Politically inconvenient abortions get called "not abortions" by the same people who call birth control "abortion." [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci8zNzc5VwNzcGNCCmLVP-DXYuBUPCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Catherine-Glenn-Foster] Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Republicans are playing word games with "abortion" In the world of medical care, the word "abortion" has a simple and straightforward meaning. [According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0Q4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWNvZy5vcmcvd29tZW5zLWhlYWx0aC9mYXFzL2luZHVjZWQtYWJvcnRpb25XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), induced abortion "ends a pregnancy with medication or a medical procedure." When states ban abortion, that is what they are banning: Medication or medical procedures that end pregnancies that don't result in a live birth. Now that the horror stories are quickly piling up that illustrate the high human cost of abortion bans, Republicans are getting rather, um, playful about what they do or don't consider an abortion. In the text of the bans that are being passed or reinstated now that the [Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDYvMjQvdGhlLWVuZC1vZi1yb2Utdi13YWRlLWFtZXJpY2FuLWRlbW9jcmFjeS1pcy1jb2xsYXBzaW5nL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), "abortion" is generally understood as a medical intervention to terminate pregnancy. But when trying to bamboozle the public, Republicans suddenly start pretending all sorts of abortions aren't actually abortions. During a House hearing on abortion rights last week, Catherine Glenn Foster of Americans United for Life, a woman who previously falsely claimed [D.C. powers it street lamps by burning fetuses](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0R3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMTkvZmV0dXMtcG93ZXJlZC1zdHJlZXQtbGFtcHMtcmFtcC11cC1vdXRyYWdlb3VzLWFudGktYWJvcnRpb24tbGllcy1haGVhZC1vZi1yb2VzLWRlbWlzZS9XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), once again illustrated the total shamelessness anti-choicers apply to the art of lying. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., [brought up the recent case of a 10-year-old rape victim](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTMvY29uc2VydmF0aXZlcy10cmllZC0tYW5kLWZhaWxlZC0tdG8tY2FzdC1kb3VidC1vbi10YWxlLW9mLW9oaW8tY2hpbGQtcmFwZS12aWN0aW0vVwNzcGNCCmLVP-DXYuBUPCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) who was forced to get an abortion in Indiana because her home state of Ohio had banned the procedure. Boxed out of the previous move by Republicans to gaslight their way out of this one â [falsely claiming this didn't happen](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0R0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTQvcG9zdC1yb2UtZ2FzbGlnaHRpbmctdGhlLXBhcnR5LW9mLXFhbm9uLWRlbmllcy10aGUtdmVyeS1yZWFsLXJhcGUtb2YtYS0xMC15ZWFyLW9sZC9XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) â Foster pivoted to denying that abortion is abortion. [Acknowledging that forcing childbirth on a child rape victim](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTUvY29uZ3Jlc3Npb25hbC13aXRuZXNzLWNsYWltcy10aGF0LWEtMTAteWVhci1vbGQtdGVybWluYXRpbmctYS1wcmVnbmFuY3ktaXMtbm90LWFuLWFib3J0aW9uX3BhcnRuZXIvVwNzcGNCCmLVP-DXYuBUPCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) would "probably impact her life," (probably?!) Foster, with a glibness that you really need to watch the video to absorb, lied and said it "would not be an abortion." [Read more from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvYXJlLXBsYXlpbmctd29yZC1nYW1lcy13aXRoLXRoZS13b3JkLWFib3J0aW9uL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) [Rand-Paul,-Mitch-McConnell] Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images âHe did them a huge favorâ: Paul blows up Biden and McConnell's âsecret dealâ over personal snub President Joe Biden intended to nominate [anti-abortion attorney Chad Meredith](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDYvMzAvYmV0cmF5YWwtYmlkZW4tY3V0LWRlYWwtd2l0aC1tY2Nvbm5lbGwtdG8tYXBwb2ludC1leHRyZW1pc3QtYW50aS1hYm9ydGlvbi1qdWRnZS1kZW1vY3JhdC1zYXlzL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), a Federalist Society member who helped lead former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's assault on reproductive rights, to a federal judgeship in Kentucky, according to [emails](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0SHaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMDgvZW1haWwtYmlkZW4tcGxhbm5lZC10by1ub21pbmF0ZS1jbGFyZW5jZS10aG9tYXMtc3R5bGUtYW50aS1hYm9ydGlvbi1vbi1kYXktcm9lLXdhcy1vdmVydHVybmVkX3BhcnRuZXIvVwNzcGNCCmLVP-DXYuBUPCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) released