Thanks so much to all who donated! Alaa and Ghassan were able to pay their rent today with your contributions. :)

Help Me Start Again: Ghassan from Gaza* This campaign has been verified by Amy Littlefield in the U.S., who is raising money on behalf of Ghassan. Read a note from Ghassan below:

My friends Alaa and Ghassan are expecting their first baby in a few months and due to the devastation in Gaza they have no source of income besides this fundraiser. Can you donate any amount to help them?

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This is so true!!! One of the main cases for reporting on the right IMO—to see their rifts and disagreements. They’re so good at leveraging ours.

I wonder if some leftists and liberals will pay attention to this. I've seen folks overly praise Rightwing organizing as if it is not subject to the same social forces and interpersonal dynamics as Left organizing. In fact it is: we often just don't have the same visibility into their groups.

Nearly 1 in 4 people seeking abortions out of state chose Illinois. Here’s why. • Stateline A recent report found that 1 in 4 people traveling to another state for an abortion end up in Illinois, where state officials have invested millions to create a strong financial and logistical support...

New from me today: Illinois is the destination for nearly 1 in 4 people traveling to another state for abortion care.

That’s partly because of its geography, but Illinois also put in place new policies — along with millions of dollars — to welcome patients who aren’t their residents.

Trump Admin Isn’t the First to Push Back on Antiwar Stances From Catholic Church Reagan, in an attempt to control the energy of the movement against abortion rights, treated the church as an enemy.

Trump isn't the first Republican president to fight with the Catholic Church over its antiwar stance.

Reagan had his own feud with the Church in the 1980s as I detail in this excerpt of Killers of Roe for @truthout.org 🧵 (1/6)

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So much of Trump's presidency isn't new...it's pulled straight out of the Reagan administration's playbook.

That includes Project 2025, which was based on the "Mandate for Leadership" handed to Reagan.

And apparently it also includes fighting with antiwar Catholic leaders. (6/6)

Reagan, in his writing, coopted the language of the civil rights movement, comparing abortion to slavery, and framing it as the civil rights cause of the time.

Conveniently, this allowed him to trample on the issues of that actually animated the civil rights movement. (5/6)

In fact, when the Reagan administration learned that the Catholic Bishops were preparing an encyclical that extended the pro-life position to a critique of the nuclear arms race, they rushed to ensure that Reagan’s own antiabortion treatise would publish first. (4/6)

In 1983, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin called for a “consistent ethic of life” that included opposing not just abortion but nuclear weapons, war, the death penalty, and poverty.

Everything except the abortion part ran against Reagan’s agenda.

So he saw the Church as the "political opposition." (3/6)

Reagan helped establish the anti-abortion cause as a conservative issue in part by vanquishing the leading argument that it could be a social justice issue.

That argument came from Catholic leaders. (2/6)

Trump Admin Isn’t the First to Push Back on Antiwar Stances From Catholic Church Reagan, in an attempt to control the energy of the movement against abortion rights, treated the church as an enemy.

Trump isn't the first Republican president to fight with the Catholic Church over its antiwar stance.

Reagan had his own feud with the Church in the 1980s as I detail in this excerpt of Killers of Roe for @truthout.org 🧵 (1/6)

truthout.org/articles/tru...

In fact, any immigrant facing deportation has the right to a private meeting with their lawyer, even in detention. But Nakamoto Group, subcontracted by Critical Response Strategies, the contractor operating Alligator Alctraz, to provide legal access, never made this or other legal policies clear.

I wrote about how people held in cages at Alligator Alcatraz were denied their right to legal calls, or access to pens except to sign their self-deportation order. Meanwhile, floor plans to convert a warehouse in Social Circle, Georgia, show no location for people to meet with their lawyers.

This is so cool!!!! Thanks for posting!

Ann Arbor district library “new adult nonfiction shelf” with the book Killers of Roe

So cool to see @aadl.org featuring @amylittlefield.bsky.social ‘s new book!

My book baby is one month old today.

Thank you, @reneefeltz.bsky.social, for seeing so clearly what I was aiming for with Killers of Roe.

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So thrilled to see my former colleague and friend @amylittlefield.bsky.social in @vtdigger.bsky.social! 😍

Huzzah! Thank you so much, Julia!

Who Killed Roe v. Wade? The decades-long plot against abortion rights had many fathers, who were largely lost to history until now.

The movement to end abortion rights has been a long time coming and has many godfathers, writes Clara Bingham reviewing @amylittlefield.bsky.social's new book, "Killers of Roe."

Who Killed Roe v. Wade? The decades-long plot against abortion rights had many fathers, who were largely lost to history until now.

Who killed Roe? This book is worth it. Lots of stuff I did not know.

@amylittlefield.bsky.social

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Who Killed Roe v. Wade? The decades-long plot against abortion rights had many fathers, who were largely lost to history until now.

Link: washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/06/w...

For anyone who is enraged (like me) over the loss of Roe and who assumed (like me) that the primary people to blame are our current president and Senator Mitch McConnell for placing three anti-abortion justices on the Supreme Court, this book is required reading. Littlefield sets the record straight. The movement to end abortion rights has been a long time coming and has many godfathers.

Waking up on this beautiful Monday morning to this beautiful review of Killers of Roe in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social. Thank you, Clara Bingham!

Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, towards conception New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

BREAKING: The White House today proposed eliminating the Title X family planning program.

A few hours later, the health dept quietly released guidance that would shift the focus of the program millions of low-income people rely on away from contraception and toward "family formation."

On the "incredible grassroots distribution network" spreading access to medication abortion – with stickers –– @amylittlefield.bsky.social explains in "Killers of Roe" – and on @thenation podcast bit.ly/41cN4Mi @grandcentralpub.bsky.social

How revoking the constitutional right to abortion has expanded access to it – @amylittlefield.bsky.social explains in her new book "Killers of Roe" – and on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41cN4Mi @grandcentralpub.bsky.social

Abortion access has expanded each year since the 2022 Dobbs decision; but, "every abortion rights victory is followed by an attempt by the anti-abortion movement to roll back that victory"– @amylittlefield.bsky.social on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/41cN4Mi @grandcentralpub.bsky.social

The Whodunit Investigating the Death of “Roe”: Q&A With Amy Littlefield Our abortion access reporter’s new book reports on the grassroots social movement that amassed enough power to overturn legal abortion, despite being a minority point of view.

Im halfway thru this book. Fascinating, easy read - like a murder mystery. Lots of characters I did not know. Not surprising. Lotsa Catholics. Some very flawed Dems.

@amylittlefield.bsky.social

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Given No Choice: A History of Abortion Rights Given No Choice: A History of Abortion Rights [McDevitt, Cody] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Given No Choice: A History of Abortion Rights

Six years of reporting, hundreds of interviews, and one buried history—now told. Given No Choice traces abortion rights from back-alley deaths to the post-Dobbs fight unfolding today. Read more: www.amazon.com/Given-No-Cho...