Show threadNonilexJul 28, 2025

A provision in #Trump’s tax bill instructed the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to #abortion providers that received more than $800,000 from #Medicaid in 2023, even to those like #PlannedParenthood that also offer #MedicalServices like #contraception, #PregnancyTests, #STD testing & #CancerScreenings.

#law #SCOTUS #NationwideInjuctions #Healthcare #WomensHealth #FamilyPlanning

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jan 29, 2025

#EFF to State AGs: Time to Investigate Crisis #Pregnancy Centers

#CPCs (also known as “fake #clinics”) are facilities that are often connected to #religious organizations and have a strong #antiabortion stance. While many offer #pregnancytests, #counseling, and information, as well as limited medical services in some cases, they do not provide #reproductivehealthcare such as #abortion or, in many cases, contraception. Some are licensed #medical clinics; most are not.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/eff-state-ags-time-investigate-crisis-pregnancy-centers

EFF to State AGs: Time to Investigate Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Discovering that you’re pregnant can trigger a mix of emotions—excitement, uncertainty, or even distress—depending on your circumstances. Whatever your feelings are, your next steps will likely involve disclosing that news, along with other deeply personal information, to a medical provider or...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
ThePiperJan 3, 2025
A Platanna aka African Clawed Frog aka Xenopus lies in wait for prey.
Indigenous to Southern Africa they are apex predators in their environment
They were introduced into USA and Europe for pregnancy tests before more sophisticated tests were developed.
They are now considered a pest outside of Southern Africa
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doctors-used-to-use-live-african-frogs-as-pregnancy-tests-64279275/
#frogs
#PregnancyTests
#pests
#photography
Doctors Used to Use Live African Frogs As Pregnancy Tests

Now, those former test subjects may be spreading the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus around the world

Smithsonian Magazine
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Aug 9, 2023
#Extremeheat could impact the effectiveness of #birthcontrol and #pregnancytests
https://19thnews.org/2023/08/extreme-heat-effectiveness-birth-control-pregnancy-tests/