NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

I haven't been following the birthright citizenship case, but after spending the last year writing about fetal personhood, it strikes me that the right is trying to read birth out of the 14A in both directions. Immigrants born here shouldn't get rights but fetuses not yet born should.

Great article about abortion care in NC and the recent @guttmacher.org report. For a more in depth discussion of the 2025 report, check out last week’s @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social episode with @imaddowzimet.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Check out this week’s @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social episode with @guttmacher.org data scientist @imaddowzimet.bsky.social — We had an awesome discussion about the 2025 abortion data that was just released this week! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Guttmacher Data Scientist @imaddowzimet.bsky.social joined @selenasd.com to discuss the latest data from our Monthly Abortion Provision Study. As telehealth care to states with total bans increased from 2024 to 2025, out-of-state travel for care declined. More via @npr.org ⬇️ https://gu.tt/41ugDJa

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

‘“All of it essentially is about the state’s ability to decide that a fetus, at any point during a pregnancy, is more important than the person who’s pregnant,” said Rutgers University law professor Kimberly Mutcherson’ Check out Kim’s interview on Outlawed: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Check out this week’s episode featuring author @jamilahlemieux.bsky.social. Her new book “Single. Black. Mother.” is out this week! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Delighted to speak on this @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social episode about abortion pills with thoughtful hosts + abortion providers @drbevgray.bsky.social and Dr. Jonas Swartz - alongside @plancpills.bsky.social's Elisa Wells! Give it a listen!

Check out this week’s episode featuring @plancpills.bsky.social co-founder Elisa Wells. Abortion pills are a game changer! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

We discuss criminalization of pregnancy on this week’s episode of the podcast, with special guest- legal scholar Kim Mutcherson. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Check out this week’s episode about pregnancy criminalization featuring an interview with brilliant law professor @professormutch.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Need some inspiration? Check out our interview with Heather Booth, one of the founding members of The Janes. @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Had a great conversation with @dsc250.bsky.social and @carolejoffe.bsky.social - featured on this week’s episode of Outlawed! Check out this dynamic duo and their book “After Dobbs” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

"You think you’re watching a woman drive away with an ICE agent following, then shooting her four times in the face, but what you’re really watching is an ICE agent in fear of his life and acting in self-defense."

Check out this week’s episode - featuring groups supporting patients traveling for abortion care. Special thanks to @elevatedaccess.bsky.social for inspiring us with all they do! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Many thanks to @caitlinmyers.bsky.social for sharing her brilliance with @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social listeners this week! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

We had a great conversation with Dr Daniel Grossman of @ansirh.bsky.social on this week’s episode of @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social about the science and safety of mifepristone. Get the facts here!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

New season coming next week! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

They think women suffering in pregnancy, birth and postpartum is good, literally.

We’re at $1,200 / $10,000 needed! Keep sharing because tomorrow morning, we’re getting her out of jail.

Martin County's only hospital was forced to close in 2023, mere months before North Carolina finally expanded Medicaid. Its closure punched a huge hole in rural healthcare down East - the closest hospital is now in Greenville (40 mins away). www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...

Story-telling and narrative are key “…this suggests that when trust in government is so low, the only way to move people’s views on a given policy is to explicitly tell them about their impact on specific families.” HT @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Journalists often ask for my thoughts on the contemporary US pronatalist movement. My assessment is based on my expertise and training as a social demographer, and my own research on childbearing behaviors at the individual and aggregate levels. Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/

NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Susan J. Kressly, said "creation of federal immunization policy is ‘no longer a credible process.’”

While N.C. law allows abortions when a patient’s life or health is in danger, the federal guidance offered clearer protections. Without it, doctors may be less sure about what’s allowed—and hesitate to act in emergencies.

🧵 At this time it's super important to make sure people have accurate information around abortion. So I've been sharing a thread with a number of resources that I'll continue to re-share to ensure the information is getting out to all who need it.

see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

The FDA commissioner says that the decision of whether a pregnant woman should get a Covid vaccine should come down to a conversation with their doctor — not a recommendation by the federal government.

Thinking of this @propublica.org reporting today about stillbirths of unvaccinated parents during the Delta wave, before CDC had explicitly recommended COVID vaccines for pregnant people and the damage the virus did to the placentas. www.propublica.org/article/covi...

Incredible article about abortion later in pregnancy. Check out this powerful interview with Jenni Villavicencio in episode 7: Tension of opposites. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Stirring and beautiful piece on the people repro groups leave behind by supporting viability limits on abortion. So-called “compromises” lead to forced births, like that of a California woman turned away after raising thousands and flying across the country. Read @amylittlefield.bsky.social:

BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin has conceded the N.C. Supreme Court race to Allison Riggs, ending a six-month long legal battle over the election.

Join us tomorrow to learn more about our 13th Annual 50-State Report Card. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today a right wing “think” tank released what they are calling a study that allegedly shows a higher rate of medication abortion complications than previous peer-reviewed studies. Let us dig into this mess.

Someone said executive orders are like letters to Santa, which is my favorite way to describe them

650,000 North Carolinians now have access to affordable health care thanks to Medicaid expansion. Gutting it would rip away that essential care and harm our entire health care system. Call your federal representatives and let them know we must protect Medicaid.

52 young AmeriCorps volunteers working in Western North Carolina on Helene recovery have now been fired, due to cuts made by the Trump-Musk White House. The @americorps.bsky.social is now being dissolved nationwide by the Trump administration. spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte...

Reading the transcript of Princeton's president Eisengruber on the Daily and what a cogent, powerful, and brave defense of #academic #freedom. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...? A few highlights, but it's worth a read.

Today is a dark day for our courts and our state. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that certain active duty military voters serving our nation must jump through hoops that other voters don’t.

North Carolina's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that tens of thousands of cast ballots challenged by the trailing candidate in November's unresolved election for a seat on the court must remain in the election count. www.wunc.org/politics/202...

True love is when you get sent stuff like this like from your spouse (a geographer) to you (a gynecologist). #nerdlove #thetysvagina #XOXO

Breaking News: The Supreme Court instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador. nyti.ms/42j7cxP

How NC voters on the Griffin List (or anyone worried about their future vote) can update their voter file Please share with everyone in NC you know triangleblogblog.com/2025/04/05/h...

📣 DC area folks! 📣 Please join us for a protest tomorrow, Sunday, April 6th, outside Peace Corps HQ to protest DOGE cuts to Peace Corps. 8:30am 1275 First Street NE Washington, DC We’ve got the support of Dan Baker, head of the NPCA, and Rep Garamendi (RPCV) (D-CA). Sign ideas below. 🌎🌍

As a North Carolinian, I am heartbroken and ashamed by what is happening to our state court system — Changing the rules of an election after it has been held like this is unconscionable.

Breaking: North Carolina Appeals Court, Over Strong Dissent, Sides with Judge Griffin in Election Contest