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Dara Kass, MD
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Physician, wife, mother, daughter. Expanding reproductive healthcare in EDs. Helping folks think about better healthcare systems. darakass.com for more.
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In an #OpEd, @darakass.com, @spsaki.bsky.social, and Liz Tobin-Tyler, JD, MA, all of @brownpublichealth.bsky.social, explain what the research actually shows about reproductive coercion.

Read now: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Debunking the 'Coercion' Argument in the Abortion Pill Debate
Restricting mifepristone access doesn't protect women from abuse
www.medpagetoday.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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For parents of children caught in school shootings, the burden is overwhelming—and the answers are painfully few. Dr. Dara Kass’ latest is a must-read.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/what-parents-can-do-when-their-child
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My daughter spent hours in a bathroom this weekend as we waiting for the lockdown to be over.

A few lessons I learned along the way.
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What Parents Can Do When Their Child Is in an Active-Shooter Lockdown
This moment will come for too many of us.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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@darakass.com, a NYC emergency medicine physician whose daughter Hannah was among students sheltering at Brown on Saturday, posts at @contrariannews.org about a stark reality of American parenting:

"If your child hasn't been touched by this, at the rate we are going, they certainly will be." [1/2]
What Parents Can Do When Their Child Is in an Active-Shooter Lockdown
This moment will come for too many of us.
contrarian.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Nothing scarier!
On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I’ve had an incredible first week sharing my book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy with friends across the country. Next up, San Francisco. a.co/d/0GGCiHU
October 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Today, I'm chatting with @darakass.com about the impacts of the Republican health care crisis on every day people. #TrumpShutUSDown

Tune in at 12pm MST/3pm EST ⬇️
October 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thank you
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Samesies
October 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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If the FDA moves to restrict mifepristone access against the weight of decades of evidence, it will break the trust the American people have in this critical agency. How can we trust any of the FDA's decisions if it is so clearly politicized? Dr. Dara Kass gets into it
@darakass.com
The FDA is putting politics in your medicine cabinet
This isn't about just Tylenol and mifepristone. It’s about whether the FDA will remain a trusted arbiter of safety and e
contrarian.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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President Clinton opens CGI 2025 by addressing the rise of political violence and the assassinations of Melissa Hortman and Charlie Kirk.

#CGI2025 @clintonglobal.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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WSJ editorial board's take on Trump and Tylenol
wsj.com/opinion/tyle...
September 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Here are some heroes for today: Idaho physicians fighting for women’s health in a heartbreaking practice environment (35% of the ob/gyn workforce have left since Dobbs) after realizing that there was no cavalry coming #WIMS
September 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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@darakass.com at #PWIMS2025: “If you watch #ThePitt, you know America thinks you can get an abortion in the ED. The truth is you most often can’t.”

We wrote about that disconnect here: www.autonomynews.co/the-pitt-sho...
‘The Pitt’ Showed What Abortion Pill Access Should Look Like
The popular HBO show’s accidentally aspirational mifepristone plotline should inspire more emergency rooms to offer medication abortion.
www.autonomynews.co
September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When the pitchbot punches you in the gut 👇🏻
With abortions, mifepristone, and Tylenol all illegal, millions of American women will be be subjected to forced pregnancies without access to pain relief. Here's why these suburban moms are still standing by Donald Trump.
September 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't know how many died

W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid?

RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that

W: How can you be that ignorant?
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Thank you @jeremyfaust.bsky.social Demetre, Dan, and I ("D3") using our voices to raise the alarm for public health
Dr. Deb Houry (resigned from CDC yesterday) is giving live media interviews now outside the CDC. From what I can hear, she's speaking forcefully in favor of public health and against the nonsense the CDC is facing.

Understand: She is a very cautious person.

This means a lot!
#USAnotRFK
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Amazing right ?
August 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am a proud member of the "I don't care" club for health professionals who do not GAF about this administrations perceptions of their commitment to health equity and ALSO the "I do not care club" for post/perimenopausal women.

My dance card is getting full.
August 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Proud to be signatory on this letter.
August 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Breaking: Gunfire hits CDC campus.
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Breaking: Gunfire hits CDC campus.
Staffers are sheltering in place. Little else is known.
open.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The startup world is quietly abandoning .com domains, and the data is fascinating. We analyzed 4,000+ YCombinator & Techstars startups and found:

85% of .ai/.pro/.global startups got their exact brand match.

Startups aren't compromising.
The old "you need .com to be credible" rule? Dead.
54% of startups are using non-traditional domains to stand out. 🚀 This isn't a trend; it's the new standard for branding and visibility. Learn more from an article by @racsterls.bio.

#domains #startups

Learn more: www.identity.digital/newsroom/the-rise-of-non-traditional-domains-in-tech-startups
August 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I didn’t see this posted anywhere else but this is our warning sign.

As expected
NEW: A July 8 letter from anti-choice groups asks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to allow mifepristone to be provided only up to seven weeks of pregnancy and in person, among other changes.

The majority of U.S. abortions involve mifepristone.
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Anti-Choice Groups Seek Stricter Rules on Abortion Medication Mifepristone
A July 8 letter asks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to allow its use only up to seven weeks of pregnancy and in-person, among other changes. The majority of U.S. abortions involve mifepristone.
rewirenewsgroup.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM