Missouri’s GOP Has a New Strategy to Ban Abortion—Attack Trans Kids – Mother Jones

“I’ve had Republican colleagues tell me, you know, not all of them actually even care about this,” Thomas said. They said that some of their colleagues are “secretly fairly supportive” of trans people. But 53 anti-trans bills were introduced by members of Missouri’s Republican supermajority in the past year. Total abortion bans, by contrast, are not at all popular…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/missouri-gop-transgender-abortion-ban-amendment-3/

 

LIVE DEBATE [Pick Your Poison Topic] 5-13-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)

TIMESTAMPS

1:52 Meta Trash - A nice, quick crash out

10:25 Steph - Could people seeing a resurrected Jesus be hallucinating? What other accounts of missing bodies or empty tombs can we trust? What does Zechariah say about the end times?

46:05 Papa Bless - M’s joins; Can thoughts be accounted for in a materialistic worldview? Determinism and causality

1:16:35 God’s Sword - Do we have proof of evolution leading to new species? Some bad biology from caller

1:40:30 John Doe - Has Justin ever approached the Bible from a mythological or esoteric POV? Caller claims we all are gods and God is consciousness

2:01:35 Myke - Not a Christian and wants to just argue against abortion

2:11:05 Avail - Is it okay for God to unalive babies? Are Christian morals objective?

2:51:35 Yankee - Caller thinks aliens brought life to Earth a long time ago

3:04:10 PseudonymouslyBob - Does homosexuality break from the norm? Caller resorts to the dictionary definition of “wrong”

3:14:00 Constantine Chronicles [Philbro] - Caller is insulting and bad faith from the start; Justin and caller try to work through a syllogism but don’t get past P1

3:36:40 Justeen - Can premonitions be proof of God? What about Revelation and the mark of the beast? Do we have proof of miracles or possessions?

4:25:15 Catholic Thinker -Caller joins to help Justin clean up one of Justin’s arguments about James 2:10 and harden it against Catholic doctrine

5:16:00 alethia - Venus joins; If you abort a pregnancy, can you get forgiveness still? How did Jesus view the Mosaic Law? Caller questions the translations of the Bible

6:06:40 Superchats and wrap up

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/AXLNtQfNaHo?si=GKbH5yLrhV48zSHX

GA Senate race: Mike Collins said Jon Ossoff backs abortion ‘up until and past birth.’ That’s False. – PolitiFact

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said he supports the federally protected right to abortion that was established in Roe v. Wade. 

The Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling in Roe determined that a person could choose to have an abortion until the fetus had the ability to live outside the womb, which usually happens between 24 and 28 weeks after conception. It allowed abortions after viability when the life or health of the mother was at risk. 

Ossoff cosponsored and voted for some bills that allow abortions after 24 weeks when the mother’s life is at risk. They did not call for willful termination of a newborn’s life, which is illegal in every state…

https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/oct/16/mike-collins/collins-ossoff-abortion-georgia-roevwade/ 

Evangelicals weren't always anti-abortion

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JFFaJdcRsDI

 

Anti-Abortion Leader Tells Rape Victim She Should Have Stayed Pregnant at 9

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbNwJ2LHkE

 

Is abortion really settled in Michigan? Ask John James.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WP60vG7p488

 

Red States Just Asked the Supreme Court to Kill Abortion Shield Laws – Mother Jones

“It’s painfully obvious that anti-abortion extremists are targeting shield laws because they are working.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/red-states-just-asked-the-supreme-court-to-kill-abortion-shield-laws/

Meet Kristan Hawkins, the “Charlie Kirk of Abortion” – Mother Jones

Along the way, we saw Hawkins try to defend extreme positions at odds with how the majority of Americans think. It was an illuminating, and unsettling, look not just at Hawkins, but at the entire anti-abortion movement at a critical, and unexpected, crossroads…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/meet-kristan-hawkins-the-charlie-kirk-of-abortion/

 

Trump’s FDA Pick Refuses to Say IUDs Don’t Cause Abortions – Mother Jones

“As mifepristone is under scrutiny at the state and federal levels, Dr. Overton leverages her status as a physician to deceive the public about medications we know are safe.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/trumps-fda-pick-refuses-to-say-iuds-dont-cause-abortions-birth-control-extremist-reproductive-rights-senate-hearings/

 

Justice Dept. Releases False "Anti-Catholic" Bias Report (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #651)

— Justice Department “Weaponization” report falsely accuses FBI of anti-Catholic bias. (0:55)

— Maine Supreme Court says dad can block daughter from attending mom’s harmful church. (27:30)

— Texas evangelist raises flag lowered for Dolly Parton in anti-LGBTQ stunt. (46:17)

— Christian Nationalist preacher claims his ministry has raised “over 50 people” from the dead. (57:30)

