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Dr Anna Nelson
@annanelson95.bsky.social
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Fringe Festivals and Health Law. 📚 Interests: childbirth, doulas, birthing/maternity care, obstetric violence, ectogestation, and gendered experiences of healthcare & consent. Research Associate: ConnecteDNA, University of Manchester. She / her. 🏳️‍🌈
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Mar 13
Delighted that @bevclough.bsky.social & I have received a BA/Leverhulme Small Grant for our project ‘Birth Doulas as a Liminal Actor With/in Medical Law: Identifying Regulatory & Conceptual Tensions’. We’ve been plotting this project for over 2 years & are so excited to bring it to life!
A white hand with pink painted nails holds up a notebook against a dark purple wall, opened at the front page. The handwritten text on this page reads: ‘BA/Lev Small Grant. Doulas as Liminal Actors. 2025-2026.
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · 9d
Very excited to be heading down to London for the launch of the ‘Beyond Misinformation?’ project today! Also excited to have two uninterrupted hours to dig into this much anticipated book on the journey 📚
A pink takeaway coffee cup sits and a hardback book ‘Sex Beyond Yes’ by Quill R Kukla are placed side by side on a train table.
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Bev Clough @bevclough.bsky.social · Sep 2
Sharing our surveys for birth doulas and for healthcare professionals (both broadly defined) for a project with @annanelson95.bsky.social on birth doulas and medical law. Please share widely!
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Mireia Garcés de Marcilla @mggarces.bsky.social · Sep 1
Following from our MLR workshop last year, @zainamahmoud.bsky.social and I are organising a workshop on embodiment & colonialism in November! We are grateful to the @slsauk.bsky.social for supporting this event and look forward to what we hope will be a great discussion.
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · 17d
People often express concerns that birth doulas are entirely unregulated, but the reality is a little more nuanced - as @bevclough.bsky.social & I unpack here: birthdoulas.mmu.ac.uk/2025/09/22/b...
Birth Doulas and Regulation: A Socio-Legal Approach - Birth doulas
One of the claims which is often made by those expressing their concerns about birth doulas is that doulas are ‘unregulated’. The purpose of this post is not to provide […]
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Rebecca Brione @rebeccabrione.bsky.social · 17d
On the theme of countering invisibility, I'm glad to support Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK 2025, led by The Motherhood Group (@TheMotherhoodGroup on Instagram/LinkedIn/TikTok). It’s time to #MakeBlackMothersVisible. #BlackMaternalMentalHealthWeek #BMMHW25 More: themotherhoodgroup.org/bmmhw25/
The Motherhood Group flyer for Black Maternal Mental Health Week UK 2025: Make Black Mothers Visible
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · 19d
The Canadian player who is smashing this #RWC25 semi-final in full festival glitter is my new idol ✨
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Rebecca Brione @rebeccabrione.bsky.social · 24d
Now more people are back this seems like a good time to give another shout out about this NEW edited collection on consent in reproductive care, including chapters from @drsamhalliday.bsky.social @annanelson95.bsky.social @zainamahmoud.bsky.social @emmacave.bsky.social and more
Photo showing three copies of the book Narratives of Consent and Reproductive Subjects in a stack.
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Sep 2
Surveys are now live - link are in the thread!
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Bev Clough @bevclough.bsky.social · Sep 2
Sharing our surveys for birth doulas and for healthcare professionals (both broadly defined) for a project with @annanelson95.bsky.social on birth doulas and medical law. Please share widely!
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Sep 2
Doula survey, link: qualtricsxm2w4bhmwzy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Healthcare professional survey, link: mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · Aug 8
People had abortions today and it didn’t affect their local politicians’ lives in any way!
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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · Aug 8
"Obstetrics is one of the most expensive services provided by hospitals, especially in rural areas, which often see a larger portion of Medicaid patients. With financial hits looming, hospitals are primed to close maternity wards first, and rural areas are particularly vulnerable." @19thnews.org
Pregnant people in rural parts of the country are running out of places to give birth
Some doctors worry that massive cuts to Medicaid will leave pregnant people needing to drive hundreds of miles for prenatal care and delivery services.
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jun 5
Despite my best efforts, we are back here… if anyone is looking for a socio-legal / medical law researcher do let me know!

Particularly interested in all things #childbirth, #obstetricviolence #reproductivetechnology and #consent but absolutely not fussy at this stage 📚
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 24
Totally agree with yours too
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 24
Big thought: any post-interview rejection should come from an actual person within the department (preferably head of school) not a HR system
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 24
Oh boy do I have *thoughts* on academic job hunting, institutional processes / practices, (lack of) care and candidate wellbeing.
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 23
Women's sport and social activism are closely intertwined in many way, which makes the silence about Palestine at the #WEURO2025 all the louder.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · Jul 22
Women’s sports, especially these sorts of sports moments, don’t just entertain. They draw us into larger social movements.
‘Los Angeles Is for Everyone,’ ‘Pay Us What You Owe Us’: The Long History of Women Athletes Leading the Resistance
From protest shirts reading “Immigrant City FC,” to the rallying cry “Pay Us What You Owe Us” at the WNBA All-Star Game, women athletes today are continuing a long legacy of using sports as a platform...
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 23
All Our Relations are doing brilliant work directly supporting and feeding families in Gaza: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
The two images are screenshots of the ‘Urgent Update’ from the All Our Relations GoFundMe page - this is linked in the post. Key sentences about what All Our Relations are doing got support families in Gaza have been highlighted in light purple
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 22
HONESTLY supporting the Lionesses is starting to feel like supporting Scotland. My body can’t handle it.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · Jul 21
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Black Maternity Experiences Report 2025 — FIVEXMORE
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 22
An important framing here: “This isn’t just a story about a single miscarriage of justice, it’s also a story about how science can shape & reshape the law, and about all the ways that our ideas of women, of mothers, of motherhood shape the law too - often in ways that are invisible, but intractable”
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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · Jul 22
I’ve spent the last three months investigating how genomics can prevent and overturn miscarriages of justice - particularly in the case of mothers accused of murder. The Lab Detective, new four part podcast series from @theobserveruk.bsky.social released today. Do listen lnk.to/thelabdetect...
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · Jul 21
Today, Five X More has published a comprehensive survey of 1,000+ Black and mixed heritage mothers, who were pregnant between 2021 and 2025.

Their findings are worrying and shine a light on why Black mothers remain 3x more likely to die in pregnancy & childbirth.

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O'Neill Institute @oneillinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 21
“The issue doesn’t get the attention it deserves.”
O'Neill's Jennifer Li talks to CRE Daily about the housing crisis threatening US cities ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
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Housing Crisis Threatens US Cities Ahead of 2026 World Cup
The 2026 World Cup may worsen the housing crisis as cities brace for short-term rentals, displacement, and long-term rent hikes.
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · Jul 16
New article! Embodied Experiences of Trans Pregnancy.

Published in the journal Body & Society, this article is part of a special issue on Pregnant Bodies and Embodied Pregnancy. We draw on interviews with trans men and non-binary people to explore the lived, bodily complexities of trans pregnancy.
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Morgan Centre @morgancentre.bsky.social · Jul 15
New article:

✨Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception & DNA testing

Petra Nordqvist, Leah Gilman, Caroline Redhead, Marie Fox, Nicky Hudson @fimaccallum.bsky.social @lucyfrith.bsky.social from #ConnecteDNA

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Relational dynamite: Engagements with kinship at the interface of donor conception and DNA testing
This article investigates how Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (DTCGT) affects people impacted by donor conception by bringing empirical data on how…
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · Jul 15
I'm excited for the day when 'the algorithm' can tell the difference between 'I've looked at this Uni course page repeatedly because I'm considering applying to study' AND 'I've painstakingly poured over this page to prepare for an interview/application for a job from which I've since been rejected'
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