#reproductive care

[emordnilapxpalindrome]

“If anyone needs to go camping in my state…” “If anyone needs to visit their aunt/cousin/friend…”

STOP. STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP.

FOR YOUR SAFETY, S T O P.

DO NOT VOLUNTEER TO HOST RANDOM STRANGERS. DO NOT AGREE TO BE HOSTED BY A RANDOM STRANGER.

DO NOT PUBLICLY POST THAT YOUR HOUSE WILL BE AN ABORTION SAVE HAVEN. OFFICIAL NETWORKS TO DO THIS ALREADY EXIST, NETWORKS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BACKGROUND CHECK, AND SHIELD THEIR VOLUNTEERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Even IF you personally know every person you’re offering this to and know with 100% certainty that they’re legit: YOU HAVE JUST CREATED A POTENTIALLY LEGALLY DAMNING DIGITAL PAPER TRAIL.

I know how obnoxious this is to say, but please: reblog this. I see these posts a lot, and I know most of you have good intentions. But these unoffical auntie networks are dangerous, both for those trying to help, and those seeking help. Law enforcement sees you. Violent anti-abortion extremists see you.

[Twitter thread]

#abortion #pro abortion #pro choice #reproductive freedom #reproductive care #reproductive rights #roe v wade #planned parenthood #reproductive healthcare #abortion ban #feminism #feminist #aunty network #auntie network

[transcourse]

hey pro-tip for people who can become pregnant, plan B only works best if you weigh below 155 lbs, Ella works best if you weigh below 195 lbs, and if you weigh over that your main alternative to an emergency contraceptive is a copper IUD. this is just one of many examples of healthcare that is fatphobic bc i see people totally uninformed about it

edit: remember that “works best” doesn’t mean “it doesn’t work”- it can still prevent pregnancy if you are over the recommended weights, it’s just less effective. for a fat person to have the same guarantee as a thinner person they’d have to go for an IUD, which is less accessible and palatable to a lot of people, which is total b.s. and the fact that nobody is taught this is evidence of fatphobia

#my post #pregnancy #fatphobia #reproductive care #reproductive healthcare #reproductive rights #birth control #roe v wade

[ethannku]

to my usamerican people:

here is an article that details the status of abortion rights in each state. roe v wade being overturned does not mean that abortion is illegal across the u.s., just that it is now determined on a state by state basis. please stay safe and stay informed.

the un-hyperlinked link is under the cut

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/abortion-stands-state-state-state-breakdown-abortion-laws/story?id=85390463

#amerca #roe vs. wade #roe v wade #abortion rights #reproductive rights #american politics #reproductive care #reproductive health #donate

[socialist-microwave-laser]

wow i just saw some fuckshit on my dash and had to unfollow some people... anyway hi fellow cripples, sickies, and general corporeal beings, i'd like to tell you about this lovely thing called the four thieves vinegar collective. this is its plain website, there are also multiple backups (including on tor), all with the same info

what is that info exactly?

well currently the website includes instructions on how to make:

your own tools needed to mix chemicals and make medications

epipens

defibrillators

on-hand o2

misoprotisol-infused cards that can be shipped through the mail that will help induce an abortion

solution to repair cavities

stickers

crochet plague doctors

tshirts, sweatshirts, mugs, patches, and more!

a representative has said people working with the collective are currently trying to figure out how to easily, safely, and reliably synthesize your own hrt, as well as a way to do the miso cards with mifepristone

do you or a loved one have privileged information regarding drug manufacturing, or have an especially easy time getting ahold of medication others may not be able to, and have the urge to share those resources with your fellow humans? this website also has information on how you can contact them, using methods with a wide range of security options

empower yourselves, empower your communities, and take care of each other

#anarchist #praxis #right to repair #right to information #right to choose #right to abortion #right to health #right to privacy #community self defence #disabled #cripplepunk #abortion #reproductive care #bodily autonomy

[sentienttoast]

#king #danny devito #the only white man's opinion I want to hear on this #id in alt text #image id in alt text #roe versus wade #roe v wade #roe vs. wade #abortion #women's rights #feminism #feminist #Scotus #supreme court #Supreme court of the united states #healthcare #reproductive care #reproductive rights

[reasonsforhope]

"Scientists have created mice with two biological fathers by generating eggs from male cells, a development that opens up radical new possibilities for reproduction.

