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Utah Forces Doctors To Tell Women Some Abortions Reversible


Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signed into law a bill that requires doctors to tell women that medication abortions can be reversed midway through the procedure. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists does not recommend women do so.
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They’re probably not.

By Laura Bassett
03/27/2017

NEW YORK - Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signed a bill into law [ http://www.times-standard.com/business/20170325/utahs-governor-signs-abortion-halting-legislation ] this weekend that requires doctors to tell women that medication abortions can be reversed midway through the process - a claim that is unsupported by science.

Medication abortions involve taking two separate medications, mifepristone and misoprostol, within two days of each other. The first drug blocks progesterone and sheds the uterine lining, and the second causes a full miscarriage. The Utah law, passed by the GOP-controlled House and Senate, claims that a woman can stop her abortion after taking the first pill by ingesting the hormone progesterone. Doctors’ groups dispute that theory.

“Claims of medication abortion reversal are not supported by the body of scientific evidence,” the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said in a statement [ http://www.acog.org/~/media/departments/state%20legislative%20activities/2015AZFactSheetMedicationAbortionReversalfinal.pdf ], “and this approach is not recommended in ACOG’s clinical guidance on medication abortion.”

The author of the bill, Rep. Kevin Stratton (R), said it helps women be more “educated” about their decision. “If you’re pro-choice, I would say that it helps you be educated in making the choice,” he said in an interview [ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865668044/Lawmakers-consider-abortion-reversal-bill.html?pg=all ] with the Deseret News. “If you’re pro-life, it gives an opportunity to look at the options if a decision is made to reverse course.”

Republicans in five states have passed or tried to pass “abortion reversal” bills, and a federal judge in Arizona blocked a similar law in 2015 after ACOG called it “tantamount to quackery [ https://www.reproductiverights.org/press-room/second-court-victory-for-az-women-in-two-days-district-court-continues-to-block-law-forcing-doctors-to-lie-to-women ].” The legislation is based on a single study [ http://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/04-APR-Annals-of-Pharmacotherapy.pdf ] of six women who had taken a dose of mifepristone and then tried to reverse their abortions. Four of the women in the study were able to continue their pregnancies. But mifepristone alone only works 30 to 50 percent of the time to end a pregnancy, so researchers say there is insufficient evidence [ http://d35brb9zkkbdsd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mife-reversal-review-2015.pdf ] to claim that it was the dose of progesterone that halted the abortions.

The Utah bill is the latest in a trend of state legislatures encouraging doctors to give women false or incomplete information about abortion. Last week, the Texas Senate approved a bill that would permit doctors to lie to women [ https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB25/id/1548615 ] about fetal abnormalities in order to discourage them from choosing abortion. And Republican lawmakers in Texas and Kansas have passed legislation [ http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/how-politicians-force-doctors-to-lie-to-women-w472618 ] requiring doctors to tell women that abortion is linked to breast cancer ? another medically unsupported claim.

But “abortion reversal” laws could actually put women’s health in danger by encouraging them to take a hormone that “can cause significant cardiovascular, nervous system and endocrine adverse reactions as well as other side effects,” according to ACOG. The doctors’ group recommends that instead of listening to politicians, women who change their minds halfway through a medication abortion have the same chance of success by “doing nothing and waiting to see what happens.” 

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Debate 3: The Good, The Bad, The Nasty (Act 1, Part 1) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 24, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w / , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w/videos ]

Our thoughts on the final debate... possibly ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjrsN0mEVoo [with comments]


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Debate 3: The Good, The Bad, The Nasty (Act 1, Part 2) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 24, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Donald Trump made American women's election cycles sync.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX9YWSetUkQ [with comments]


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OK Ladies Now Let's Get Information | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 24, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

As it turns out, women actually can be president...of other countries. Sam and Madeleine Albright find out more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AhzLEXWgY [with comments]


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First: Do No Harm. Second: Do No Pussy Stuff. | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 24, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Catholic Hospitals want you to leave a little room in your womb for Jesus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWuGgahmP7Y [with comments]


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Extended Interview: Dr. Rupa Natarajan | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 27, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Dr. Rupa Natarajan describes how the directives restricted her ability to care for her patients at the Catholic hospital where she worked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obC0IjaKzgE [with comments]


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Extended Interview: Jennafer Norris | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 27, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Jennafer Norris, like many women, was denied a tubal ligation by a Catholic hospital during emergency C-section, even though her life would be at risk if she were to get pregnant again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFWRfhDr000 [with comments]


