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"It's important not to lose track of what is behind the numbers. Sometimes we talk about numbers. Oh, this is an increase in mortality, a percent increase. What is a percent? It's a human. It's a child. It could be your child. It could be my child."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"It's important not to lose track of what is behind the numbers. Sometimes we talk about numbers. Oh, this is an increase in mortality, a percent increase. What is a percent? It's a human. It's a child. It could be your child. It could be my child."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📽️ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L
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This week, we won a court order stopping the federal government from defunding Planned Parenthood.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
Court order secures medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a victory in a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday.
cbs6albany.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This week, we won a court order stopping the federal government from defunding Planned Parenthood.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
This attack by the Trump administration is as dangerous as it is illegal. I'll keep fighting to protect New Yorkers’ health care and reproductive freedom.
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The Gates Foundation says child deaths are rising for the first time this century — 200,000 more kids under 5 will die this year.
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
More kids are dying—thanks to Trump
For decades, the United States has played a major role in reducing child mortality. The Trump administration’s stance seems to be “well, what if we didn’t?” The Gates Foundation issued a ...
www.dailykos.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Gates Foundation says child deaths are rising for the first time this century — 200,000 more kids under 5 will die this year.
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump’s answer? Shut down USAID and slash global health funding.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has been quietly working to remove in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for active duty military members.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been quietly working to remove in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for active duty military members.
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President Trump’s barbaric anti-family, anti-freedom policies are killing women. There are no words to describe the pain Tierra Walker’s family and too many other families across the country are feeling. Accessible reproductive healthcare saves lives.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
President Trump’s barbaric anti-family, anti-freedom policies are killing women. There are no words to describe the pain Tierra Walker’s family and too many other families across the country are feeling. Accessible reproductive healthcare saves lives.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
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Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
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Trump and his lackeys today about the DC Natl Guard shooter: "WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET THESE PEOPLE (Afghanis) COME HERE!!!"
Maybe YOU shouldn't have betrayed them all to the Taliban when you let 5,000 of them loose and let them take over Afghanistan again, you rancid pieces of shit.
Maybe YOU shouldn't have betrayed them all to the Taliban when you let 5,000 of them loose and let them take over Afghanistan again, you rancid pieces of shit.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump and his lackeys today about the DC Natl Guard shooter: "WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET THESE PEOPLE (Afghanis) COME HERE!!!"
Maybe YOU shouldn't have betrayed them all to the Taliban when you let 5,000 of them loose and let them take over Afghanistan again, you rancid pieces of shit.
Maybe YOU shouldn't have betrayed them all to the Taliban when you let 5,000 of them loose and let them take over Afghanistan again, you rancid pieces of shit.
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Trump, Musk and Rubio committed a crime against humanity in this. It's deliberate mass murder of the world's most vulnerable. Send them all to the ICC for trials when this is over.
Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump, Musk and Rubio committed a crime against humanity in this. It's deliberate mass murder of the world's most vulnerable. Send them all to the ICC for trials when this is over.
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AI Chatbots are directing people to an anti-abortion hotline that pushes an unproven "abortion pill reversal."
There's no scientific proof that an "abortion pill reversal" is safe or that this treatment works.
This guidance is incredibly dangerous.
There's no scientific proof that an "abortion pill reversal" is safe or that this treatment works.
This guidance is incredibly dangerous.
AI Chatbots Give Harmful Tip to Users Seeking Abortion Reversal
Popular AI chatbots are routinely steering users who ask for advice on reversing an abortion to a hotline that promotes an unproven and potentially dangerous treatment, according to a new report.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
AI Chatbots are directing people to an anti-abortion hotline that pushes an unproven "abortion pill reversal."
There's no scientific proof that an "abortion pill reversal" is safe or that this treatment works.
This guidance is incredibly dangerous.
There's no scientific proof that an "abortion pill reversal" is safe or that this treatment works.
This guidance is incredibly dangerous.
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REMINDER: The House GOP's FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services bill dramatically cuts HIV & AIDS funding, including cutting ALL HIV prevention funding in the U.S.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
REMINDER: The House GOP's FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services bill dramatically cuts HIV & AIDS funding, including cutting ALL HIV prevention funding in the U.S.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
The next government funding deadline is January 30.
We're committed to preventing these cuts from becoming law.
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This is just sloppy reporting. Nothing in the article about how the Hyde Amendment already bans taxpayer $$ from funding abortion care.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is just sloppy reporting. Nothing in the article about how the Hyde Amendment already bans taxpayer $$ from funding abortion care.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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In 2023, Ohio voters overwhelmingly passed a ballot measure to protect their reproductive freedom. Do state Republicans care? Absolutely not.
