to know in Idaho — The Pro-Voice Project An evening with attorney Robin Turner of Legal Voice and trauma therapist Dr. Ericka Day on gender justice, reproductive freedom, safety, and how to support people navigating Idaho’s legal landscape.

6:00-7:30 pm at Eichardts in Sandpoint
www.theprovoiceproject.com/all-events/g...

We're excited to bring some FREE programming to North Idaho next week that you won't want to miss:

Thursday 4/23, join attorney Robin Turner and trauma therapist Dr. Ericka Day for Gender, Safety, and the Law.

Friday 4/24, we're bringing Idaho physician stories to the Pearl in Bonners Ferry.

Threats to Abortion Pill Access in the United States - Center for Reproductive Rights Anti-abortion extremists are doing everything in their power to slash access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

Let’s be clear:
Mifepristone is SAFE. FULL STOP.

✔️ 25+ years of efficacy evidence
✔️ Used by millions in the U.S.
✔️ Serious complications are exceedingly rare

So why is it under attack? Politics—not science.

Get the facts ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3PNBLaN

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...

New from me: This week marks the ninth Black Maternal Health Week began on Saturday. At Rewire News Group, we rounded up our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how Black women are taking action:

Excellent reporting, thank you. When Idaho make national news, it's typically for the state punching down on its residents. We hope that all of our supporters are especially supportive of our LGBTQ+ neighbors and loved ones, because all of our rights to freely exist in public are intertwined

✨spiritual lessons✨ from the dude who refused to salute Herr. H.

No, but actually.

Or: why attending to our inner lives is actually important for fighting fascism.

Family with transgender daughter plans to close business, leave Idaho | Opinion “Anybody with transgender family members in Idaho, we’re basically in an abusive relationship with the state government.” | Opinion

This is heartbreaking. Two more doctors--one family, one physical therapist--leaving the state due to laws that punish Idahoans' exercise of bodily autonomy
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/from...

Thank you for sharing this. So much needlessly cruel legislation that is helping no one

Court ruling lets Arizona abortion provider mail pills and see patients by telehealth Arizona's largest abortion provider is mailing pills and offering telehealth after a court voided multiple restrictions

A February ruling that struck down Arizona's telehealth ban and two-trip requirement has allowed the state's largest abortion provider to cut costs and reach more patients

story via @glorihuh.bsky.social

Tonal green graphic of a doctor standing before a patient on the table, knees up and under a cover. Title: Abortion Is Healthcare: Provider Stories from Idaho's Front Lines" Date: April 10 Location: Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian By: The Pro-Voice Project and Idaho Association of Sexual Health Professionals

ICYMI our next stage production takes place at ICOM this Friday 4/10, and amplifies the stories of Idaho physicians' experiences practicing in the state pre- and post-Dobbs. These stories are so powerful and you won't want to miss them.

Tickets:
idahofrontlines.as.me/schedule/2c4...

source call out for a Guardian story: I am pretty sure a lot of progressive/leftist Christians follow me... if that's you and you're involved in faith-based organizing and mutual aid right now, please get in touch over Signal @ lex_mcmenamin.68

Top-down view of purple-toned illustrated hands writing on a sheet of paper. Green background. Reads, "Reproductive Writes: a writing workshop exploring personal stories of healthcare and choice. Wednesday April 1, 6-7:30 pm, Boise. theprovoiceproject.com"

Boise friends, the next Repro Writes writing workshop is tomorrow night! All ages, genders and experiences welcome.

Just sign up, bring your experience and a writing tool. We'll provide prompts and a supportive space to explore your personal story docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

TONIGHT: Bonners Ferry town hall by Scott Herndon. 6:00 pm at the Boundary County Fairgrounds

“Quite simply, we are furious. This bill is hateful, abusive, and goes against what Idahoans want and need from elected officials. HB 752 — which makes it a crime to be trans in public — is not about safety. This is about using the power of government to target, intimidate, and erase an already vulnerable community.” —Mistie DelliCarpini Tolman (she/her), Regional Political and Idaho State Director, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates

"We condemn the legislators who voted for this bill on the strongest possible terms. It is not too late to stop this bill from becoming law and we implore Gov. Little to reject this hateful attack on our trans friends and neighbors. Idahoans deserve better." —Mistie DelliCarpini Tolman (she/her), Regional Political and Idaho State Director, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates

Statement from @mistiedellitolman.bsky.social ⬇️

📅 Sunday 3/29
Priest River
Door knocking with IDWUF

Sandpoint, Evans Brothers, 11 am - 1 pm
Walk-up petition signing

Boise, all day
PVP @ Treefort Non-Profit Row

📅 Saturday 3/28
Boundary County Fairgrounds, 9-10:30 am
Sandpoint Community Hall, 12-1:30 pm
Priest River Event Center, 3-4:30 pm
Sen. Woodward/Rep. Sauter town hall

Sandpoint Community Hall, 2-4 pm
No Kings

Boise, all day
PVP @ Treefort Non-Profit Row

📅 Friday 3/27
Boundary County Fairgrounds, 6:00 pm
Scott Herndon town hall

Boise, all day
PVP @ Treefort Non-Profit Row

🚨 Important events this weekend 🚨 Tons of stuff happening. We'll try to keep you informed.

TODAY, Thursday 3/26
Sandpoint VFW, 5:30 pm
Scott Herndon town hall, with Rep. Rasor and local candidates

PS- TY to everyone participating in our reading of Idaho Physicians Speak at Storyfort earlier!

If Republicans have their way, "every single day, when I am out in public, I have to ask myself, do I feel like going to jail, or do I feel like being attacked?" writes Nikson Mathews.

https://mrf.lu/fVtT

Cuba's mothers-to-be prepare to give birth in a country plunged into darkness Two pregnant women tell the BBC's Will Grant of their hopes and fears as their nation is mired in crisis.

I am struggling to understand the extremely muted international response to this. whatever you think of the regime, it is not the regime that is suffering.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Powerful piece in response to Dolores Huerta's revelation that Cesar Chavez abused her. And numerous other women and girls. All of whom kept quiet for the sake of the movement. We see you.

People are commenting about how this is about "powerful" men, but in a society that listens to men over women and girls, that treats the former as competent and credible, the latter as not, every man is empowered to abuse, and it happens at all levels and in all sectors of society.

ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many. The numbers offer the most detailed look at how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing people have been caught up in the immigration enforcement surge, despite federal policy discouraging the practice.

363 pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants were deported b/w Jan 2025 and Feb 16, DHS confirms.

16 miscarried in detention.

121 actively detained as of last month.

These are the first numbers we have on how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing people have been detained under Trump.

source on women's incarceration: www.idahojusticeproject.org/2025-womens-...

Idaho leads the nation in incarceration of women, 62% of whom are jailed on drug charges, and who serve an average of 22 months--almost double what men serve.

And Idaho women are increasingly being drug tested when giving birth idahocapitalsun.com/2024/11/01/s...

Rhetoric versus reality: Facts about the abortion pill As telehealth access to abortion medication has grown in the years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, anti-abortion groups and attorneys general from states with abortion bans are accelera...

There are multiple lawsuits and pieces of legislation pending across the country that would restrict access to or ban the abortion pill.

They rest on many of the same arguments that are not supported by science, so I assembled some of the most common ones and what the facts are here: