What you can do (short of a sex strike) to fight Draconian anti-abortion laws

In the shadows of his constitutional crisis, the president is still doing a lot of regular Republican stuff. No Images? Click here         What You Can Do (Other Than A Sex Strike) To Fight Draconian Anti-Abortion Laws Anti-abortion activists and legislators are coming for Roe v. Wade, and as of this week, they are inching ever closer. On Tuesday night, the (nearly all-male) Alabama Senate voted to advance a draconian near-total abortion ban, without exceptions for rape or incest, which now heads to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R). If Ivey signs the bill, it will become the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, coming on the heels of bills passed recently in Georgia and Ohio that ban abortions after six weeks. Even with Roe v. Wade still in place, women across the United States have already faced punitive measures for giving birth to stillborn children, allegedly taking abortifacients or losing their pregnancies unintentionally. When abortion is illegal, abortions don’t go away ― women simply suffer. So, what do you do about this, other than scream into the void or vow celibacy in a misguided attempt to fight legislation that limits women’s bodily autonomy and punishes them for having non-procreative sex by vowing to avoid non-procreative sex? (#SexStrike, we’re lookin’ at you.) READ MORE     🔍 Our politics are personal. We make sense of what’s happening in DC and hold politicians and candidates accountable. Become a HuffPost member today.     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? White House declines to take action on combating online extremism. The White House on Wednesday declined to sign an international call to fight online extremism that was inspired by the violent acts in Christchurch, The Washington Post reported. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to publicly announce the “Christchurch call to action” later on Wednesday.  READ MORE New Jersey marijuana legalization effort goes up in smoke. “We are not going to move forward” with the bill to legalize adult use of marijuana, New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D) said at a press conference. “It’s something I feel strongly [about], but the votes aren’t there.” Instead, New Jersey will seek to “dramatically” expand its medical marijuana program while simultaneously expunging marijuana criminal records, he said. READ MORE Interior Secretary David Bernhardt hasn't "lost any sleep" over soaring atmospheric carbon dioxide. It was a rather stunning admission from the chief steward of America’s public lands, which are affected by wildfires, drought and other threats exacerbated by human-caused global climate change. He oversees about 500 million acres, or about one-fifth of the United States.  READ MORE    .     ICYMI "Do you know what it's like to be raped?" Alabama state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D) on Tuesday used her time on the state’s Senate floor to eviscerate her Republican colleague for supporting a near-total ban on abortion, including for victims of rape and incest. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said President Donald Trump and other right-wing politicians and pundits’ attacks on her and fellow Muslim congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) are meant to “silence” Muslims. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin recently told Congress he would be happy to provide information about Internal Revenue Service audits of presidents ― a task the agency performs every year. But when he was asked for those details on Wednesday, he didn’t have the answers.      . Want more?  A GOP pollster thinks only one Democrat can beat Trump in 2020. The only problem is her age. Any guesses? Lawrence O’Donnell has a theory about Lindsey Graham’s Trumpian turn   👋You may have noticed our website is now www.huffpost.com. Don't worry, it'll still be the same HuffPost you know and love, just with a new URL. Make sure to update your bookmarks!     HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media Group. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2019 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe