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Estelle Platini @estelle@techhub.social
· 34mo ago
How healthcare became official and a luxury – something that the rich elite had recourse to, and which everyone else had to do without: https://going-medieval.com/2017/05/26/on-medieval-healthcare-and-american-barbarism/ #midwives #monks #medieval #healthcare #Janega @DrEleanorJanega@mastodon.world #history #sociology @ethics@a.gup.pe @sociology@a.gup.pe @socialpsych@a.gup.pe #medicine #physicians #pandemic #ModernTimes #modernity #modern #MiddleAges #Europe
On medieval healthcare and American barbarism
Going Medieval

On medieval healthcare and American barbarism

As I’ve noted several times, I generally try to ignore whatever is currently passing for ‘governance’ in America at the moment, cuz I just ain’t got the patience, or ability to do all that emotiona…

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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space
· 2mo ago
"A Texas appeals court on Thursday dismissed an injunction that forced a Houston-area midwife to close her clinics, ruling that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office relied solely on an anonymous email as evidence that she violated the state’s 2022 abortion ban." https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/23/texas-midwife-ken-paxton-appeals-court-ruling/#healthcare #midwives #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortions #courts #texas
Ruling overturns closure of Texas midwife’s clinics
The Texas Tribune

Ruling overturns closure of Texas midwife’s clinics

The ruling says Attorney General Ken Paxton didn’t prove his allegations that the Houston-area clinics performed abortions when a lower court’s injunction forced them to close.

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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space
· 5mo ago
"Asked at a Congressional hearing about appropriations for family planning in May 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: 'There's no plan to spend that money. We're not going to be in that business globally. We're not going to do it.'" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/g-s1-118041/family-planning-birth-control-condoms-aid-cuts-rubio #healthcare #GlobalHealth #USAID #ForeignAid #ForeignAssistance #CHW #midwives #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning
The Trump team is quietly eliminating U.S. support for birth control abroad
NPR

The Trump team is quietly eliminating U.S. support for birth control abroad

Congress has allocated more than $500 million for family planning work internationally. The Trump administration hasn't spent it — and the consequences are already being felt.

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