Prostasia Foundation @ProstasiaInc@qoto.org

RT @ReproRights
New research found that maternal death rates in 2020 were 62% higher in the U.S. states banning or restricting abortion, where pregnant people have less access to affordable health plans and maternity care providers. Learn more:
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/14/maternal-deaths-dobbs-abortions-us-health

RT @MargaretWurth
The US child welfare system punishes parents for poverty by taking their children away.

Parents need support to help provide for their families, but what they are getting is surveillance, regulation, and punishment.

New @hrw @ACLU report, by @HinaEsq https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/11/17/us-child-welfare-system-harms-families

Prostasia Foundation is seeking proposals from qualified researchers to conduct an evaluation of the peer support group MAP Support Club (MSC). https://buff.ly/3PO9YmO

RT @PinkNews
Courtney Act on Pride, boundaries, and why we shouldn’t ‘pander’ to the bigots:

"If calling someone or something out will lead to you hurting yourself... then you have to consider whether that’s something that you want to do to yourself."

Read more:
https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/21/courtney-act-sydney-worldpride/

"As such, it may be prudent to encourage health professionals to work collaboratively and compassionately with MAPs to identify suitable treatment targets within an acceptance-based framework, which has self-compassion at its core." https://buff.ly/3WehLfY

Taking out insurance to pay off victims is not a solution to child sexual abuse.
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RT @RainyThorsday
Hang on... wut?

LIABILITY insurance?!?
https://twitter.com/RainyThorsday/status/1609015447512383490

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"The @FSCArmy is now engaged in a process that could create stable banking for the adult industry and its workers, and hopefully end the predatory fees charged by credit cards and financial services." https://buff.ly/3V7TVkE

"Kids use a pretty small segment of the Internet. But teen use of online services overlaps largely with adults'. Congress should pass a comprehensive privacy law, not this last-ditch effort."
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RT @AriCohn
Another day, another "for the children" bill being pushed for the omnibus.

This time it's COPPA 2.0, which thoughtlessly extends a framework that makes sense for little kids, to teens as well.

That's a problem.

@TechFreedom explain…
https://twitter.com/AriCohn/status/1604956344754360332

RT @Maggie_McNeill
Of course, this fact - known for decades - will continue to be ignored by education bureaucrats, because they're not actually concerned with developing their students' brains. https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED/status/1593061359146745857

"Allowing space for nonsexual nudity in society and online helps to combat stigma… while also encouraging more nuanced conversations that have the power to shape our world in more positive ways." https://buff.ly/3FAEU4Y

RT @Waitareyouawake
This is a change in tactics and important to note. The linked thread explains how obscenity laws have been used against LGBT people in the past.

https://twitter.com/mikestabile/status/1603435349367132160?s=20&t=vY79Wh_fY1VtEO-fwPqT3w

"An Illinois school for students with disabilities has routinely used the police to handle discipline, resulting in the highest arrest rate of any district in the country. In one recent year, half of Garrison School students were arrested." https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school

Contrary to this story, the term MAP does not normalize child abuse. It clarifies the important distinction between child abuse as an action, and pedophilia as an attraction – and that they don't always go together. See our FAQ: https://prostasia.org/faq
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RT @Telegraph
🔴 Police Scotland has used the term “minor-attracted people” to describe paedophiles in a major report despite warnings it normalises child abuse https://www.telegraph…
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1608883346402156545

RT @gingerbanks1
It’s not a joke what Andrew Tate was doing. It’s disgusting and the literal definition of human trafficking.

"as Prostasia Foundation prepares to introduce its new Executive Director for 2023, the time is right for us to return to the field of political advocacy – and we are looking to recruit a new Activist to our team to lead this work." https://buff.ly/3v8w0qE

RT @PinkNews
Anti-LGBTQ+ protests by far-right extremists in US surge by 340 per cent https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/12/anti-lgbtq-protests-us-far-right/

"During 2022, the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ people have come under renewed challenge, not only in the United States, but also in Eastern Europe." https://buff.ly/3v8w0qE