So close! Just ~$1300 left to post her bond tomorrow (and keep @psabortionfund.bsky.social’s abortion funding line open in July — our struggles are intertwined, and the money has to come from somewhere)!

➡️ donorbox.org/legal-fees

Folks at @psabortionfund.bsky.social are working to post her $10,000 bond tomorrow morning (7/12), but still need another ~$2800 to meet their goal: donorbox.org/legal-fees

Getting rid of HIPAA and EMTALA would mean 1) the state can fully surveil healthcare [esp. pregnancy, gender affirming care, overdoses] for criminalization, and 2) healthcare companies and the state have fully authority over who lives and dies. It’s all the white supremacist, eugenicist project.

The update: Despite the fact that Missouri voters passed a state constitutional amendment that enshrines protections for abortion back in November 2024, the Missouri Supreme Court has reimposed the state’s total abortion ban.

Link to support Adriana Smith’s family as they navigate the growing costs of this tragedy:

I would also urge folks to think critically before using a fictional story about white women to describe the actual reproductive violence that Black women are experiencing and have been experiencing in this country for centuries.

Cannot recommend this essay by Sherronda J. Brown enough:

I have not found a donation link to help Adriana’s family with the immense medical costs that this forced seven-month hospital stay and delivery will accrue, which they have noted is a growing burden. But I will be sure to post it if one is created and/or if Adriana’s family shares any action items.

Adriana’s family has also expressed concerns that, even as a nurse at the same hospital, she did not receive adequate care that could have saved her life. The fact that abortion bans target and disproportionately impact Black folks is inseparable from the Black maternal health crisis.