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Extended Interview: Mindy Swank | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 27, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Mindy Swank was forced by a Catholic hospital to continue an unviable pregnancy after her water broke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9finqZJJNA8 [with comments]


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Extended Interview: Melanie Jones | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Published on Oct 27, 2016 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Melanie Jones spent two weeks bleeding and in unnecessary pain after a physician at a Catholic facility refused to remove her dislodged IUD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6iyAMFDjy4 [with comments]


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The Best of GodStuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB4Z5wA0Trw

Signs and Wonders - False Preachers and Bible Teachers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD1q7n2-uXg

More Stupid Christians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZznlL7uG18

No scattering of ashes or keeping them home, Vatican says
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2016/10/25/no-scattering-ashes-keeping-home-vatican-says/
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/msgsearchbyboard.aspx?boardID=1556&srchyr=2013&SearchStr=Gerhard+Mueller
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/msgsearchbyboard.aspx?boardID=1556&srchyr=2014&SearchStr=Gerhard+Mueller
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AND in particular http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=126024097

Catholic Church Bulletin Says You’ll Go To Hell If You Vote Democrat - San Diego
“Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell.”
"It is a mortal sin to vote Democrat."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/catholic-church-democrats-go-to-hell_us_581c1493e4b0d9ce6fbb1c3d

After months of controversy, Texas will require aborted fetuses to be cremated or buried
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/despite-months-of-outcry-texas-will-require-aborted-fetustes-to-be-cremated-or-buried/

Texas Law to Require Burial or Cremation Of Fetal Remains
http://jezebel.com/texas-law-to-require-burial-or-cremation-of-fetal-remai-1789450466

Texas Again Places Obstacles in Front of Those Seeking Abortions
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/us/abortion-texas-fetal-tissue-burials.html

Texas Will Now Require Funeral Services Whenever a Woman Has an Abortion or a Miscarriage
Conservatives in the state want to make sure women are punished for failing to give birth.
http://toblogs.alternet.org/human-rights/texas-abortion-funerals
original http://www.salon.com/2016/11/30/texas-will-now-require-funeral-services-whenever-a-woman-has-an-abortion/

The New Texas Abortion Law Is Actually Increasing The Cost Of The Procedure In A Disturbing Way
https://www.bustle.com/articles/197903-the-new-texas-abortion-law-is-actually-increasing-the-cost-of-the-procedure-in-a-disturbing

How Would Texas Lawmakers Have Wanted The Hospital To Handle My Abortion?
Three years ago last month, I learned 8 years after the fact that I had lost a twin pregnancy. I wrote about the experience here and reproduce part of that story below:
[...]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/12/01/how-would-texas-lawmakers-have-wanted-the-hospital-to-handle-my-abortion/

Texas releases abortion booklet citing refuted cancer links
A Texas state agency has released a new edition of a booklet for women considering an abortion that suggests there may be a link between terminating pregnancies and increased risks of breast cancer and depression
http://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-12-05/texas-releases-abortion-booklet-citing-refuted-cancer-links

State advises women to call 911 if under pressure to have abortion - Texas
Pamphlet urges women to dial if feeling pressured
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/State-advises-women-to-call-911-if-under-pressure-10704952.php

Texas throws yet another obstacle in the way of reproductive rights
http://www.laloyolan.com/opinion/texas-throws-yet-another-obstacle-in-the-way-of-reproductive/article_c4a9ae5d-7d1d-57b9-847e-d013f6d797e3.html

Texas May Face Lawsuit Over New Abortion Regulations
http://elpasoheraldpost.com/tx-lawsuit-abortion-regs/

Texas’ Required Booklet On Abortion Is Full Of Dangerous Lies
It peddles debunked claims about abortion’s link to mental illness, cancer and infertility.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-abortion-booklet_us_58473fc7e4b08c82e888b209

Ohio Moves To Ban Abortion 6 Weeks After Conception
That’s before some women even realize they’re pregnant.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ohio-moves-to-ban-abortion-six-weeks-after-conception_us_58480c29e4b08c82e888e4fe

The Man Behind Ohio’s ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban Was Accused Of Domestic Violence In 2011
“She got a little upset,” he said. “Girls do that.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kris-jordan-domestic-violence_us_584820ece4b0b9feb0da6031