The advance could ultimately pave the way for treatments for severe forms of infertility, as well as raising the tantalising prospect of same-sex couples being able to have a biological child together in the future.

“This is the first case of making robust mammal oocytes [a.k.a. egg cells] from male cells,” said Katsuhiko Hayashi, who led the work at Kyushu University in Japan and is internationally renowned as a pioneer in the field of lab-grown eggs and sperm.

Hayashi, who presented the development at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the Francis Crick Institute in London on Wednesday, predicts that it will be technically possible to create a viable human egg from a male skin cell within a decade. Others suggested this timeline was optimistic given that scientists are yet to create viable lab-grown human eggs from female cells.

Previously scientists have created mice that technically had two biological fathers through a chain of elaborate steps, including genetic engineering. However, this is the first time viable eggs have been cultivated from male cells and marks a significant advance. Hayashi’s team is now attempting to replicate this achievement with human cells, although there would be significant hurdles for the use of lab-grown eggs for clinical purposes, including establishing their safety.

“Purely in terms of technology, it will be possible [in humans] even in 10 years,” he said, adding that he personally would be in favour of the technology being used clinically to allow two men to have a baby if it were shown to be safe.

“I don’t know whether they’ll be available for reproduction,” he said. “That is not a question just for the scientific programme, but also for [society].”

The technique could also be applied to treat severe forms of infertility, including women with Turner’s syndrome, in whom one copy of the X chromosome is missing or partly missing, and Hayashi said this application was the primary motivation for the research.

Others suggested that it could prove challenging to translate the technique to human cells. Human cells require much longer periods of cultivation to produce a mature egg, which can increase the risk of cells acquiring unwanted genetic changes.

Prof George Daley, the dean of Harvard Medical School, described the work as “fascinating”, but added that other research had indicated that creating lab-grown gametes from human cells was more challenging than for mouse cells. “We still don’t understand enough of the unique biology of human gametogenesis to reproduce Hayashi’s provocative work in mice,” he said.

Study Methods

The study, which has been submitted for publication in a leading journal, relied on a sequence of intricate steps to transform a skin cell, carrying the male XY chromosome combination, into an egg, with the female XX version.

Male skin cells were reprogrammed into a stem cell-like state to create so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The Y-chromosome of these cells was then deleted and replaced by an X chromosome “borrowed” from another cell to produce iPS cells with two identical X chromosomes.

“The trick of this, the biggest trick, is the duplication of the X chromosome,” said Hayashi. “We really tried to establish a system to duplicate the X chromosome.”

Finally, the cells were cultivated in an ovary organoid, a culture system designed to replicate the conditions inside a mouse ovary. When the eggs were fertilised with normal sperm, the scientists obtained about 600 embryos, which were implanted into surrogate mice, resulting in the birth of seven mouse pups. The efficiency of about 1% was lower [although not THAT much lower] than the efficiency achieved with normal female-derived eggs, where about 5% of embryos went on to produce a live birth.

The baby mice appeared healthy, had a normal lifespan, and went on to have offspring as adults. “They look OK, they look to be growing normally, they become fathers,” said Hayashi.

Going Further

He and colleagues are now attempting to replicate the creation of lab-grown eggs using human cells.

Prof Amander Clark, who works on lab-grown gametes at the University of California Los Angeles, said that translating the work into human cells would be a “huge leap”, because scientists are yet to create lab-grown human eggs from female cells.

Scientists have created the precursors of human eggs, but until now the cells have stopped developing before the point of meiosis, a critical step of cell division that is required in the development of mature eggs and sperm. “We’re poised at this bottleneck at the moment,” she said. “The next steps are an engineering challenge. But getting through that could be 10 years or 20 years.”

-via The Guardian (US), 3/8/23

#genetics #gene editing #genetic engineering #reproductive care #infertility #infertility cw #ivf #science and technology #lgbtq #oocytes #gametes #turner syndrome #queer parenting #good news #hope

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #elevated access #reproductive healthcare #gender confirming care #reproductive freedom #reproductive health #reproductive rights #reproductive care #gender confirmation surgery #roe v wade

[willow-j]

wanted to let folks know planned parenthood is matching any donations you make until June 30. With abortion rights, lgbtqia+ rights, and women's rights in general under attack in republican controlled states, please consider donating as well if you are able.

#abortion rights #reproductive rights #reproductive care #reproductive freedom #Lgbtqia+ rights #Women's rights

[lasttarrasque]

#international women's day #women’s day #reproductive choice #reproductive care #feminism #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #israel #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free free palestine #current events #gaza strip #jerusalem

[mangedog]

thinking about women and reproductive ability. thinking about trans men and reproductive rights. thinking about intersex people whose bodies are closest to female and reproductive autonomy.

thinking about how Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (an intersex variation) affects around 13% of people assigned female at birth - which is a lot - and includes debilitating symptoms like chronic fatigue and extreme period pain and ovarian cysts, and yet 99% of treatment, research, and doctor concern is focused on infertility (and weight loss).

thinking about how difficult it is as a trans man to access reproductive care. how difficult it is to access a hysterectomy. for everyone, but especially trans men.

thinking about how the first thing my father's friend said when he found out i was a trans man was "i hope she doesn't do anything that will take away her ability to have kids". how my parents took my transition mostly in stride but how upset they were when i told them i was having a hysterectomy. how they insisted that I'll want kids some day, even though I'd consistently said my whole life that i didn't.

i hate the whole "women as walking wombs" thing because its so easy to slip into radfem, terf, right wing ideology. but sometimes it feels true.

#dogpost #reproductive care #reproductive rights #bodily autonomy #reproductive autonomy #& this doesnt even scratch the surface; i didnt mention non-white; disabled; poor; immigrant; fat etc people and the intersections thereof #also reminded of that post thats like 'pcos cant be recognised as an intersex variation bc then they'd have 2 acknowledge how common it is' #anyway this post is a mix of my experiences as a fat trans intersex man w pcos and my frustration with medical care

[imawitchywitch]

Dear folks who have a penis,

If you haven’t done so, please prioritize getting a vasectomy.

Thank you, from everyone who has a uterus

#abortion #pro choice #roe v wade #roe vs. wade #reproductive care #reproductive rights

[orthopoogle]

Early pregnancy tests are both a blessing and a curse, especially for women actively trying to conceive.

They’re a blessing in that they are helping women discover pregnancy earlier than ever before in history, usually before a period is even missed. This is great for women who are wanting to take precautions as soon as possible and avoid things like alcohol or too much caffeine early on in pregnancy, and there’s also an element of fun in knowing so soon. My first pregnancy was detected only three weeks on the dot after my period started, and it was because I used one of those First Response early tests.

However, they’re also a curse in that more women are beginning to actively recognize chemical pregnancies/early miscarriages. Most pregnancy failures happen in the first few weeks of pregnancy, but they were often not noticed until recently, since this usually happened before a classic pregnancy test could even pick a pregnancy up. Women who experienced chemical pregnancies typically wrote off the end of that cycle as a “heavy period” that was just a couple days late, since they had no way of knowing they were actually briefly pregnant.

I don’t know if I posted about it here, but during a cycle a few months after my miscarriage, I was getting very faint positives on early tests. I knew these weren’t just indent lines, because they were very clearly pink and consistent for a couple days before I started bleeding, like, a couple days after my period was due. I weirdly enough didn’t get heartbroken over this one, I guess because the fact that the lines never got darker clued me in that the pregnancy wasn’t going to stick. Anyway, the cycle following this fiasco was the one my son was conceived in, so had I not used any early tests, I probably would’ve been none the wiser that anything had even happened down there.

I think we’re going to get a lot more data in the coming years about just how common chemical pregnancies are as more and more women decide to test before their periods are due. We could see it become more common to openly discuss failed pregnancies, as well as experience more acceptance over the fact that miscarriages, while tragic, are a common part of the reproductive process, and they’re nothing for mothers to be ashamed of or necessarily panic over in relation to their chances of successfully carrying a pregnancy to term in the future.

#pregnancy loss tw #miscarriage tw #reproduction #reproductive care #reproductive medicine

[reasonsforhope]

A new drug was able to quickly and temporarily immobilize sperm in male mice, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, a discovery researchers described as a “game-changer” that could pave the way for a male contraceptive pill and could ultimately allow men to share equal responsibility with women for birth control.

A single oral dose of the drug immobilized mice sperm for up to two and a half hours and was 100% effective in the first two hours, the researchers said.

Treated mice showed normal mating behavior but none impregnated a mate despite 52 different attempts to do so, the researchers said, compared to almost a third of mice impregnating mates after being treated with an inactive control substance.

