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teddy's avatar

What a lot of words to say, "your body does not belong to you, but to the state."

Scott Fassett's avatar

What do we do about this? I appreciate the news but I would love more calls to action at the end about where and how we can help.

Robyn P's avatar

Everyone has a role. Maybe yours is posting a daily list of homework? Surely someone will want to create that! Great idea!!

Terri's avatar

This should alarm everyone. This administration is intent not just on American tyranny but world domination.

Dian Allison's avatar

Trump & his minions must be seriously "in-the-closet"....the only thing that explains their foam-flecked, irrational hatred for anything Trans. He'd be an embarrassment to our Country if he weren't so effing dangerous.

Mike Gelt's avatar

This fucking administration’s decision to weaponize U.S. foreign aid — threatening more than $30 billion in global assistance — by expanding the Mexico City policy to punish organizations working on reproductive health, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and what it cynically labels “gender ideology” is nothing short of authoritarian, immoral, and profoundly harmful.

This reckless policy turns American diplomacy and humanitarian leadership on its head.

Where U.S. foreign aid has historically supported lifesaving health care, gender equity, HIV and malaria treatment, maternal and child health, and inclusive education, this administration now demands ideological fealty as a condition of aid.

By forcing NGOs, UN agencies, and other partners to choose between their mission and U.S. funding, our government is exporting a narrow domestic culture war abroad — undermining decades of bipartisan progress in global health, human rights, and democratic partnership.

Cutting funds from organizations that support gender diversity, transgender rights, inclusive workplaces, and equitable treatment of women and marginalized communities doesn’t “protect life” — it endangers lives.

It sabotages essential services, deepens inequality, and strips away rights under the guise of political dogma. This isn’t leadership — it’s ideological coercion in the name of ideology.

The United States should be strengthening international cooperation, defending human rights, and supporting the health and dignity of all people — not imposing a political purity test that punishes the most vulnerable.

This policy not only insults our partners abroad, it diminishes America’s moral standing on the world stage and jeopardizes the health and wellbeing of millions of women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and communities who depend on these critical services.

I reject this dangerous expansion of the Mexico City policy. U.S. foreign aid should be guided by compassion, evidence, and respect for human rights — not used as a cudgel to force conformity

Yasha's avatar

Just plain evil. No other word suits them.

purplexshadow's avatar

"sex rejecting procedures" is such a stupid AF term, but I feel like it's PRIME for reclaimation before it even has momentum against us.

Shirley Gauthier she/her's avatar

As an ally I just had to shake my head when I read that. I know that as hard as I try to be respectful with language and terms I mess up at times. I took "Sex rejecting procedures" at first to mean it referred to "abstinence."

Zoe Jane Halo's avatar

So we’re gonna cut funding to Israel then, right?

Zoe Jane Halo's avatar

Does Argentina provide gender affirming care like Israel?

ILoveKitties's avatar

The administration has no shame and no morals. They have no right to dictate healthcare worldwide.

Elisabeth Wilkins's avatar

"The rule now will go for public comment. " So where is the place we add our Public Comments?

Kelly Alton's avatar

The notice in the Federal Register should have an address to send in comments.

Emma Lake's avatar

As if the anti-trans bills proposed in Indiana aren't the worst bunch I have ever seen, this feels like we are one step away from being the next targets of ICE.

Talia Perkins's avatar

Could you link to those?

Emma Lake's avatar

Sure, I've been working on an explainer doc for the lot. The main bill that's the most damaging by itself is IN SB 215. The only one out of committee is IN SB 182. It overlaps with the first one. Then there are 4 additional house bills. Its a coordinated attack. The bills are all written by the same source. For a quick summary just read the fiscal note.

SB 215 Bill Text

https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0215/SB0215.01.INTR.pdf

SB 215 Fiscal Note

https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0215/fiscal-notes/SB0215.01.INTR.FN001.pdf

All together we have:

SB 215 – Identity, Retroactivity, and Reliance

SB 182 – Definitions That Make Enforcement Possible. Redefines Sex and Gender

HB 1362 – Civil Enforcement and Vigilantism

HB 1198 – Criminalization

HB 1427 / HB 1338 – Healthcare Pressure and Surveillance

Emma Lake's avatar

Look at the Fiscal Report. They come right out and say they anticipate arresting, fining and incarceration Trans people as a revenue stream for local communities. Im not kidding, that's their pitch -- one of many.

Don Jackson's avatar

Thank you for the update. I will make sure to comment as soon as comment period is open. Hard to see how the restriction on simply passing along information that GAC is available can withstand 1st amendment challenge. But what do I know. The author of the rule, Christopher Landau, clerked for both Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. So, yeah.

Stephanie Keeley's avatar

The Absolute Unmitigated GALL of this TODDLER IN CHUMP to threaten the World to capitulate to his Insane Hatred of the Transgender Community of the Entire Planet! He won’t be satisfied until he is Emperor of the Earth, and even then he’ll still want MORE! The Rogue Orange Child in the White House has far outlived his Expiration Date! He has contaminated the entire nation with his Pestilent Lies and Propaganda to keep the TRUTH FROM COMING OUT ABOUT HIS BEING A PEDOPHILE! Trump and every MAGAT WHITE NATIONALIST Including the Entire Congressional MAGATS are closeted Pedophiles and Murderers! Only Cautery can save this nation from Trump and the Corruption of the Billionaire Class! 👿🔥🔥

Devin's avatar

If there’s anything maggots love more than murdering innocent Americans and protecting pedophiles, it’s attacking trans people

THIS is what’s on their wicked minds after this horrible weekend. They never fail to outdo themselves on shamelessness

Shirley Gauthier she/her's avatar

What I have noticed is how attacking trans we hear much less about the Epstein files.

A true distraction.

Talia Perkins's avatar

The worm will turn, and this concept turned against TERF jurisdictions elsewhere.

If you have the courage, make every gender critical person you can whom you know in life to try to define what the "gender ideology" they think they are fighting is. Make them own it, and tell them to their face that they want to force some boys to have and grow up with breasts and periods, and, to force some girls to have and grow up with beards and deep voices. They want to hurt those kids with their own sex.

Siobhan's avatar

This would have been a lot more impactful if they had not killed usaid.