Right now, they’re working to restrict abortion access by ending telehealth prescriptions and mail-order pills.
Right now, they’re working to restrict abortion access by ending telehealth prescriptions and mail-order pills.
Ohio GOP lawmakers move to ban telehealth, mail-order abortion pills • Ohio Capital Journal
Despite Ohioans overwhelmingly protecting access to abortion, Republican lawmakers are moving to restrict the procedure by ending telehealth prescriptions and mail-order pills.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In 2023, Ohio voters overwhelmingly passed a ballot measure to protect their reproductive freedom. Do state Republicans care? Absolutely not.
Right now, they’re working to restrict abortion access by ending telehealth prescriptions and mail-order pills.
Right now, they’re working to restrict abortion access by ending telehealth prescriptions and mail-order pills.
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There's a reason the orange man thinks it's politically advantageous to meet with the lefty messiah. It's because he thinks the fan base of that NY politician who also hates Dems, is gettable for him. Sit with that.
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
There's a reason the orange man thinks it's politically advantageous to meet with the lefty messiah. It's because he thinks the fan base of that NY politician who also hates Dems, is gettable for him. Sit with that.
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Over 600,000 are now dead due to USAID ending. In under a year. Six HUNDRED thousand. More than 2/3 were children. The plan to do this was in Project 2025 which was public well before the election. How many deaths before those who did not promote, endorse, and vote for Harris experience shame?
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Over 600,000 are now dead due to USAID ending. In under a year. Six HUNDRED thousand. More than 2/3 were children. The plan to do this was in Project 2025 which was public well before the election. How many deaths before those who did not promote, endorse, and vote for Harris experience shame?
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The new Missouri attorney general is suing the FDA over its approval of a new generic version of mifepristone, @annaspoerre.bsky.social reports. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/miss...
Missouri challenges FDA approval of new generic mifepristone in push to limit abortion
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is asking a federal court to roll back the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to approve a new generic brand of mifepristone, her first for...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The new Missouri attorney general is suing the FDA over its approval of a new generic version of mifepristone, @annaspoerre.bsky.social reports. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/miss...
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“That definitely wasn’t in my playbook. It should not have to be like this.” Just hours after surgery for uterine fibroids, Rep. LaMonica McIver — a target of Trump’s Justice Department — was in Washington to vote last week. https://bit.ly/4i5YV6m
A vote too important for Rep. LaMonica McIver to miss
Just hours after surgery for uterine fibroids, the New Jersey Democrat — a target of Trump’s Justice Department — was in Washington to vote last week.
19thnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“That definitely wasn’t in my playbook. It should not have to be like this.” Just hours after surgery for uterine fibroids, Rep. LaMonica McIver — a target of Trump’s Justice Department — was in Washington to vote last week. https://bit.ly/4i5YV6m
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If ACA enhanced tax credits aren’t extended, more than 20 million Americans will see their premium payments go up—making health care inaccessible or even causing some people to be uninsured because they can’t afford coverage.
No one's health care should be used as a political tool.
No one's health care should be used as a political tool.
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If ACA enhanced tax credits aren’t extended, more than 20 million Americans will see their premium payments go up—making health care inaccessible or even causing some people to be uninsured because they can’t afford coverage.
No one's health care should be used as a political tool.
No one's health care should be used as a political tool.
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This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
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Trump regime's USAID cuts have unleashed a savage health crisis and soaring death toll across Africa
From MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social
www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...
From MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social
www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...
Trump regime's USAID cuts have unleashed a savage health crisis and soaring death toll across Africa
When a government chooses austerity over humanity, the blood price is typically paid by people with no vote in the matter. In his first days of office, Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk’s attack DOGE t...
www.dailykos.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump regime's USAID cuts have unleashed a savage health crisis and soaring death toll across Africa
From MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social
www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...
From MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social
www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...
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Before praising MTG, think about who’s behind all this? Perhaps it’s not common sense, but rather someone named Thiel.
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Before praising MTG, think about who’s behind all this? Perhaps it’s not common sense, but rather someone named Thiel.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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Hey, don't buy this thing! As @jessicavalenti with Abortion Every Day points out, nothing good can come of this, or anything Peter Thiel is involved in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hey, don't buy this thing! As @jessicavalenti with Abortion Every Day points out, nothing good can come of this, or anything Peter Thiel is involved in.
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I feel like Gen-Z may not know that Republicans had an actual pedophile as Speaker of the House until 2007.
Let’s remind them.
Let’s remind them.
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I feel like Gen-Z may not know that Republicans had an actual pedophile as Speaker of the House until 2007.
Let’s remind them.
Let’s remind them.