In 1972, Nina Kuscsik was the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon. The male-dominated establishment that oversaw races at the time claimed women risk infertility and could even lose their uteruses by running marathons, but Nina was one of many who proved them wrong.

Planned Parenthood Southeast is facing internal turmoil: firings, silenced staff, and shrinking advocacy in a region that needs it most. The South can’t afford a lukewarm advocate for reproductive freedom. Check out my post here: open.substack.com/pub/reprojus...

Rewatched The Janes (2022) this weekend and forgot how powerful it is. The courage it took to build an underground abortion network in Chicago is unreal. A reminder of the giants we stand on and how it’s on us now to keep the fight for reproductive rights going. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRbq...

THIS! @heatherirobundamd.bsky.social @reprorights.org

Wrote about the challenges faced to SNAP and WIC recipients on substack this week, check it out (and donate to your food pantry). open.substack.com/pub/reprojus...

Please share this: Due to the government shutdown, SNAP benefits are going to be paused for the month of Nov. 1. If you or someone you know needs resources, please check out: www.findhelp.org 2. If you can, donate to a local food bank, pantry, etc.

Crisis pregnancy centers have played a central role in the anti-abortion movement since the 1960s. Well-intentioned Democrats have attempted to shut down these clinics by going after them for false advertising. But this method is poised to backfire spectacularly.

Great breakdown by @autonomynews.co on which @ppfa.org locations are offering what services to medicaid patients.

For people in the south, medication through Telehealth is our last option.

NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign justthenews.com/sites/defaul...

When HHS Sec. Calls the Coalition you directly support regulatory work on a cartel….

Across nearly 100 submissions to our #StopCensoringAbortion survey, we saw systemic over-enforcement, convoluted policies, sudden account bans, and ignored appeals. On Friday, leaders from EFF, Plan C, M+A Hotline, and Women on Web will discuss what’s happening and the future of sharing info online.

See ya in the streets

What he said.

The CDC’s chaos isn’t random — it’s consolidation of power at the expense of science & trust. I wrote about how these ‘small’ decisions add up to something much bigger open.substack.com/pub/reprojus...

We are a two-person worker-owned publication and we broke this major story before any national outlets. Support our paywall-free journalism with a paid membership: www.autonomynews.co/support/

This week’s newsletter examines how recent censorship decisions by major platforms intersect with healthcare access and public trust open.substack.com/pub/reprojus...

“Ab0rtion” “Aborshun” “Getting unpregnant” Abortion is not a dirty word and online platforms should not be forcing us to talk about our reproductive freedom in code. https://bit.ly/4nASKc0

The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine. The chair broke the tie by voting NO. Prescriptions will NOT be required.

Meta should allow users to share vital information about reproductive care. The company must also ensure that users are provided with clear information about how their policies are being applied and how to appeal seemingly wrongful decisions. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

@ossoff.senate.gov wife is an OB-GYN practicing in Georgia, and I deeply appreciate his effort to bring attention to such a critical issue.

$50B for rural health sounds like a win—until you realize it’s a Band-Aid on $900B in cuts. Closures are already mounting, from labor & delivery wards to entire hospitals. Rural America is being left without care. substack.com/home/post/p-...

It’s a CSPAN kind of morning. Truly mind blowing that we are revisiting conversations about vaccine safety and efficacy.

House Republican leadership has walked away from negotiations and are now threatening a shutdown by trying to jam through a funding bill on their terms alone. If there’s a shutdown—that’s a Republican shutdown.

@eff.org @apnews.com Working to uncover censorship in abortion care online. Well done Pinsof et al.

Thank you @eff.org for highlighting my experience navigating censorship and abortion education online. More than ever, it is critical to get evidence-based education to people who need it most. Forever shout out to @plancpills.bsky.social

The UN has affirmed sexual & reproductive health as human rights for the first time—while South Carolina advances one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S. Read more in this week’s newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/reprojus...

Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! @msmagazine.com

UPDATE: according to @thehill.com “There was a miscommunication with international staff and no destruction has yet happened but we are reviewing the matter,” a USAID spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.

“Documents show that several international organizations offered to buy or accept a donation of the contraceptives. The government would have incurred no costs or might have even been able to recoup taxpayer funds under those scenarios.”

At a recent Reclaim Choice FL event, we strategized about ending funding to Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) and wrote letters to state medical providers urging clinicians to join a letter of medical solidarity against these deceptive practices. Community action is always the best remedy to fear.

Florida: Ends school vaccine mandates and the Florida Surgeon General says “Who am I to tell you what your child should put in their body?” Also Florida: Has had a six-week abortion ban since 2024. So it's okay to make kids sick but not okay to let women control their own bodies?

It’s Giving Comstock Act: TX HB 7 just passed the Senate and House and is on the way to the Gov to be signed into law. This bill allows private individuals to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, or mails abortion-inducing medication into Texas.

Axios ranked what most likely will be the focus- post Congressional Recess. For the health policy wonks and those interested in pharmaceutical benefit manager reform, I recommend checking out the article: www.axios.com/pro/health-c...

Behind the ERA battle: Big Business feared equality would cost billions in wages and workplace protections.

Congress is back—and on day one, the FY26 spending fights are already setting up setbacks for women and public health.

Advocacy networks in the Southeast are expanding care like never before. They are merging, collaborating, and creating new models of support from pregnancy to postpartum. reprojustice.substack.com/p/something-...

It is Women’s Equality Day. The day we honor the 19th Amendment, reflect on the progress we've made, and recognize the work still ahead. We must fight for the future our daughters and granddaughters deserve.

Don’t miss out!

It was because of a Mississippi law (Gestational Age Act of 2018) that caused Roe V. Wade to be overturned. This is preventable.

Medicaid covers half of births in Kentucky. This is about saving kids' lives and mothers' lives. I was proud to stand with KDP and Dr. Ana’Necia Williams yesterday to share the story of my twins, who spent 99 days in the NICU when they were born.

If it passes, the general public can sue doctors who prescribe abortion pills for at least $100,000, without any connection to the pregnant person or doctor

June 2025, under Purl vs HHS, we saw a TX judge vacate protecting reproductive health data from being used against them in civil/ criminal investigations. This is the hill I will die on, your data is not safe. Delete period tracking apps etc.

@psabortionfund.bsky.social has always been an incredible organization for people to access medical care in South Carolina. I have genuinely loved seeing them expand their capabilities since Jan. & unfortunately, seen the need for their growth sky rocket.

Gov. Healey (MA) signed the strongest abortion protections in the country earlier this month.

More state leaders should be communicating how Medicaid cuts are impacting peoples’ lives right now - before the 2026 deadline takes place. Nice work @govandybeshear.bsky.social

Accessing reproductive health data – without the user’s consent – happens all the time, by data brokers, police, and other bad actors. That’s why we need a federal standard – like the My Body, My Data Act – to end this.

New post: I’m tracking how federal changes to food, care, and clean air policy intersect—and what that means for maternal health. These systems don’t operate in silos, and neither should our responses.