Ohio Legislature Approves Ultra-Strict ‘Heartbeat Bill’ On Abortion
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/ohios-heartbeat-bill-on-abortion-goes-to-governor.html

Is Ohio 'Heartbeat' Bill a Feint Before More Successful Blow to Women's Rights?
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-heartbeat-bill-feint-more-successful-blow-women-s-rights-n693326

Montana Abortion Bill Would Force Doctors To Resuscitate Fetuses
The bill would effectively ban late-term abortions under the guise of protecting women’s health.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/montana-abortion-bill_us_58b08654e4b0780bac292a73

Looking at How Abortion Restrictions Endanger Women’s Lives
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/looking-at-how-abortion-restrictions-endanger-womens-lives

U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/17/509734620/u-s-abortion-rate-falls-to-lowest-level-since-roe-v-wade
report (by the Guttmacher Institute) https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2017/us-abortion-rate-continues-decline-hits-historic-low

Conservatives Are Taking Credit for a Record-Low Abortion Rate. Not So Fast.
Fewer women are having unintended pregnancies.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/new-survey-finds-decline-abortions

Oklahoma Republican Says God Can Use Rape And Incest To ‘Bring Beauty From Ashes’ ( https://youtu.be/57aWGJW0XbA )
“The Lord uses all circumstances.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oklahoma-abortion-bill-god-rape-incest_us_58d33663e4b0b22b0d19cb53

UT REPORT RELEASED: 15 percent of undergraduate women raped, data show
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/report-released-percent-undergraduate-women-raped-data-show/0KSfQMAzz6SJQSP116tQsN/

This Student Was Raped Twice In Her Dorm. Now She’s Suing Her School. - Columbia
“I’m fearful every day that he’ll find me and assault me again.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-student-was-raped-twice-in-her-dorm-now-shes-suing-her-school_us_58d41a14e4b0f838c630a3b3

GOP Senator Sorry For Joking About Mammograms, But Still Won’t Cover Them
Sen. Pat Roberts acknowledged mammograms “are essential to women’s health.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pat-roberts-mammograms_us_58d401a3e4b0b22b0d1acb99

Texas lawmaker Jessica Farrar wants men fined for masturbating - further to http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=129636012
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39251655

'Fine men who masturbate for act against unborn child': Read the official bill in full
'Men’s Right To Know Act' highlights unfair targeting of women by regulations in reproductive health care
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/masturbation-fine-bill-unborn-child-read-it-in-full-official-a7629511.html

With proposal to penalize men for masturbating, legislator aims to shake up health debate
State Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Houston Democrat, has filed House Bill 4260, which would fine men $100 for masturbating.
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/03/12/rep-farrar-bill/

Heroic Lady Politician Proposes Bill That Bans Male Masturbation, Sets “Waiting Time” For Viagra
http://www.themarysue.com/politician-proposes-bill-that-bans-male-masturbation/

Author of masturbation fine bill says GOP lawmakers bent on retaliation
AUSTIN — In another battle on the culture war front in the Texas House, a Democratic lawmaker said GOP legislators on Tuesday targeted her to show their displeasure with her attempt to satirize Republican efforts to curb abortion.
"This was, as I was told, a way to put a woman in her place," said Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, calling the move an example of "misogyny" in the Republican male-dominated House. 
Last week, she filed a bill that poked fun at Republican-led laws that have reduced access to women's reproductive health care in Texas by proposing that men abide by some of the same restrictions that are imposed on women seeking abortions.
Many GOP House lawmakers on Tuesday voted against an unrelated bill by Farrar having to do with attorneys' fees, an action she said was retribution for her satirical proposal. The attorneys' fee bill narrowly passed, 75-70. 
[...]
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/03/14/author-masturbation-fine-bill-says-gop-lawmakers-bent-retaliation

Supposed ‘Burial Slab’ Of Jesus Christ Uncovered For First Time In Centuries
The slab had been encased in marble since at least 1555.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jesus-burial-bed-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre_us_58114e15e4b0990edc2f24e9

Creationist Ken Ham Says There Are No Intelligent Aliens... Because Aliens Can’t Possibly Exist
Poor E.T.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ken-ham-aliens_us_580ed0eae4b02444efa504bd

Creationist Ken Ham Gets Into Weirdest Twitter Fight With Washington Post Over Dinosaurs
Ham’s Noah’s Ark Encounter depicts dinosaurs living in cages.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ken-ham-noahs-ark-dinosaurs-twitter-fight_us_5869e405e4b0de3a08f8f4a5

