I apologize for the shortness of this diary — my copy and paste function is not working, so I cannot include quotations. I hope the URLs I copied by hand are accurate. Please let me know if any of them don’t work. None of them show as links, so you will have to paste them.
We are still dealing with the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, and most of the articles are about its consequences. We are still figuring out how this is affecting life and changing women’s reproductive healthcare, gathering information and finding ways to mitigate those effects.
I am tired of news about Herschel Walker, and therefore won’t deal with it.
Life Post-Roe
Planned Parenthood will begin operating a mobile clinic in Illinois near St. Louis, MO, which will offer examinations and dispense pills for abortions. Illinois has become a regional destination for abortion in the region. Later the clinic may provide surgical abortions as well. There may be other such clinics in the future to operate near red state borders and cut travel time for women who must travel far for abortion care.
www.http//npr.org/2022/10/3/1125797779/planned-parenthood-mobile-clinic-will-take-abortion-to-red-state-borders
Teenagers are turning to long-acting contraceptives, fearing that they will have to give birth if they become pregnant in states that have made (or may make) abortion illegal. Doctors say that both boys and girls are paying more attention when they bring up the subject.
www.http//medscape.com/viewarticle/981489
Since Dobbs, 66 abortion clinics have closed. There are 14 states where it is almost impossible to get an abortion: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin. And access is almost as limited in Georgia.
www.http//politico.com/news/2022/10/06/clinics-stopped-abortions-post-roe-00060534
Forty-eight organizations have signed a petition to Danco Labs to add miscarriage management to the approved uses for mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for abortions. We know there have been cases where women have been denied needed care while having a miscarriage because the pill is used for abortions and they might be prosecuted.
www.http//medscape.com/viewarticle/981844
Violence
A new report based on more than 200 interviews documents systemic sexual harrassment and abuse in US women’s soccer.
www.http//motherjones.com/politics/2022/10/nwsl-abuse-report-us-soccer-sally-yates/
Police violence — An officer who was killed in what was called a training accident is now reported to have been killed while investigating a gang rape by four police officers.
www.http//jezebel.com/lapd-officer-killed-in-training-accident-was-investig-1849612351
Congratulations
Arati Prabhakar has been confirmed to lead President Biden’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. She is both the first woman and the first black woman to hold that position.
www.http//theconversation.com/i-was-a=presidential-science-adviser-here-are-the-many-challenges-arati-prabhakar-faces-as-she-takes-over-president-bidens-science-policy-office-188273
Annie Ernaux has won the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature.
www.http//theconversation.com/2022/nobel-prize-in-literature-annie-ernaux-an-uncompromising-author-who-writes-from-experience-115092
RIP
Sadly, Loretta Lynn died this past Tuesday.
www.http//theconversation.E/loretta-lynn-was-more-than-a-great-songwriter-she-was-a-spokeswoman-for-white-rural-working-class-women
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As always, thanks are due to the WoW crew for sharing links and thoughts. This week that includes mettle fatigue, SandraLLAP, Tara TASW, and officebss.