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Chuck Darwin<p>By describing a fetus as a person from conception, Trump has legitimized <a href="https://c.im/tags/fetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fetal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/personhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personhood</span></a>. </p><p>Pro-abortion activists have long warned that fetal personhood, <br>an ideology that calls for providing equal human rights to a fetus <br>(even if it’s a cluster of cells), <br>will effectively strip pregnant people of their own rights. </p><p>The legal language employed by fetal personhood also effectively categorizes any person receiving an abortion at any stage as a <a href="https://c.im/tags/murderer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murderer</span></a>.</p><p>But the concept of fetal personhood is not only weaponized to limit abortion access<br>—it’s also been leveraged at the state level to restrict in vitro fertilization ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> ) access for intended parents in places such as Alabama, <br>and even used to limit access to forms of <a href="https://c.im/tags/birth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birth</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a>. <br>In May, the Texas GOP attempted to transform fetal personhood into law, claiming that “abortion is not healthcare, it is homicide,” <br>and called on lawmakers to extend “equal protection of the laws to all preborn children from the moment of fertilization"</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/190506/donald-trump-fetal-personhood-executive-order" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/190506/do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-fetal-personhood-executive-order</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/measure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measure</span></a> cleared for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/November" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>November</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballot</span></a></p><p>The Arizona <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AbortionAccessAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionAccessAct</span></a> collected around 578,000 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/valid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>valid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signatures</span></a>, significantly more than the nearly 384,000 it needed to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/qualify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qualify</span></a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballot</span></a>. The Amendment would <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/guarantee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guarantee</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> to an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> up to the point of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/viability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viability</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://19thnews.org/2024/08/arizona-abortion-rights-ballot-measure-november/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2024/08/arizona-a</span><span class="invisible">bortion-rights-ballot-measure-november/</span></a></p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p>Epidemiological <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Alert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alert</span></a> - <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Oropouche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oropouche</span></a> in the Region of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Americas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americas</span></a>: <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/vertical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vertical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/transmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transmission</span></a> event under <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigation</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> - 17 July 2024 <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/brazil/epidemiological-alert-oropouche-region-americas-vertical-transmission-event-under-investigation-brazil-17-july-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reliefweb.int/report/brazil/ep</span><span class="invisible">idemiological-alert-oropouche-region-americas-vertical-transmission-event-under-investigation-brazil-17-july-2024</span></a> </p><p>On 6 June 2024, case sought medical attention after noticing lack of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/fetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fetal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> at 30 wks gestation. On same day, fetal <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> was confirmed. Fetus was sent to Death Verification Service of Recife (SVO-Recife per its acronym in Portuguese) for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/histopathological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histopathological</span></a> examination to investigate the presence of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/arbovirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arbovirus</span></a> (1).</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>“The three embryos that we have, that are frozen right now, that we can’t use as of right now, are very important to us and our best hope,” Tucker Legerski said. “I don’t know if we would be able to afford another egg retrieval and transfer or creating more embryos, because of the emotional and financial costs.”</p><p>The Legerskis are far from the only prospective parents wondering what the future of IVF holds, both inside Alabama and beyond its borders. IVF patients and advocates in Alabama are rushing to figure out what the ruling and subsequent cessation of care means for their deeply time-sensitive plans. </p><p>Outside Alabama, people are petrified that similar restrictions could soon surface in their state now that Alabama has blazed a trail.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/24/us-infertility-patients-ivf-alabama-ruling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/24/us-infertility-patients-ivf-alabama-ruling</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fetal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/personhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personhood</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/extrauterine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extrauterine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> lawmakers have postponed a bill that would give fetuses civil rights after a similar ruling in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> has halted in vitro fertilization treatment at several clinics in the state.</p><p>The “<a href="https://c.im/tags/fetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fetal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/personhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personhood</span></a>” bill had been gaining support amid Florida’s mostly Republican lawmakers. <br>The legislation attempts to define a fetus as an “unborn child”, allowing parents to collect financial damages in the case of wrongful death, the Tampa Bay Times reported.</p><p>But the bill has largely stalled after Democrats argued that the legislation could affect in vitro fertilization ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> ) treatments, as seen in Alabama after the state’s supreme court ruled earlier this month that embryos created through IVF are considered “<a href="https://c.im/tags/extrauterine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extrauterine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a>”. <br>Since the ruling, several Alabama IVF clinics have paused services.</p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/27/fetal-personhood-ivf-florida?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/27/fetal-personhood-ivf-florida?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>