The Best, Worst & Weirdest Abortion News of 2024

Full episode transcript HERE.

HOE-HOE-HOLY shit, it was a wild year, Buzzkillianas! *Mariah Carey voice* IT’S TIIIIIIIIME... For our annual year-in-review! It's been a hellacious year in abortlandia, and on this last pod of 2024, the Feminist Buzzkills are re-crapping the year in all things repro! Fueled by lethally spiked eggnog, we made our lists and checked them twice, figured out what stories were the naughtiest, the nicest and the bizarre AF-est!

And the best part? We’re bringing it to you with the help of Feminist Buzzkills elves – AAF and FBK Writer/performers, Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi and Molly Gaebe. PLUS, YOU get to be part of our favorite HOEliday tradition – OUR SECRET SATAN GIFT EXCHANGE! This crew is bringing the crème de la crème AND the crème de la crap of this year’s abortion news!

Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu.

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HOSTS:

Lizz Winstead IG: @LizzWinstead Bluesky: @LizzWinstead.bsky.social

Moji Alawode-El IG: @Mojilocks Bluesky: @Mojilocks.bsky.social

Alyssa Al-Dookhi IG: @thedookness Bluesky: @TheDookness.bsky.social

Molly Gaebe IG: @MollyGaebe Bluesky: @MollyGaebe.bsky.social

WORST NEWS OF 2024:

5. EMTALA Case: Federal Court Divided Over Idaho’s Abortion Ban and Emergency Care Fight

4. Study Estimates 64,000 Pregnancies From Rape in States That Enacted Abortion Bans Post-roe

3. Florida’s Abortion Ban Will Reach Well Beyond Florida

2. The 2024 Presidential Election Was Close, Not a Landslide

1.ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” Series: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths

BEST NEWS OF 2024:

3. Research at the Heart of a Federal Case Against the Abortion Pill Has Been Retracted

2. France Makes Abortion a Constitutional Right

1. Abortion Rights Ballot Measures Win in 7 Out of 10 Us States

WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2024:

3. Alabama Supreme Court Rules IVF Embryos Are Protected Under Wrongful Death of a Minor Act

2. Wisconsin Republican Fancies Himself An Abortion Expert Because He's A Veterinarian + Anti-Abortion Wisconsin Republicans Have Some Thoughts About Women

1. West Virginia GOP State Sen. Mike Azinger Pushes Anti-Abortion Propaganda With Lies

WHITE ELEPHANT GIFTS:

Lizz to Dooks: Donald Trump Elon Musk Christmas Ornament, Joel Webbon’s Christ is King Conference & Branch Davidian Memorial Park Tour

Dooks to Moji: