Excited to host Professor Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social for a talk on his new book, The Opinionated University, this Thurs 4/16, 12-1:15pm at @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social. Join us, Philly folks! Further details and free registration available here: secure.touchnet.com/C20688_ustor...

Such an honor to have my article Normalizing Maternal Ambivalence featured in a Jotwell review by the incomparable Sarah Lorr @shlorr.bsky.social!

Excited to be part of tomorrow’s Fordham Law symposium on my amazing colleague @dsc250.bsky.social’s important new book with the wonderful Carole Joffe about how abortion providers have navigated the challenges of the post-Dobbs landscape. Join us! fordham.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Honored to testify before the Philly City Council today about new legislation to prohibit menopause discrimination! Grateful for the leadership of @ninaahmadphl.bsky.social and the commitment of her colleagues on the Public Health Committee to normalizing menstruation + peri/menopause

Excited to host the authors of Hot Flash at the next Vital Signs webinar tmrw (Tues 10/7) at 12pm. It’s not too late to join us! #VitalSigns @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social @profbcrawford.bsky.social @naomicahn.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/drexel...

Half the population experiences menopause, yet bias and silence around it persist. Join Vital Signs for Menopause and the Law: A Conversation with the Authors of "Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores… ...

Half the population experiences menopause, yet bias and silence around it persist. Join Vital Signs for Menopause and the Law: A Conversation with the Authors of "Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopa...

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Today's the day! Excited to welcome an amazing set of scholars, advocates, and practitioners to the Drexel Kline School of Law for the Law Review's 2025 symposium on hair, health, law & policy. An honor to collaborate with the amazing @wendygreene.bsky.social! @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social

Thrilled to share my latest article, Normalizing Maternal Ambivalence, is out! With gratitude to the many scholars and advocates who have engaged me on this topic and helped me think more deeply about the stigmatization of women's conflicted feelings about motherhood. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Thrilled to host this amazing group at Drexel for another wonderful Family Law Scholars & Teachers Conference! Most grateful for the generous feedback, new ideas, and supportive community #FLSTC @drexelklinelaw.bsky.social

Amazing to learn from powerhouse discussion group on private law and harms from AB bans #HLP2025 - thanks to @nnsawicki.bsky.social @jrabrams.bsky.social Yvette Lindgren, Michelle Oberman, Erika Sabbath, Jamille Fields Allsbrook

Thrilled to listen to an amazing New Books panel, including the fantastic @dsc250.bsky.social (After Dobbs), @jillwieberlens.bsky.social (Stillbirth & the Law), and @jrabrams.bsky.social (Inclusive Socratic Teaching). Read these books! #LSA2025 #FeministLegalTheory #DrexelKlineLaw

Excited to discuss Hot Flash - a critically important new book on menopause + law by @profbcrawford.bsky.social @naomicahn.bsky.social & Emily Waldman - on Thurs 5/8 at 1pm ET with AALS Section on Aging. Join us! (reg link below) www.sup.org/books/law/ho...

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More than half the population will experience menopause; it is time for the law to acknowledge it.

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On the abortion 'complication' claim: Paxton says in his press release that abortion pills "caused serious harm to this patient." This appears to be a lie—one that is being repeated by mainstream outlets

Yes! Specifically, acts already committed that could be prosecuted in the future under the federal Comstock Act

Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 2y ago

I asked repro experts what President Biden should do before Trump takes office. High on the list: pardon people for abortion-related ‘crimes’ jessica.substack.com/p/ten-action...

The GA maternal mortality review committee's findings "are not supposed to be shared with the public — not even with hospitals or with family members of women who died." Helps explain the recent decision to fire the whole committee...

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

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"Doctors say the feeling among would-be moms is fear." For some women, the fear of death, trauma, or other harm due to obstetric violence + obstetric racism has long been part of giving birth. Not that this reality makes such reporting any easier to digest... www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban

Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.

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Lots of important takeaways here, not least of which is the dignity of *all abortion storytelling,* not just the most tragic stories. Otherwise, we risk losing even when we win. rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/11/21/a...

Analysis: The Limits of a Tragic Story

Savita Halappanavar's death is widely seen as a catalyst for Ireland's abortion reform, but the truth is more nuanced—and offers important lessons for the U.S.

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The vote-tallying is now almost complete, and it's abundantly clear just how much abortion, on its own, is a winner electorally. There have been 18 ballot initiatives post-Dobbs, and the pro-choice side has garnered 60.4% of the 56.6M votes cast. In today's politics, that's a landslide.

The law of pregnancy is overrun by a sexist ideology that masquerades as sex equality while denigrating gestation and other caretaking. Feminists must work to overthrow this skewed value system that subordinates women, devalues caretaking, and impoverishes the law of our fundamental rights.

Essentially a Mother: A Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy and Motherhood a book by Jennifer Hendricks

Essentially a Mother argues that the law of pregnancy and motherhood has been overrun by sexist ideology. Courts have held that a pregnant woman's nine months of gestation hardly count in her claim to...

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Amidst relentless news of violence + loss across the world, this detailed, intimate reporting about the destruction of a Kyiv maternity clinic in July hits hard -- among the more than 1,900 medical facilities damaged or destroyed since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

They Cared for New Life. Then Death Came to Their Clinic.

It was one horrific day of the war in Ukraine when a missile fell on the Adonis clinic in Kyiv.

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Messages of hate like this are fully pouring out of the Republican caucus today. I don’t think anyone who hasn’t watched anti-trans legislation the last several years knows exactly how rabid Republicans become on this issue when a trans person is in the room as their equal.

"According to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, more than half of Alabama’s 52 rural hospitals are at risk of closure, with 23 facing an immediate threat." Everything's fine... www.alreporter.com/2024/11/19/n...

New billboard urges Medicaid expansion to save Alabama hospitals

More than half of Alabama’s 52 rural hospitals are at risk of closure,

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Several interesting findings in this (small) study in which AI outperformed doctors at diagnostic tasks... www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/h...

A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness

A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.

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