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@quasimado

Senior reporter at writing about violence against women. RTs mean whatever I want.

New York City
Joined July 2008

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    Feb 11

    In 2016, I reached out to Lorena Bobbitt to retell her story with a modern understanding of domestic abuse & rape. My profile inspired the new Amazon docuseries, "Lorena". Read it here:

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  2. Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban

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  3. BREAKING: Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, 25 to 6.

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  4. Alabama Senate is now voting on abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest.

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  5. The bill is now being read aloud, then the vote.

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  6. Alabama Senate getting close to voting on what is essentially a full abortion ban.

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  7. Amendment to add exceptions for pregnancies due to rape and incest fails.

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  8. State Sen. Singleton offers an amendment to include exceptions for rape and incest in the bill.

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  10. Amendment fails.

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  11. The Alabama abortion bill has been criticized for comparing abortion in the U.S. to the Holocaust and other genocides. Now a Dem offers an amendment to add deaths from the slave trade to the list of genocides.

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  12. Fascinating to listen to the Alabama Dems speaking out against the abortion ban, even as many of them say they personally oppose the procedure.

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  13. Amendment to make getting a vasectomy a felony offense fails

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  14. Figures offers an amendment that would make it a felony for a man to have a vasectomy

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  15. Related: Last time Alabama lost an abortion case, it had to pay $1.7 million to the ACLU.

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  16. Amendment to require lawmakers pay for legal fees associated with the legislation fails

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  17. Figures just submitted an amendment that would make state lawmakers who vote for the bill pay for any legal fees related to the legislation.

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  18. Sen. Vivian Davis Figures to Chambliss: Do you know what it is like to be raped? Do you know what it is like to have a relative commit incest on you? He says no.

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  19. To be clear, Chambliss is arguing that rape & incest exceptions are not needed because women can take preventive steps BEFORE knowing they're pregnant to avoid becoming pregnant.

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  20. This idea that young victims of incest will report rape with enough time to get emergency contraception is a fantasy.

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  21. Chambliss is asked about abortion exceptions for victims of incest. He says "yes, until the woman is known to be pregnant." So that is a no.

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