derek
@kepner.bsky.social
cofounder and CTO @ Choice Tracker - fighting for abortion rights in the state legislatures
https://choicetracker.org/
https://choicetracker.org/
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Not easy listening, but very important listening for anyone who cares about reproductive health, rights, & justice worldwide.
Journalists: don't miss this.
Thanks to @jennieindc.bsky.social for interviewing @beirners.bsky.social & Caitlin Horrigan of @ppfa.org for this important, sobering episode.
Journalists: don't miss this.
Thanks to @jennieindc.bsky.social for interviewing @beirners.bsky.social & Caitlin Horrigan of @ppfa.org for this important, sobering episode.
This week, Caitlin Horrigan, Senior Director of Global Advocacy at the @ppact.org and Beirne Roose-Snyder, Senior Policy Fellow at the @globalequality.bsky.social, talk with us about the Trump administration’s new and purposefully broad expansion on the already-devastating Global Gag Rule. #podcast
The Global Gag Rule is Once Again Expanded, Maximizing Harm — rePROs Fight Back
The Global Gag Rule, started by President Ronald Regan in 1984, prevented foreign NGOs from receiving U.S. family planning assistance if they performed, promoted, advocated for, counseled on, or refer...
www.reprosfightback.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Not easy listening, but very important listening for anyone who cares about reproductive health, rights, & justice worldwide.
Journalists: don't miss this.
Thanks to @jennieindc.bsky.social for interviewing @beirners.bsky.social & Caitlin Horrigan of @ppfa.org for this important, sobering episode.
Journalists: don't miss this.
Thanks to @jennieindc.bsky.social for interviewing @beirners.bsky.social & Caitlin Horrigan of @ppfa.org for this important, sobering episode.
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This country failed him (and many others). The people who voted for this or didn't vote at all failed him.
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 AM
This country failed him (and many others). The people who voted for this or didn't vote at all failed him.
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Today, @govpritzker.illinois.gov launched the Prairie State Access Fund, to strengthen infrastructure and resources for Illinois’ reproductive healthcare ecosystem. More info here: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker... 👏 👏 👏
Illinois is one of the few states in the middle of the country that protects the right to comprehensive reproductive healthcare.
Supporting care here means supporting access for people who have nowhere else to turn.
Supporting care here means supporting access for people who have nowhere else to turn.
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Today, @govpritzker.illinois.gov launched the Prairie State Access Fund, to strengthen infrastructure and resources for Illinois’ reproductive healthcare ecosystem. More info here: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker... 👏 👏 👏
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ICE is an explicitly misogynist militia. It recruits insecure men, kits them out, tells them their tough guys, warns that anyone who resists them is disrespecting their authority (and their fragile masculine status) and imposes no consequences for abuse.
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
The Sexual Politics of ICE
Trump's nativist paramilitary is also a misogynist militia.
www.throughline.news
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
ICE is an explicitly misogynist militia. It recruits insecure men, kits them out, tells them their tough guys, warns that anyone who resists them is disrespecting their authority (and their fragile masculine status) and imposes no consequences for abuse.
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
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Imagine if women shot men every time they (actually) feared for their lives. Imagine if women shot men every time they felt disrespected by a man.
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Imagine if women shot men every time they (actually) feared for their lives. Imagine if women shot men every time they felt disrespected by a man.
Men: “she tried to run him over”
Also men: “why am I lonely?”
Also men: “why am I lonely?”
January 10, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Men: “she tried to run him over”
Also men: “why am I lonely?”
Also men: “why am I lonely?”
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“She was a woman who maintained calm equanimity in the face of a male ICE officer’s attempt to wield his authority: an illicit, abusive authority designed to elicit panic and unthinking obedience. And, so, he shot her.”
We can’t ignore the gendered dynamics of what we just saw katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...
Renee Good’s Murder was Misogyny
We cannot ignore the distinctively gendered dynamics of this—and much other—fascist violence
katemanne.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 AM
“She was a woman who maintained calm equanimity in the face of a male ICE officer’s attempt to wield his authority: an illicit, abusive authority designed to elicit panic and unthinking obedience. And, so, he shot her.”
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I'm not sure how many more times we need to see/hear about violent men calling women "bitch" as they assault & even murder them before we accept that misogynistic slurs aren't neutral.
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I'm not sure how many more times we need to see/hear about violent men calling women "bitch" as they assault & even murder them before we accept that misogynistic slurs aren't neutral.
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Abolishing ICE is a reproductive justice issue
January 8, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Abolishing ICE is a reproductive justice issue
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notice it’s the “pro-life” ppl justifying these killings
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 AM
notice it’s the “pro-life” ppl justifying these killings
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I’m trying to get my new book The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey (out 1/13) on 2026 book club lists, must read lists, etc.
If you do book stuff and love reproductive rights I want to hear from you 🩷
If you do book stuff and love reproductive rights I want to hear from you 🩷
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m trying to get my new book The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey (out 1/13) on 2026 book club lists, must read lists, etc.
If you do book stuff and love reproductive rights I want to hear from you 🩷
If you do book stuff and love reproductive rights I want to hear from you 🩷
@helmsinki.bsky.social happy holidays! 🎊 thank you guys for the holiday card! 💙
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
@helmsinki.bsky.social happy holidays! 🎊 thank you guys for the holiday card! 💙
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Preorders are SO important to a book’s success and I need more of them for THE ABORTION COMPANION: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice & Your Journey.