Evangelicals Aren’t Who You Think They Are (. . .)
The truth is that most U.S. evangelicals do not support Trump.
by Jim Wallis
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/evangelicals-arent-who-you-think-they-are_us_5810cfe6e4b06e45c5c7012e

A Troubling Number Of White Christians Actually Favor Trump’s Muslim Ban
So much for welcoming the stranger.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-christian-muslim-ban_us_580fac0be4b02b1d9e634e15

Dear Evangelicals, I Don’t Think You Realize How You Sound To Everybody Else - and linked related
Your actions are the best argument for who you really are and what you really believe.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dear-evangelicals-i-dont-think-you-realize-how-you_us_58af2c13e4b0e5fdf6196f4f

Breaking Faith
The culture war over religious morality has faded; in its place is something much worse.
Why did religiously unaffiliated Republicans embrace Trump’s bleak view of America? - SAME IMPULSE/THING
For years, political commentators dreamed that the culture war over religious morality that began in the 1960s and ’70s would fade. It has. And the more secular, more ferociously national and racial culture war that has followed is worse. - NO - SAME THING - CHRISTIAN VS MUSLIM ( http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=129013931 )
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/breaking-faith/517785/

This Jesus Needs A Minor Miracle To Ride An Escalator ( https://youtu.be/iTeq7svQCQA )
Mind the cross.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jesus-escalator-cross_us_58b7a111e4b023018c6cfd44

World’s Earliest-Known Ten Commandments Stone Fetches $850,000 At Auction
The buyer must put the artifact on public display as part of the sales deal.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earliest-known-ten-commandments-stone-auction_us_582d734de4b058ce7aa9455f

The Life-Changing Magic of Mushrooms - tie http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=95424311 , http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=127562446
A single dose of magic mushrooms can make people with severe anxiety and depression better for months, according to a landmark pair of new studies.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/the-life-changing-magic-of-mushrooms/509246/
studies:
http://jop.sagepub.com/content/30/12/1181.full
http://jop.sagepub.com/content/30/12/1165.full

F.D.A. Agrees to New Trials for Ecstasy as Relief for PTSD Patients
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/ptsd-mdma-ecstasy.html

Can self-awareness be taught? Monkeys pass the mirror test—again
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/03/15/1701676114

Human ancestor 'Lucy' was a tree climber, new evidence suggests
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-human-ancestor-lucy-tree-climber.html
original PR https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/uota-ha113016.php
study http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166095

Lucy, our famous ancestor, was built for tree-dwelling
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/lucy-tree-dwelling-ancestor/

Skulls found in China were part modern human, part Neanderthal; possibly new species
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/03/skulls-found-in-china-were-part-modern-human-part-neanderthal-possibly-new-species/
study http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6328/969
Science(? - nope) YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjNhNj28Jek (with Flying Spaghetti Monster in place of god in illustration)
PR https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/wuis-1hs022117.php

‘Mosaic’ skulls linked to mysterious Denisovan humans who went extinct in the last ice age
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/evolution/mosaic-skulls-linked-to-mysterious-denisovan-humans-who-went-extinct-in-the-last-ice-age/news-story/57645490d7c639550e24c89b2218a675

Ancient skulls give clues to China human history
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39118752

Scientists Think These Skulls May Be New Human Ancestor
Two fossils combine early human, Neanderthal features
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-these-skulls-new-human-ancestor-species-180962370/

Fossils reveal ancient “unknown” human in China
Two skulls are a "mosaic" of modern and Neanderthal features.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/fossils-reveal-a-new-unknown-ancient-human-in-china/

400,000-Year-Old Skull Fragment Points to Undiscovered Neanderthal Ancestor
http://www.newsweek.com/neanderthals-human-ancestors-567432

A 400,000-year-old skull fragment found in Portugal points to mystery people
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/evolution/a-400000yearold-skull-fragment-found-in-portugal-points-to-mystery-people/news-story/a88fc4dba073ab34967ef2fc958d3423

Ancient Skull Found In Portugal Cave May Shed Light On Ancestry Of Neanderthals
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/201862/20170316/ancient-skull-in-portugal-may-shed-light-on-ancestry-of-neanderthals.htm
study http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/03/07/1619040114.abstract


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