by Gov. Andy Beshear. Beshear and other Democrats blasted the pick, suggesting it was [part of a deal](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDYvMzAvYmV0cmF5YWwtYmlkZW4tY3V0LWRlYWwtd2l0aC1tY2Nvbm5lbGwtdG8tYXBwb2ludC1leHRyZW1pc3QtYW50aS1hYm9ydGlvbi1qdWRnZS1kZW1vY3JhdC1zYXlzL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) between Biden and McConnell. The White House ultimately dropped the plan last week, though the reversal came after Paul [refused to return a "blue slip"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNy8xNS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9iaWRlbi1tY2Nvbm5lbGwtanVkZ2UtYWJvcnRpb24uaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) consenting to Meredith's nomination â not due to growing opposition from the president's own party. Paul told reporters on Monday that he supports Meredith but blocked the nomination because he was snubbed by McConnell. "McConnell did whatever secret deal he did with the White House without talking to me," Paul told [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS8yMDIyLzA3LzE4L3BvbGl0aWNzL3JhbmQtcGF1bC1taXRjaC1tY2Nvbm5lbGwtanVkZ2UvaW5kZXguaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). "And so we simply said that we're not against Meredith, but McConnell is going to at least discuss it with his other state senator." McConnell said Paul's intervention ended up helping Biden and the Democrats. "I suspect the White House is relieved; I suspect Dick Durbin is relieved; and I suspect that the political people in the Biden team are relieved that Rand Paul blew this up," he told [USA Today](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0R4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXNhdG9kYXkuY29tL3N0b3J5L25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMi8wNy8xOC9yYW5kLXBhdWwtYmxhbWVzLW1jY29ubmVsbC10YW5raW5nLWJpZGVuLWRlYWwtanVkZ2UvMTAwODYzODAwMDIvVwNzcGNCCmLVP-DXYuBUPCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). "He did them a huge favor." [Read more from Igor Derysh.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0R8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvaGUtZGlkLXRoZW0tYS1odWdlLWZhdm9yLXBhdWwtYmxvd3MtdXAtYmlkZW4tYW5kLW1jY29ubmVsbHMtc2VjcmV0LWRlYWwtb3Zlci1wZXJzb25hbC1zbnViL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - [Ivana and me? Itâs complicated](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvaXZhbmEtYW5kLW1lLWl0cy1jb21wbGljYXRlZC1hLW1hbmhhdHRhbi1mZW1pbmlzdHMtY29ubmVjdGlvbi10by10aGUtZmlyc3QtbXJzL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~): A Manhattan feminist's connection to the first Mrs. Trump
- "Climate change kills": Experts agree with Spanish prime minister's comments on [wildfires in Europe](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvZXVyb3BlLWhlYXQtd2lsZGZpcmVzLWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlL1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)
- "Aftershock" directors on how the anti-midwife campaign wrought the [Black maternal mortality crisis](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvYWZ0ZXJzaG9jay1odWx1LXBhdWxhLWVpc2VsdC10b255YS1sZXdpcy1sZWUtYmxhY2stYmlydGgtbWlkd2lmZS9XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)
- The [latest COVID conspiracy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvdGhlLWxhdGVzdC1jb25zcGlyYWN5LWNsYWltcy1tdWx0aXBsZS1ib29zdGVyLXNob3RzLXdyZWNrLXlvdXItaW1tdW5lLXN5c3RlbS9XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) claims multiple booster shots wreck your immune system
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- ["Unfit for human consumption"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0R3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvdW5maXQtZm9yLWh1bWFuLWNvbnN1bXB0aW9uLTUtdGhpbmdzLXRvLWtub3ctYWJvdXQtdGhlLXNraXR0bGVzLW92ZXItdGl0YW5pdW0tZGlveGlkZS9XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): 5 things to know about the Skittles lawsuit over titanium dioxide
- âTheyâre waiting for the Eiffel Tower to meltâ: âThe Viewâ [blasts Joe Manchin on climate inaction](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvdGhlLXZpZXctam9lLW1hbmNoaW4taGVhdC1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS9XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. [Protester] Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Abortion, racism and guns: How white supremacy unites the right White supremacy was one of the primary motivations behind the first movement to outlaw abortion in the United States. In 1858, the American Medical Association (AMA), led by Horatio Storer, launched a crusade to end abortion across the country. Prior to this period, abortion was legal in all