War on Women

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Lucy Worsley Investigates - PBS
One segment looks into witches in 1500's. Very clearly repugs are treating trans people just like they treated witches then except they haven't hung or burned any yet as far as I know. Same language, same accusations, same associations with evil yada.

Good show.

Maybe the "witches" should have fought back.

Lawmakers Just Proposed Making It Illegal For Men To Have Unprotected Sex Unless They Intend To Make A Baby, And YES, This Is REAL

It’s a ballsy move, but two Ohio State Representatives have introduced a bill that would make it illegal for men to have unprotected sex if it’s not intended to make a baby.

If the “Conception Begins at Erection Act” passes, men in Ohio could be charged with a felony if they “discharge genetic material” without intending to get a woman pregnant.

However, the bill does provide exceptions if the male partner uses protection or contraception, masturbates on their own, donates sperm, or is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

Think it sounds nutty? You’ll get no arguments from Rep. Anita Somani, who co-sponsored the bill with fellow Democrat Tristan Rader.

In an editorial for the Columbus Dispatch, Somani, a gynecologist, admitted she knows “how ludicrous my sounds” but said that was the point.

“Is my bill offensive because it dares to attack men? Maybe, but again, as an OB/GYN, I’m against regulating anyone’s reproductive rights,” she said. Those decisions, she argued, ”should be between the patient and the physician without criminal penalties being built into bills conservative organizations are promoting across the country.”

... “Men can go to any state in the United States and have the same rights no matter where they are,” Somani added....

“We shouldn’t be penalizing reproductive care for anybody, and that, again, is why we have the felony piece of this bill,” Somani said.

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When Your Home State Also Becomes Your Abuser
The leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide, most often by an abusive partner with a gun. And Texas is forcing victims to stay pregnant, while making it easier for abusers to get guns.

Trump Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence, Citing ‘DEI’
Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.

The Trump administration abruptly pulled funding last week for a research grant meant to protect pregnant women from domestic violence because it was categorized as a “DEI” study.

The National Institute of Health grant funded a two-year project to create a training program for early career clinicians to measure intimate partner violence and pregnancy. The leading cause of death among pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S. is homicide by an abusive partner. Perinatal women are more than twice as likely to be murdered than to die from sepsis, hypertensive disorders or hemorrhage.

The grant was awarded last September after hundreds of hours of work from researchers, scientists and other staff, including some NIH grant officers, three of the four lead researchers told HuffPost. The goal was to create a three-day hybrid training program for OB-GYNs, public health researchers and other clinicians across the country to help spot and measure the correlation between domestic violence and pregnancy.

President Donald Trump has pledged to protect women, and yet research that could go on to save the lives of thousands of pregnant women and mothers has been unceremoniously cut. The move is particularly confounding given that Trump’s conservative Supreme Court repealed federal abortion protections, leading to nearly 20 states enacting abortion bans and forcing more people to stay pregnant.

With more pregnant women in the U.S. and maternal mortality rates on the rise, this research is arguably more important than ever. But it was caught up in the Trump administration’s broader campaign to slash all federal initiatives for diversity, equity and inclusion.

... Sarah Peitzmeier, the third researcher who spoke with HuffPost, pointed out that domestic violence during pregnancy is linked to often larger, more costly infant and maternal health issues.

“We know intimate partner violence during pregnancy is linked to miscarriage, hemorrhage, placental disruption and postpartum depression. It’s also linked to negative infant outcomes, preterm birth, low birth weight,” Peitzmeier said. “These are really non-partisan issues that everyone should care about.”

“And these are expensive issues, too,” Metheny added. “These are things that cost the American taxpayer millions and millions and millions of dollars a year. By going to the source and the root problem, which sometimes is IPV [intimate partner violence], then this is one way to actually decrease unnecessary health care costs and improve the health of pregnant people.”

An estimated 324,000 pregnant people are abused each year by an intimate partner, and that number is likely to increase as more people stay pregnant after the fall of Roe v. Wade. Since the landmark Supreme Court decision, calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline about reproductive coercion ― a form of intimate partner violence specific to pregnancy and reproductive health ― have doubled across the country.

Researchers in a 2024 study found that there’s “a dire need for universal screening and interventions,” after concluding that pregnant women are more likely to be murdered by an abusive partner if they live in a state where abortion is restricted....

POTUS Musk and PINO really hate women.

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The National Institute of Health grant funded a two-year project to create a training program for early career clinicians to measure intimate partner violence and pregnancy.

Y'all need training to recognize this, that's really sad.
You do know that people like this are products of liberal thinking, do what the hell they want without consequences. Which is also sad, you don't need a training program to recognize & measure that.

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Of course.

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Shannon Sharpe’s decision to date a woman over 30 years his junior has come back to bite him, according to fans of Mo’Nique, who’ve shared a resurfaced clip from their 2024 Club Shay Shay interview where she warns him about dating “young bi*ches.”

The clip went viral — again — after it was revealed that Sharpe’s current sexual assault accuser met the former NFL star, 56, in 2023 at the age of 22.

“You better take your old a** and get somebody to love you,” Mo, 57, tells Sharpe in the clip, adding that he needs an “old gal” that can cook, is willing to rub his feet, and will support him beyond reaping the benefits of his bank account.

“You don’t need no 26-year-old girl, you don’t need no 36-year-old girl…take your old a** and get you an old bi*ch out there that can love you old,” she went on. “You trying to hang out with these young bi*ches, you can’t do it Shannon, you just can’t do it!”




Sharpe is currently being sued for $50M by an ex-girlfriend now accusing him of assault, sexual assault, battery, and sexual battery, in addition to the intentional infliction of emotional distress. While she filed the Nevada suit as a Jane Doe, Sharpe and his legal team revealed her to be OnlyFans model Gabriella ‘Gabbi’ Zuniga.
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Male White supremacist MAGA detests science.

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Male White supremacist MAGA detests science.

And people of color and women apparently.