If my work has ever helped you, *please* consider preordering now or sharing with your communities 🩷
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becca...
If my work has ever helped you, *please* consider preordering now or sharing with your communities 🩷
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becca...
The Abortion Companion
A warm, accepting, non-judgmental, and stigma-free companion for your abortion journey. Whether you’re planning to have an abortion soon or you had one thi...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Preorders are SO important to a book’s success and I need more of them for THE ABORTION COMPANION: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice & Your Journey.
If my work has ever helped you, *please* consider preordering now or sharing with your communities 🩷
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becca...
If my work has ever helped you, *please* consider preordering now or sharing with your communities 🩷
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becca...
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Rebecca Bloom breaks down why women are still underdiagnosed—and what needs to change in the way we listen, test, and trust women’s experiences!
🎧 Hear the conversation and share it: bit.ly/rebeccabloom
🎧 Hear the conversation and share it: bit.ly/rebeccabloom
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Rebecca Bloom breaks down why women are still underdiagnosed—and what needs to change in the way we listen, test, and trust women’s experiences!
🎧 Hear the conversation and share it: bit.ly/rebeccabloom
🎧 Hear the conversation and share it: bit.ly/rebeccabloom
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Huge GOOD news for South Carolina
SB 323 was NOT passed!
This is a MAJOR WIN for South Carolinians and a BIG step for Reproductive Justice.
The people have spoken and have used their voice to save abortion access and so much more.
Amazing things can happen when we work together!
#SouthCarolina
SB 323 was NOT passed!
This is a MAJOR WIN for South Carolinians and a BIG step for Reproductive Justice.
The people have spoken and have used their voice to save abortion access and so much more.
Amazing things can happen when we work together!
#SouthCarolina
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Huge GOOD news for South Carolina
SB 323 was NOT passed!
This is a MAJOR WIN for South Carolinians and a BIG step for Reproductive Justice.
The people have spoken and have used their voice to save abortion access and so much more.
Amazing things can happen when we work together!
#SouthCarolina
SB 323 was NOT passed!
This is a MAJOR WIN for South Carolinians and a BIG step for Reproductive Justice.
The people have spoken and have used their voice to save abortion access and so much more.
Amazing things can happen when we work together!
#SouthCarolina
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I just made a huge overhaul to the design of my website and made additions to the organization lists, especially the practical support ones! Consider checking it out and sharing 💖 donationsforabortions.com
Abortion Funds in Every State
donationsforabortions.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I just made a huge overhaul to the design of my website and made additions to the organization lists, especially the practical support ones! Consider checking it out and sharing 💖 donationsforabortions.com
Hey Virginia, go vote! And use our voting guide if you want the details on which candidates will fight for your reproductive rights! choicetracker.org/va
Virginia Pro-Choice Voter Guide - Choice Tracker
State Reps and Senators control our reproductive rights. Learn each candidate’s position, and vote to protect abortion in Virginia.
choicetracker.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hey Virginia, go vote! And use our voting guide if you want the details on which candidates will fight for your reproductive rights! choicetracker.org/va
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Remember when Dick Cheney “accidentally” shot a guy? Anyway, Release the Epstein Files
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Remember when Dick Cheney “accidentally” shot a guy? Anyway, Release the Epstein Files
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I hate the Hyde Amendment and you should too! It prohibits federal funds, like Medicaid, from being used to pay for abortion care. It sucks soooo bad.
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I hate the Hyde Amendment and you should too! It prohibits federal funds, like Medicaid, from being used to pay for abortion care. It sucks soooo bad.
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Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Hey VA! Early in-person voting is open! Our team has researched every candidate. We know how they've voted in the past, and what they've said on social media about abortion rights. Come check out our work and let's elect pro-choice legislators! choicetracker.org/va
Virginia Pro-Choice Voter Guide - Choice Tracker
State Reps and Senators control our reproductive rights. Learn each candidate’s position, and vote to protect abortion in Virginia.
choicetracker.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey VA! Early in-person voting is open! Our team has researched every candidate. We know how they've voted in the past, and what they've said on social media about abortion rights. Come check out our work and let's elect pro-choice legislators! choicetracker.org/va
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Y’all, I’m so done with this man. The damage he’s causing, the cruelty, It’s beyond anything I can tolerate. It’s too much.
September 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Y’all, I’m so done with this man. The damage he’s causing, the cruelty, It’s beyond anything I can tolerate. It’s too much.
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Thank you to our wonderful designer Kate Ryan for bringing this particularly deranged vision of mine to life www.bonfire.com/all-comstock...
ACAB: All Comstocks Are Bastards | Bonfire
Grab your limited edition ACAB: All Comstocks Are Bastards merchandise before the campaign closes. Featuring Vintage Black Premium Cotton Tees, professionally printed in the USA.
www.bonfire.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thank you to our wonderful designer Kate Ryan for bringing this particularly deranged vision of mine to life www.bonfire.com/all-comstock...
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Always such a pleasure to speak with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social even when the subject matter is dark!
Investigative journalist @garnethenderson.com spoke with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social about the Trump administration’s false claims that some forms of birth control cause abortions.
September 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Always such a pleasure to speak with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social even when the subject matter is dark!
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It's been 3 years since the Dobbs Supreme Court decision, which overturned the right to abortion in the United States.
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵
June 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's been 3 years since the Dobbs Supreme Court decision, which overturned the right to abortion in the United States.
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵
Here's a thread of online ways to promote abortion access in the US (even just on Bluesky)! 🧵