Research shows abortion storylines can shape public understanding, making accurate representation more important than ever.

The unfortunate irony of the post-Dobbs era is that it seems that television has become both more willing to name political barriers to abortion access while simultaneously promoting narratives that further stigmatize abortion. More from me in @msmagazine.com: msmagazine.com/2026/06/25/t...

Today is the 4th anniversary of the #Dobbs decision, which revoked federal protections for abortion. Has TV caught up w/a post-Dobbs reality? We find that abortion storylines increasingly depict barriers to care; an important shift, but TV still has a long way to go in representing abortion access.

Latine immigrant representation on TV has fallen from 50% in 2020 to just 23% today. New research from Define American shows what's at stake when these stories disappear from the screen, and how we can change the narrative. bit.ly/changethenarrative2026 #ChangeTheNarrative

Totally surreal to watch Hollywood Does Abortion at the Tribeca Film Festival last week. It was a true honor to share abortion onscreen research & analysis with this exceptional documentary team. Congrats to the incredible filmmakers and crew! www.hollywooddoesabortion.com

Morgan spoke with Steph Herold, MPH, a subject matter expert featured in the documentary film, “Hollywood Does Abortion.” The film interrogates how abortion is depicted and discussed in film and on television. Episode available now! www.buzzsprout.com/1638073/epis...

hey just checking in on this again?

Update: "mifepriston 50 mg is not suitable as a contraceptive. The study started on April 14, 2025 [&] revealed a higher number of positive pregnancy tests and pregnancies than expected. The percentage of ectopic pregnancies, in particular, gave cause for concern." www.gofundme.com/f/zxmvd-mife...

Premiering today at the Tribeca Film Festival to a sold out (!!!) crowd - Hollywood Does Abortion! Thrilled to have played a small part in this excellent doc and can’t wait for everyone to see it. tribecafilm.com/films/hollyw...

This amazing documentary premieres at the Tribeca film festival in ONE WEEK! It is so cool to watch filmmakers take your research and craft it into an hour and a half of moving, hilarious, insightful analysis. Can’t wait for everyone to see it!

"A Judaism concerned only with survival eventually loses its soul. A Judaism concerned only with moral performance eventually loses its ability to survive. The challenge is holding both truths simultaneously." www.jta.org/2026/05/15/i...

If all you knew about medication abortion (mifepristone + misoprostol or misprostol alone) you learned from TV, you’d know a whole lot of nothing because TV so rarely depicts this abortion method. Here’s why that’s a problem

Defending medication abortion through telehealth is critical to ensuring people can get the care they need, alongside protecting abortion clinics and advancing access to in-person abortion care. Learn more about our research, which shows medication abortion is safe. www.ansirh.org/research/she...

People across the United States have turned to medication abortion through telehealth as a trusted, safe, and effective method of care. Even a temporary disruption of access to medication abortion will have massive implications. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

"AI-facilitated information searches are becoming part of how people navigate abortion in restrictive global majority settings," srh.bmj.com/content/earl...

Sixty-eight people killed by abortion bans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

People had really interesting things to say about these shows: “I think it gave me peace and reassurance in my decision. I felt a lot of power in being able to choose what is best for myself and this clip solidified that for me and for the character.”

⭐️ New research from my team! ⭐️ What do people who’ve had abortions think about the abortion storylines we see on TV? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"Justice work that excludes Jews is not justice work at all; it is, instead, a perpetuation of the idea that in the face of hatred, Jews still don’t count." ejewishphilanthropy.com/even-when-ha...

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 thank you @womenslawproject.bsky.social and everyone who made this happen!

"The similarities that arise from the areas of 'parental rights' and criminalization/state surveillance demonstrate that the overlap between attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care go much further than the overarching concept of attacks on bodily autonomy." www.thetaskforce.org/resources/ge...

I thought maybe I was too harsh but then I saw how anti abortion people are clocking this show as a win

Can we talk about #MargosGotMoneyTroubles and the (spoiler alert) averted abortion storyline because….you know I’ve got thoughts.

I really don’t logically understand how every year on my kids’ birthdays my body freaks out - hips sore, uterus crampy. I know the body knows the score and all that but you’d think after 8+ years it would forget!

