"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."

theguardian.com/global-develop…

#PublicHealth #SocialMedia #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #lgbtq #queer #censorship #shadowban

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content

More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings

^{Aisha Down (The Guardian)}

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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#News #Women #Health #Abortion #Pregnancy #Texas #Law #USPolitics

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

^{andrea.wise@propublica.org (ProPublica)}