— New Jersey didn’t ban prayer outside abortion clinics, but Christians are lying about it anyway. (1:06:20)
Interview: 

https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/09/02/justice-dept-releases-false-anti-catholic-bias-report/

Providers see more abortions later in pregnancy as bans spread in US

Patients are showing up ‘later and sicker’ for abortion care as more US states adopt bans and significant restrictions…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/abortion-bans-later-procedures

 

Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect

“After heartbreaking consultations with medical providers and their own research about the suffering and quality of life HLHS babies endure, A.B. and C.D. made the difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy,” the filing read, referring to Gilkar and Ahmed with anonymized initials. “It is undisputed that West initially agreed and that she herself made the initial appointment. She then unilaterally changed her mind, cut off all contact with A.B. and C.D., and withdrew medical releases allowing A.B. and C.D. to have contact with all medical providers.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/surrogate-mother-texas-gives-birth

 

Rest assured, the new CDC director thinks ‘abortion surveillance’ is essential

“The CDC collects data on abortions that are committed in the United States of America through a system called the Abortion Reporting System,” Hawley said when asking Schwartz whether she would commit to collecting detailed data on abortions. “This system is voluntary, and so a number of states, not coincidentally large blue states, do not turn over any data, so that it’s difficult to get a picture of just how many abortions and under what circumstances are committed in this country. We do know the numbers are going way up.”

 “Senator, you have my commitment,” Schwartz replied. “Abortion surveillance is absolutely a critical component of what the CDC is currently doing.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/08/cdc-abortion-surveillance-schwartz-hawley

Republicans are FURIOUS over new abortion numbers

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STf4GYhxgsY

Idaho clinic requires doctors to be anti-LGBTQ!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k0iUHnI8t4o

 

Todd Blanche Just Opened the Door to a National Abortion Ban – Mother Jones

The 19th-century law made it a federal crime to mail, possess, give away, or sell “obscene materials”—including items used for abortion. Parts of the law relating to birth control were repealed in 1971, but Comstock was never repealed in its entirety. When abortion providers started prescribing pills to patients in states where abortion was banned thanks to “shield” laws, anti-abortion activists argued that this was a violation of the Comstock Act. Project 2025 also called for criminal prosecutions of abortion pill providers under Comstock, though the document only references the law by statute number, not by name. 

In response, a December 2022 opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said it was not illegal for the U.S. Postal Service and other carriers like FedEx and UPS to deliver abortion medications to states that ban abortion, and that Comstock did not apply unless the sender intended pills to be used unlawfully. That interpretation has reassured abortion providers that they can prescribe pills across state lines without fear of federal prosecution...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/todd-blanche-just-opened-the-door-to-a-national-abortion-ban/

 

Federal judge asks Michigan high court to weigh in on limiting state civil rights law

The lawsuit was filed by the anti-abortion rights organization Right to Life of Michigan. The legal action claims the recently adopted provision of Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act places the organization in an impossible position. The provision forbids discrimination in hiring or promotion based on exercising the right to have an abortion...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-07-14/federal-judge-asks-michigan-high-court-to-weigh-in-on-limiting-state-civil-rights-law

 

You need to WAKE UP if you think this is okay

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9LLAGCpUvoU

Abortion is NOT child sacrifice (Dan McClellan and Dan Beecher; Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)

Senator Mike Lee has taken to invoking Moloch online, recasting abortion as ancient child sacrifice to a bloodthirsty god. There's just one problem: there's no good evidence Moloch was ever a god at all — the word points to a type of sacrifice, not a deity — and the Hebrew Bible draws a sharp line between a born person and a fetus. This episode, we untangle the Moloch myth, trace how abortion got built into a political wedge issue, and confront the far thornier texts where it is the God of Israel who seems to be asking for child sacrifice. 

Chapters:

0:00 — Intro

1:49 — Twisted Scripture: Mike Lee

3:29 — The Talarico Tweet

5:20 — Moloch on the Altar

6:38 — Abortion as Child Sacrifice

8:46 — Property, Not a Person

11:50 — Inventing a Wedge Issue

14:31 — The Magic Bullet Vote

16:49 — Moloch Was Never a God

17:58 — Reconstructing Lost Vowels

22:25 — The Milcom Corruption

24:03 — The Bible's Child Sacrifice

26:43 — "Give Me Your Firstborn"

30:47 — What Actually Reduces Abortion

32:42 — Outro

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/_z9O6745SmU?si=E_zx3ZuGLKwZqMhk

How abortion in America has changed since the Dobbs decision : NPR

…But other developments have been surprising, including the role of the internet and the mail in increasing access to abortion, even in those very same states. This year, voters will again consider ballot measures to protect or restrict abortion access across the country. Dramatic stories of medical care denied to pregnant patients continue to unfold across the country. 

Here are four things to know about the state of abortion access in America today…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5869560/abortion-dobbs-roe-rights-restrictions-anniversary-update