U.S. states. Storer and white male physicians not only wanted to push women midwives â often Black, indigenous and immigrant women â out of the newly developing medical profession, but also had another, more sinister aim: these men wanted white male Protestants to politically control the country. They feared that the growing number of immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Germany and other largely Catholic countries, whom they viewed as separate and distinct "races," would produce more babies and usurp the political dominance of white Protestant Anglo-Saxon men. The reproduction of Black women, the majority of whom were enslaved at that time, was controlled by systems of white supremacy, and was not seen as a threat. Later, at the turn of the century, the focus shifted to the reproduction of women of color, many of whom were subjected to forced and coerced sterilizations in the U.S. until 1973. The white supremacist core of the movement remained the same, however. The Second Amendment also has white supremacist roots. When it was ratified in 1791, many states had laws to prevent enslaved and free Black people from possessing or bearing arms. Prior to the Civil War, Black people were targeted by armed slave patrols, and after the war and the failure of Reconstruction, Black Codes enacted across the Jim Crow South prohibited formerly enslaved people from possessing guns. Abortion criminalization and gun rights in the U.S. have their roots in white supremacy and racism. If we want to change the former, we have to root out the latter. [Read more from Tamara Kay and Susan L. Ostermann.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvYWJvcnRpb24tYW5kLWd1bnMtaG93LXN1cHJlbWFjeS11bml0ZXMtdGhlLXJpZ2h0L1cDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - "Blake Masters Is Peter Thielâs Dream Candidateâand a Total Nightmare for Democracy," [Mother Jones](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubW90aGVyam9uZXMuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzLzIwMjIvMDcvYmxha2UtbWFzdGVycy1wZXRlci10aGllbC1kb25hbGQtdHJ1bXAtYXJpem9uYS1zZW5hdGUtbWFyay1rZWxseS9XA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)
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- "The Republican Ticket Is Being Helped by the Last People Youâd Expect," [The New York Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RMaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNy8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2RlbW9jcmF0cy1mYXItcmlnaHQtbWlkdGVybXMuaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)
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- "What's going on with Desus and Mero?" [Gawker](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2F3a2VyLmNvbS9tZWRpYS93aGF0cy1nb2luZy1vbi13aXRoLWRlc3VzLWFuZC1tZXJvLWZldWRXA3NwY0IKYtU_4Ndi4FQ8JVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)
- "The case for caring less," [Vox](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RhaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudm94LmNvbS9ldmVuLWJldHRlci8yMzIxNjA4My9jYXJpbmctbGVzcy1wZXJmZWN0aW9uaXNtLXNtYWxsLXN0dWZmP2N1cmF0b3I9TWVkaWFSRURFRlcDc3BjQgpi1T_g12LgVDwlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) [Rosita] Getty Images/Gilbert Carrasquillo Sesame Place responds to accusations of racism against Black children Parents, celebrities and activists are outraged after a video surfaced of a Sesame Street character ignoring two young Black girls at the Sesame Place theme park in Philadelphia over the weekend. Sesame Place has since apologized to the family after the video of the girls being ignored by Sesame character Rosita went viral. The nine second video, originally posted by Jodi Brown, the girl's mother and aunt, shows the bilingual Sesame character Rosita waving and high-fiving both children and adults at the parade before getting to the two Black children and seemingly telling them "No" before waving them off. The girls respond to the presumed rejection with visible confusion and disappointment. Their family said they had traveled all the way from Brooklyn to attend the parade at Sesame Place. After the parade on Saturday, Brown posted the video on Instagram. "I'm going to keep posting this, because this had me hotâ¦THIS DISGUSTING person blatantly told our kids NO then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us!" [Read more from Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkumU-P0RgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMTkvc2VzYW1lLXBsYWNlLXJlc3BvbmRzLXRvLWFjY3VzYXRpb25zLW9mLWFnYWluc3QtYmxhY2stY2hpbGRyZW4vVwNzcGNCCmLVP-DXYuBUPCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Our mailing address:
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