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Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lily Allen Leaves Fans Livid After 'Disturbing' Comments About Multiple Abortions
What Lily Allen found amusing about her freedom to choose is making her fellow pro-choice fans disappointed. The 40-year-old's admission comes amid separation from her ex-husband, David Harbour after she discovered him running an account on a celebrity dating app earlier in the year. Lily Allen spilled some uncomfortable truths about her fertility and the steps she took to put a stop to her non-stop pregnancies. Lily Allen: 'I'd Get Pregnant All The Time' The English singer discussed the topic of contraception and unplanned pregnancies during a conversation with her pal, Miquita Oliver, on their "Miss Me" podcast. Allen revealed that she would get unplanned pregnancies all the time, till she decided to do something about her reproductive system, which she tagged "a complete disaster area." She disclosed that she now has an IUD (contraceptive coil) and it is her third or fourth year running. "I just remember before that it was a complete disaster area. Yeah, I'd get pregnant all the time, all the time." Allen shared. The singer then recalled a period in her life when her partner at the time paid for her abortion- a gesture she described as very romantic. Allen and Oliver went back and forth about their thoughts and perspectives on contraceptives and the issue of abortion. At some point in the discussion, the musician expressed her anger at having to justify or explain getting rid of a pregnancy to anyone. Allen declared on the podcast: "…You start seeing people posting things about extraordinary reasons for having an abortion. I don't want a f-cking baby right now. Literally: "Don't want a baby" is enough reason." The 'Smile' Singer's Statement Raised Dust Among Commentators The actress's transparent session on her podcast did not go well with listeners and fans, who shared their thoughts on the discussion. "This conversation is just disturbing on so many levels. May God help you two in the end," a commenter noted. Another fan shared that the discussion between Allen and her bestie is directly helping the "anti-abortion movement in so many ways." A third Instagram commenter expressed shock at the fact that Allen and Oliver are "laughing about having five abortions each" and "treating contraception like a comedy sketch." Others joined the commenter in describing the situation as "horrible" and a "trauma laugh response." "I find this conversation incredibly insensitive. I'm very much pro-choice, but I'm genuinely shocked by what was said," this perplexed listener emphasized. According to them, the joking remarks made about having ten abortions collectively come off as irresponsible and selfish. Their comment compared the pain of women who long for children with the casual tone of Allen and her friend's statements. The commenter questions the choice not to use protection when the speakers are aware of the consequences. The podcaster lost another angry fan, who expressed that they would no longer listen to their content after their "morally bankrupt" commentary. Allen Found A Connection Between Her Childhood Trauma And Motherhood The Grammy-nominated artist admitted on her podcast last September that, in retrospect, she feels she had kids for the wrong reasons. In September 2024, The Blast reported that Allen revealed she spent a large part of her life, both before and during her marriage, yearning for unconditional love, a void that had been missing in her life since childhood. Allen also felt that with kids in the picture, she would finally experience stability and press pause on her "high-speed" career, which was extremely overwhelming at the time. "I felt like the one way to stop people hassling me, it's not about me, it's about this other person that's inside me," the singer explained, shedding more light on her mindset during her pregnancies. Allen admitted that she indeed got the break she wanted from everyone, but on the bigger picture, she had no idea about the journey she was about to embark on. Women Are Always Stuck Between Two Difficult Choices Allen left behind a sociable life to move to a more discreet place to start a family after her marriage to Harbour in 2020. The singer explained that the option to choose between her job and her pop career left her in a tight spot. Allen then expressed her opinion on how she feels society places women in a position where they must prioritize their kids or their careers. She admitted to sticking to the former but at an indelible cost to the future of her career. "I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop stardom, they totally ruined it. I get really annoyed when people say you can have it all because, quite frankly, you can't," the 40-year-old continued. Nevertheless, the singer does not regret her choice; in fact, she is completely thrilled with her decision to take a break from everything and focus on her children. Allen applauded her parenting skills, affirming that her kids are well-rounded and have turned out well. Lily Allen's Discovering Husband's Infidelity Left Her Struggling For Emotional Balance The English songwriter finally got candid about her split from the American actor on her podcast and how it has left her emotionally exhausted. In January, The Blast reported that Allen revealed how she has been trying to act tough since news broke of her estranged husband owning an account on the celebrity dating app, Raya. "I know I've been talking about it for months, but I've been spiraling and spiraling. It's got out of control; I've tried," the singer shared. She recalled suffering from a panic attack in the middle of an event and dashing out of a theatre performance due to overwhelming emotions. Allen added that the pain from Harbour's betrayal completely took over her system, and each moment felt worse than the last. What will Lily Allen be transparent about next? Solve the daily Crossword
Washington Post
a day ago
- Health
- Washington Post
Planned Parenthood can keep billing Medicaid, judge rules in setback for Trump
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a provision in President Donald Trump's domestic policy package that cut Medicaid funding to certain abortion providers — a measure that primarily impacted Planned Parenthood. The provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill barred Medicaid funding for one year for health care providers that perform abortions and receive more than $800,000 in reimbursements annually. Shortly after Trump signed the policy package into law, Planned Parenthood — the nation's largest abortion provider — sued, saying the provision would have 'devastating consequences' for patients seeking basic health care services, including STI treatment and cancer screening. Last week, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, nominated by President Barack Obama, temporarily blocked the provision — but only for Planned Parenthood clinics that do not perform abortions or get less than $800,000 in annual reimbursements. Talwani's order Monday indefinitely extended that block to all Planned Parenthood clinics, allowing them to resume billing for Medicaid services while the case plays out. The ruling is the latest turn in an ongoing clash between Republican lawmakers and Planned Parenthood over what the organization says is a categorical attempt to 'defund' it for offering abortions. In a statement Monday, Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson said the organization would 'keep fighting this cruel law' so patients could continue getting 'critical health care, no matter their insurance.' The Department of Health and Human Services rebuked the ruling. A spokesperson for HHS, the umbrella agency overseeing Medicaid, said the order 'undermines state flexibility and disregards long-standing concerns about accountability.' 'States should not be forced to fund organizations that have chosen political advocacy over patient care,' the spokesperson said in a statement. Medicaid has subsidized health care for low-income patients and families since 1965. Planned Parenthood participates in the program in every state it can, billing for services such as contraception, pregnancy tests and cervical cancer screenings. It is not used for abortions — Congress has prohibited using federal funding for abortion for decades, with limited exceptions for rape, incest and to save the life of the mother. A handful of states already cut Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding, including Texas and Louisiana. Last month, the Supreme Court opened the gate for more states to follow suit when it decided that South Carolina could bar the group from receiving any Medicaid funding. Trump's reconciliation package placed Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide at a crossroads over whether to stop abortions or lose a year's worth of Medicaid funding. That choice, Talwani wrote, 'kneecaps the entire organization.' In her order Monday, Talwani said she considered 'the disruption in patient care and corresponding adverse health outcomes' in deciding whether to grant the temporary block. Nearly 200, or about one-third, of Planned Parenthood's clinics would be affected by the Medicaid provision and have to consider reducing hours, terminating staff or closing entirely, the organization said. The Medicaid-funded clinics treat more than 1 million patients who would have to scramble for affordable care elsewhere — most of them in areas that are medically underserved. The law's text does not explicitly name Planned Parenthood, but the group contended in its lawsuit that it was singled out by the provision. Few other providers have had their funding slashed under the measure. One of them, Maine Family Planning, has also sued the Trump administration. In its original complaint, Planned Parenthood described the Medicaid provision — which it called the 'Defund Provision' — as 'a naked attempt to leverage the government's spending power to attack and penalize Planned Parenthood and impermissibly single it out for unfavorable treatment.' 'It does so not only because of Planned Parenthood Members' long history of providing legal abortions to patients across the country, but also because of Planned Parenthood's unique role in advocating for policies to protect and expand access to sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion,' the July 7 filing said. The organization added that 'there is no indication that Members of Congress were even aware that any other entity could qualify under this statute that was clearly designed to target Planned Parenthood alone.' In her order Monday, Talwani said Planned Parenthood would likely be able to show they were 'the 'easily ascertainable' target of the law' when it passed. 'This is apparent from the statutory text,' Talwani wrote. She added that there was 'ample evidence' that Congress 'intended to punish Planned Parenthood,' citing previous legislative attempts to curb its funding. As the case goes forth, Planned Parenthood is likely to successfully argue a number of its other claims — including that the provision has 'no legitimate fiscal purpose' and violated the group's equal protection rights, Talwani wrote.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Pro-life Texas GOP lawmaker admits affair with stripper who accused him of paying for ABORTIONS
A pro-life Texas representative has admitted to having an affair with a stripper after she accused him of paying for abortions. State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, 52, confessed to having an affair 'years ago' after a woman alleged he paid for 'meetups' and 'funded several abortions for his own personal gain,' reported The Texas Tribune. The woman, named Alex Grace, came forward with the affair on Friday during an interview with the Current Revolt. 'I know that Giovannie Capriglione has been having affairs since 2005 because it's me. I'm her. I'm not proud of it, in fact I'm ashamed of it,' Grace said on TikTok after the interview came out. 'Hopefully, you can keep in mind that we all have a past and I wish I could say for him that that was the worst of it, but it's not.' Capriglione dropped out of his reelection race just days before Grace's interview, but has denied paying for any abortions and said he will pursue 'legal remedies' over her claims. 'Years ago, I selfishly had an affair. I'm not proud of this. Thank God my wife and family forgave me, and we moved past it and have the strong marriage we do today,' he said in a statement. 'The rest is categorically false and easily disproven... I have never, nor would I ever, pay for an abortion.' Capriglione promotes himself as a 'pro-life champion' with a '100 percent pro-life voting record' on his campaign website. 'Giovanni voted to defund Planned Parenthood and authored the Abortion Trigger Ban Bill, which banned abortion in Texas when Roe v. Wade was overturned.' Grace claimed she met Capriglione when she was just 18-years-old and worked as an exotic dancer in 2004. 'We became close friends. He was magnetizing. He was outwardly genuine and kind,' she said. 'He was the one who reminded me to keep my head up. He was the one that encouraged me. He pushed me to succeed more in life.' Grace described one incident where Capriglione made her receive cash from him at a Chuck E. Cheese. 'He told me to go to the back of the building and next to the dumpster there would be a rubber mat. And under this rubber mat was an envelope with money,' she said. This is a developing story.