The drug is fast-acting—Melanie Balbach, one of the study’s authors and a researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine, said it worked within 30 to 60 minutes—and works by inhibiting an enzyme needed for sperm to function.

It is also temporary, with efficacy dropping to 91% at three hours and fertility returning to normal by the next day.

These properties set the drug apart from many of the other efforts to develop a male contraceptive, the researchers said, which often rely on hormones to control fertility and can take weeks or months to be effective or to wear off.

The study demonstrates proof-of-concept for “safe, non-hormonal, on-demand, male contraceptives,” the researchers said, and while it may work in theory any product will be many years and a great deal of testing in the future.

-via Forbes, 2/14/23

And there is ANOTHER breakthrough with a different method from just two months later:

A ground-breaking contraceptive pill for men could be just around the corner after a major genetic breakthrough. Scientists at Washington State University have identified a gene which temporarily renders sperm infertile after they remove it.

The research team discovered a protein encoded by this gene, found solely in the testicular tissue of most mammals, which reduced sperm counts and deformed remaining sperm to make them incapable of fertilizing an egg when altered. The potentially historic breakthrough contraceptive pill would also have no hormonal side-effects and could be additionally help control animal overpopulation — replacing castration.

Crucially, the destabilization of the infertility protein is not permanent, meaning sperm will recover once the person or animal stops taking the treatment. Scientists have hailed the discovery as potentially important for the future of the human race. In their study, researchers identified the expression of a gene called Arrdc5 in the testicular tissue of mice, pigs, cattle, and humans...

However, disrupting the functions of this protein will not require any hormonal interference, a key hurdle considering the multiple roles testosterone plays beyond sperm production in men, including the building of bone mass and muscle strength as well as red blood cell production. The team also says that designing a drug which only targets this protein would further make it easily reversible as a contraceptive.

-via Study Finds, 4/19/23

Note: Please excuse the cissexist language from the sources here, which I have not edited out for accuracy, etc. The Forbes article does respectfully discuss trans and nonbinary people and their birth control needs further down.

#birth control #contraception #reproductive care #reproductive rights #medical science #genetics #sperm #gender equality #good news #hope

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

#Roe v Wade #Roe #Wade #Roevember #Roe Roe Roe your vote #abortion #pro-choice #choice #right #rights #reproductive care #reproduction #vote #voting #voter #voters #register

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

What People Against Reproductive Health Say:

"Planned Parenthood performs more abortions than prenatal care.

What They Don't Mention:

Yes, Planned Parenthood did perform more abortions than prenatal care. They also performed more some services more than abortions.

In their 2019 to 2020 report (which an antichoicer clearly skimmed or just believed the antichoice article about) they are very detailed about the services provided.

4,528,873 STI Tests

861,664 HIV Tests

22,229 Genital Warts (HPV) Treatments

21,680 Other STI Prevention & Treatments

1,837,950 Reversible Contraception Clients

584,003 Emergency Contraception Kits

27 Female sterilization procedures

3,300 Vasectomy Clients

140,630 Other Contraceptive Services

269,669 Breast care

272,990 Pap Tests

31,624 HPV vaccines

16,950 Colposcopy procedures

1,567 LEEP Procedures

182 Cryotherapy procedures

5,870 Other Diagnostic procedures

208,248 Well-woman exams

1,108,436 Pregnancy tests

8,626 Prenatal services

2,110 Miscarriage Care

354,871 Abortions

31,912 Family practice services

2,667 Adoption referrals

40,200 UTI treatment

17,791 Other procedures

Now, inconsistent lettercasing aside, I'm fairly confident I copied all of that correctly. You can double-check here:

You see, reproductive health goes beyond prenatal care. It coves STI prevention. It can include cancer screenings and treatment. It can mean contraception, and yes, sometimes abortion.

#planned parenthood #reproductive care #Reproductive Health

[marvelmaniac2000]

Lmao I HAD to make my own meme of this because it still blows my mind what's happening... honestly tho like okay It's all good let me just lock up my pussy since we don't make our own decisions for our bodies anymore.. 🤷🏽‍♀️

#roe versus wade #feminism #feminist #pregnancy #abortion #roe v wade #supreme court #human rights #uterus #my body my choice #womens rights #reproductive care #relatable memes #funny memes