Physicians and abortion workers from across the country are seeing an "abnormally high" rate of false positives from Clearblue pregnancy tests. New investigation from me:

Neutral Milk Hotel

Never ever let people forget they did this. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook

honestly? buy your favorite abortion worker or repro journalist a drink

A federal court just blocked healthcare providers across the country from mailing mifepristone. Temporarily. This decision will have a huge impact on all abortion patients in every state. This ruling does not make it a crime to use abortion pills to end a pregnancy.

We WON our challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on Medicaid coverage of abortion!

Let’s not forget doctors and hospitals: AI is here to stay. Heck, maybe it saves lives??? 🤦🏾‍♀️

BREAKING: The White House today proposed eliminating the Title X family planning program. A few hours later, the health dept quietly released guidance that would shift the focus of the program millions of low-income people rely on away from contraception and toward "family formation."

please, i beg you, do not give AI companies access to your personal medical information.

OH MY HEART...the Oberlin Luddites Reject "The Year of AI Exploration"! 💚

The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary.

Having opinions about birth rates should be so embarrassing.

“AI red-teaming firm Mindgard said it manipulated health tech startup Doctronic's system into tripling an OxyContin dose, mislabeling methamphetamine, and spreading false vaccine claims.” 🗑️ 🗑️ 🗑️ #medsky #fmsky

NEW: I and colleagues reviewed 15,000 documents to illuminate how Jeffrey Epstein used VIP doctors to control and manipulate young women* — and how the doctors helped him, treating his needs as more important than the patients'. Gift link. *see next post in thread

Oh, yeah? Would a dying empire do THIS?!

Relevant to this soft-glam fascist's comments today, there's a bill in Florida to ban prescribing birth control to minors—or even giving teens information about it—without parental consent. It's called HB 173 The attacks on contraception are, and have been, in motion

I spoke with Dr. April Lockley, medical director of the Miscarriage and Abortion hotline, who has fielded questions from hundreds of people managing their abortions at home. Since Roe v. Wade fell, many callers are filled with concern: “If I go to the emergency room, will they call the police?”

Some arguments from the abortion debate over when life starts seem strikingly relevant: why should the appearance of a few familiar traits that offer the potential of personhood in the future permit this thing to displace certainly-people right now?

We had no way of anticipating how the car would revolutionize the landscape. With it came highways, streets, drunk driving, day trips to the sea, road rage, etc etc. We weren't intentional in how we adopted the car nor how we adopted the EMR. What culture do we intend to create with AI? 10/10

I’m excited to share "Anatomy of a Decision," a new resource that uses the "Narrative Laboratory" of Grey’s Anatomy to teach rigorous Medical Ethics. 🩺📖 Bioethics doesn't have to be sterile. We’re taking the drama of Grey Sloan Memorial and putting it under the philosophical microscope to explore:

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Celluloid Jesus (representations of Jesus in film) 2. Shakespeare’s Sexual Politics 3. Dostoevsky 4. Anthropology of Fertility and Reproduction 5. Beginning Dutch

Sorry, but I just don’t believe that creating more medical schools will solve the crisis of primary care. We have to actually address why this job is unsustainable for many practicing docs and unattractive to students and trainees. #fmsky

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

every dollar our government spends on “maternity homes” for juicing the #adoption industry’s domestic infant supply is a dollar not spent on giving pregnant women the support they need to keep their own children

This is Minneapolis: I’m at a major healthcare clinic (just here for a friend) and overheard the front desk staff mention they’ve had 97 missed appointments today. People aren’t getting medical care bc they’re afraid to leave home.

#COVID19 vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada. ja.ma/3YC9x4b

❝𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺 𝗜? 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬.❞‬ Grey Gardens, 1975

donate, if you can! PSA is doing amazing work.

what if you take every "new year, new you" you see this year and change the meaning from "make yourself smaller because smaller is better, make sure you're never too big" change the meaning to "fatness is neutral, fatness is good, take fatness off the criteria list for how you eat"

#COVID19 vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada. ja.ma/45gaS4e

Would love to see similar critiques of AI from medicine, yet all I see is absolute nonsense about regaining our “humanity” via the slop machine.

Among OB/GYN practices in LA County managed #Medicaid networks, fewer than 1 in 10 reachable clinics provided abortion care, and most imposed early gestational limits or out-of-pocket costs, contrary to state law. ja.ma/4p1e1fu

I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.

Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry

#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️

incredible. more of this, please!

Families with two children now spend an average of $2,252 per month on child care.

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

God bless abortion providers.

"How do you expect to win back men...?" We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.

66% of health centers on Catholic campuses do not provide contraception — a failure of institutions to provide students with the healthcare they need and deserve.

Checking with the hospital to make sure my upcoming colonoscopy is being performed by the local discount plumber and not some totalitarian with a medical degree

The MMR shot is safe and effective, and there is no credible evidence otherwise. Breaking MMR into three shots means 3x more copays at the doctor’s office, 3x more hours of missed work, 3x more bummed out kiddos, and probably more than 3x as many kids who aren’t fully vaccinated.

1 in 5 abortion patients have to travel outside of their state to receive safe, essential health care. Imagine driving 8 hours to see your dentist or boarding a flight to see your primary care provider. It’s absurd.

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Lots of inaccuracies floating around re: the new generic mifepristone. It's not the first generic, it's the second, and it's not a "new abortion pill." It's the same thing that's already on the market, there are just a total of three companies making the drug now (brand name and two generics).

D. How do we know multiple vaccines don’t “overload” children? Let’s talk studies: 1). A landmark 2002 study suggested that an infant’s immune system could theoretically handle ~10,000 vaccines simultaneously without impairment. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11773551/

New: Planned Parenthood Arizona says it has "made the incredibly difficult decision to suspend providing essential health care services to patients insured through Medicaid" due to federal efforts to "defund" Planned Parenthood.