"Given the extent to which religion has been hijacked to tell a narrow story about abortion, documenting the stories of religious people having abortions offers a deep source of moral wisdom & an important corrective in public narratives about abortion." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The vibe I bring to Friday night is Torah study in my Shane Hollander jersey #JewishLoons

Did you know that a majority of TV and film viewers across ALL genres support legal abortion, and want to see more realistic abortion stories onscreen? We collaborated with @betterlifelab.bsky.social, exploring the ways abortion is depicted onscreen and the more complex stories audiences want.

Medication abortion can and should be provided over-the-counter. Research continues to find that it's safe, effective, & acceptable to patients. Bring on the abortion pill vending machines, please! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“The violence and messaging are targeting not just Jewish safety but Jewish citizenship. They send a message: No barricade will guarantee Jews their full and free exercise of rights as Americans…we fear they will next be deployed against other marginalized groups.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

From GLAAD's Senior Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis: Outstanding LGBTQ stories are winning audiences and Hollywood is leaving money on the table. (via @thewrap.com)

New data from our Monthly Abortion Provision Study show that there were 1,126,000 US clinician-provided abortions in 2025. While interstate travel for care decreased, abortion via telehealth to people in states with total bans increased significantly. Learn more: https://gu.tt/47Vm3R7

Usually when I ask people if they've ever seen a show with an abortion storyline, chances are they'll mention Olivia Pope on Scandal. So cool to hear Kerry Washington on Call Her Daddy talking about the experience of filming it, and her own abortion story too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRn6...

"My point is not that Jews deserve a unique exemption from political critique. It is that Jews should not be the exception to anti-racist principles." Thank you, @bulldogshadow.bsky.social erickward.substack.com/p/the-left-m...

Dolores Huerta. 🫶🏾 (I originally did this illustration about seven years ago, but I recently updated it.) #illustration

Our response to the news from Temple Israel in Michigan:

A majority of Americans continue to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and in recent years, the public has become more likely to say obtaining an abortion in their area would be difficult. New from @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

WHY did over 20 police officers enter Philadelphia's first queer women's sports bar? My sister reports on this for @autostraddle.bsky.social: www.autostraddle.com/marshas-is-h...

This is how we #celebrateabortionproviders at Abortion Onscreen - by sharing analysis of how tv has represented abortion provision across genres, and what we'd love to see more of on our shows. Sending love, strength, and appreciation to all abortion providers, from clinic staff to clinicians.

"Every day since the Dobbs decision, pregnant people have undergone financially, physically, and psychologically strenuous journeys for basic health care." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

No kidding -- "Women in states with more abortion restrictions had more depression symptoms" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Those of us who follow the Bible as a moral guide can conclude that demonizing, mocking or dehumanizing immigrants — let alone violently pursuing them — is an abomination, a direct affront to a biblical vision of what a good and holy society ought to look like.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/o...

A1 I’m always struck by how much Hashem desires closeness — “let them build Me an ark that I may dwell among them.” Not near them or close to them - among them. #parshachat

1. Mayor Mamdani promised to hold hospitals accountable that capitulate to Trump. He promised funding to trans youth care in the city. There are very real steps he can take right now to maintain care for trans youth after NYU Langone's capitulation. It's time for Mamdani to uphold his promises.

Better Life Lab’s Re-Scripting Gender, Work, Family, and Care initiative breaks down what audiences are seeing and takeaways for storytellers to consider in how their characters in TV and film navigate reproductive health. 📺 https://go.newamerica.org/pregnancy-abortion-and-care-on-screen-5

“State abortion restrictions put in place during the last two decades have resulted in more women dying during or after childbirth, leading to about 16 additional deaths a year across the states that became more stringent, new research finds.” www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

The pro life crowd real silent about all the children that have been detained.

As a civil rights lawyer, I don’t think cases alleging discrimination against Jews or Israelis should be subjected to a special, narrow discrimination test that applies only to them. I wrote about this problem here: www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...

can’t not hear and see:

Webinar with Jewish Labor Committee starting today at noon ET: Join JCPA CEO @amyspitalnick and labor attorney Joanne Goldstein for a conversation on defending democracy, strengthening unions, and pushing back against efforts to divide our communities. Register: thejcpa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Looking forward to watching this — catch it on @pbs.org www.pbs.org/show/black-a... #BlackandJewishAmerica