Reuters
a day ago
- Health
- Reuters
Texas moves to enforce judgment against New York doctor over abortion pills
July 28 (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday asked a court to make a New York county enforce a $100,000 judgment against a doctor for sending abortion pills to Texas, taking an unprecedented interstate conflict to court. Paxton's office filed a petition in New York state court claiming that Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck has a legal obligation to enforce a Texas judge's ruling that New Paltz, New York-based doctor Margaret Carpenter violated the state's abortion ban. Bruck has twice rejected requests by Texas to enforce the judgment, saying that New York's so-called shield law precludes the enforcement of other states' abortion bans against New Yorkers. The case could set statewide precedent in New York and could embolden Paxton and other Republican attorneys general to prosecute other out-of-state doctors who prescribe abortion drugs. Medication abortion accounts for more than half of U.S. abortions and has drawn increased scrutiny from Republicans and anti-abortion groups since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision allowing states to ban abortion. Bruck in a statement stood by his decision to uphold New York's shield law, which he said protects "fundamental rights under New York law." 'As Acting Ulster County Clerk, I take my responsibilities and the oath I swore with the utmost seriousness," said Bruck, who is running for Ulster County clerk as a Democrat. Paxton in a statement called Carpenter "a radical abortionist who must face justice." "No matter where they reside, pro-abortion extremists who send drugs designed to kill the unborn into Texas will face the full force of our state's pro-life laws," he said. The Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, a group co-founded by Carpenter, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A judge in Collin County, Texas, entered a default judgment against Carpenter in February after she failed to respond to the state's civil lawsuit alleging she illegally prescribed mifepristone and misoprostol, the two drugs used in medication abortion, to a Texas woman via telemedicine. Carpenter has separately been indicted by a Louisiana grand jury for prescribing an abortion pill that was taken by a teenager there, in what appeared to be the first time a state criminally charged a doctor in another state for prescribing abortion drugs. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, in February rejected Louisiana's request to extradite Carpenter to the state. Read more: New York official again rebuffs Texas judgment against doctor over abortion pills NY official rejects Texas judgment against doctor in abortion pill case Missouri accuses Planned Parenthood of downplaying abortion drug risks U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ends constitutional right to abortion
Globe and Mail
a day ago
- Health
- Globe and Mail
Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to cut funding for Planned Parenthood
A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the country's largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump's administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation. The new order replaces a previous edict handed down by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week. Talwani initially granted a preliminary injunction specifically blocking the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood members that didn't provide abortion care or didn't meet a threshold of at least US$800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year. 'Patients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,' Talwani wrote in her Monday order. 'In particular, restricting Members' ability to provide healthcare services threatens an increase in unintended pregnancies and attendant complications because of reduced access to effective contraceptives, and an increase in undiagnosed and untreated STIs.' A provision in Trump's tax bill instructed the federal government to end Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers that received more than US$800,000 from Medicaid in 2023, even to those like Planned Parenthood that also offer medical services like contraception, pregnancy tests and STD testing. Although Planned Parenthood is not specifically named in the statute, which went into effect July 4, the organization's leaders say it was meant to affect their nearly 600 centres in 48 states. However, a major medical provider in Maine and likely others have also been hit. Harvard University battles Trump administration in court over cancelled funding In her Monday order, Talwani said that the court was 'not enjoining the federal government from regulating abortion and is not directing the federal government to fund elective abortions or any healthcare service not otherwise eligible for Medicaid coverage.' Instead, Talwani said that her decision would block the federal government from excluding groups like Planned Parenthood from Medicaid reimbursements when they have demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success in their legal challenge. In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood had argued that they would be at risk of closing nearly 200 clinics in 24 states if they are cut off from Medicaid funds. They estimated this would result in more than 1 million patients losing care. 'We're suing the Trump administration over this targeted attack on Planned Parenthood health centres and the patients who rely on them for care,' said Planned Parenthood's president and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson in a statement on Monday. 'This case is about making sure that patients who use Medicaid as their insurance to get birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing and treatment can continue to do so at their local Planned Parenthood health centre, and we will make that clear in court.' The lawsuit was filed earlier this month against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its member organizations in Massachusetts and Utah. A health department spokesperson reiterated Monday that the agency strongly disagreed with the judge's order, repeating previous arguments that her decision 'undermines state flexibility and disregards longstanding concerns about accountability.' 'States should not be forced to fund organizations that have chosen political advocacy over patient care,' said the department's communication director, Andrew Nixon, in an email. Medicaid is a government health care program that serves millions of low-income and disabled Americans. Nearly half of Planned Parenthood's patients rely on Medicaid.
