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Cofounder @autonomynews.co. Investigative reporter: abortion, reproductive justice, disinformation.
Seen in Mother Jones, The Nation, ELLE, Scientific American, WIRED, and more. Wyoming-born New Yorker.
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@susanrinkunas.comReposted by @garnethenderson.comThe START of this clip made me do a double take: new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia sits on the board of White Rose Resistance, an organization that wants to *prosecute abortion patients for homicide*
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@garnethenderson.comMuch was made of Trump’s choice not to reinstall Project 2025 architect Roger Severino back at HHS, for example. But in many ways the anti-abortion operatives he’s appointed this time around are worse than that. More fringe, more extreme. More examples here:
@garnethenderson.comZacharia is on the board of White Rose Resistance, an extremist abortion “abolitionist” organization that wants to prosecute people who have abortions for homicide:
@garnethenderson.comPeople freaked out over this take, but I was absolutely correct. What I should have added is that they’d also be doing weird anti-abortion dog whistles like this
@garnethenderson.comThey’re doing an “abortion survivor” narrative for the new White House press secretary
@susanrinkunas.comReposted by @garnethenderson.comAuditions for a Supreme Court seat continue apace
@wagatwe.bsky.socialReposted by @garnethenderson.comthis is the only reason why certain people wanted to know—and spread—her name without her consent. so they can abuse her, too.
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.socialReposted by @garnethenderson.comNew working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.
@garnethenderson.comWow very MAHA
@susanrinkunas.comReposted by @garnethenderson.comIn emails obtained via FOIA request, Health Department staff said they "welcome[d] WH feedback" on the RFK letter before White House staffers shared edits and requested “a briefing on the status of the FDA [mifepristone] study design and proposed timelines.”
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![screenshot of heavily redacted email chain about a letter that RFK Jr and former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary would send to Republican Attorneys General.
email sent on September 3, 2025 at 11:17 am from someone at EOP. “EOP” stands for “Executive Office of the President” and “eop.gov” is the email address for the White House.
Subject: RE: Reevaluation of Mifepristone
Hi all,
Please see attached edits from [name redacted]. Let me know if we need to discuss - can do a call this evening.
I would also like to request a briefing on the status of the FDA study design and proposed timelines. Thank you!
Best,
[name redacted]
HHS staffer replies to EOP address at 10:52 pm:
Thank you [name redacted]. We are reviewing this and will get this letter out asap. [name redacted], could you suggest some times for next week to meet with [name redacted]; the study. [name redacted] and I will do our best to accommodate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreiamv2hnrabbxmx5pl7ba24fe4xemt7ts4oeohseguzklopjo33spy)
@susanrinkunas.comReposted by @garnethenderson.comNEW: An abortion provider suing the FDA for restricting the drug mifepristone obtained emails showing White House staffers meddling in statements about abortion pills.
WH made edits to a letter RFK Jr sent to red-state AGs seeking crackdown @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH ALLIANCE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 3:23-cv-00019-RSB
PLAINTIFFS’ REPLY MEMORANDUM IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF
RETAINING JURISDICTION PENDING REMAND TO FDA
Defendants do not dispute that this Court has the authority to retain jurisdiction over this case pending the completion of FDA’s mifepristone review. See ECF Doc. 101 at 4–5 (citing cases). Nor do they dispute that it would be improper for FDA to disregard the statutory factors that should guide its mifepristone review in favor of political considerations. Instead, **Defendants disparage Plaintiffs’ concern about political interference with FDA’s review as “unfounded speculation.”** ECF Doc. 102 at 4. **Far from it — Plaintiffs have the receipts.**
Last week, in response to a FOIA request, Plaintiffs’ counsel received a production of FDA documents that included **a September 3, 2025 email from an “eop.gov” email address asking FDA and HHS for “a briefing on the status of the FDA [mifepristone] study design and proposed timelines.” Exhibit A. “EOP” stands for “Executive Office of the President” and “eop.gov” is the email address for the White House.** An HHS employee agreed the agencies would “do our best to accommodate.” Id. This document confirms that the threat of political interference with FDA’s review of the scientific evidence is very real. This Court should exercise its authority to retain...
full docket
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@garnethenderson.comAnyway. Give your money or at least your readership to a publication doing it right
@garnethenderson.comSoup products… yes
@garnethenderson.comThese lawsuits are first and foremost about propaganda. They are intended to scare and confuse people. If your reporting on medication abortion is not accurate, you are helping that cause.
@garnethenderson.comThere are many ways to explain this without getting too in the weeds! Here are a few I’ve used just recently: “the abortion drug mifepristone” “mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in the most common medication abortion regimen”
@garnethenderson.comI know it’s tough to explain the complexities of these cases—I do it every day—but this kind of generalization is not it. Yes, mifepristone is the only drug specifically approved for abortion. But it’s approved for abortion as part of a regimen that includes misoprostol.
@garnethenderson.comHello, @apnews.com. Mifepristone is not “the nation’s main abortion pill.” It only works well in combination with another drug, misoprostol. Misoprostol actually DOES work well on its own. If there’s a “main” abortion pill, it’s that one.
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