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This week on the Gilead Gazette: Trump posted unblurred surveillance footage of a woman being murdered on Truth Social, hours after Melania Trump held a surprise press conference distancing herself from the Epstein files. He didn’t name the victim. Her name was Nilufar Easmin. She was a Bangladeshi immigrant and mother of two.

Florida’s maternal mortality committee went dark for years, quietly withholding data covering the exact period when abortion restrictions began, the 15-week ban in 2022 through the six-week ban in 2024. Texas, Georgia, and Idaho did the same. You don’t suppress evidence you’re proud of.

Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California turned away Anna Nusslock - fifteen weeks pregnant, actively hemorrhaging, twins nonviable - because one twin had a detectable heartbeat. They handed her a bucket and towels for the twelve-mile drive to the nearest ER. Their defense: she survived, so the care was appropriate. They are still open. They are now the only hospital with labor and delivery within 85 miles.

And Students for Life is currently lobbying the EPA to classify mifepristone as a drinking water contaminant during an open public comment period. The scientific basis: one activist testified we’re all drinking other people’s abortions.

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