Ava Slocum
@avaslocum.bsky.social
she/her | Columbia '25 and Columbia Journalism School '26 | fact-checker and reporter @msmagazine.com
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The U.S. continues to wage a war on its children.
NEW: Supreme Court appears skeptical of state bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids after hearing First Amendment arguments.
Supreme Court weighs challenge to bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids
Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, argues that the state's ban violates her rights under the Constitution's First Amendment.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The U.S. continues to wage a war on its children.
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This is the most extreme abortion ban ever introduced in South Carolina and it’s an egregious attack on autonomy, privacy, speech, and safety.
We CANNOT stay silent.
We CANNOT stay silent.
At a public hearing on Wednesday, one OB-GYN said that the proposed bill "constitutes an unconstitutional reach that threatens the very fabric of health care in our state."
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South Carolina Moves Toward Passing the Most Extreme Abortion Ban in America
At a public hearing on Wednesday, one OB-GYN said that the proposed bill "constitutes an unconstitutional reach that threatens the very fabric of health care in our state."
www.jezebel.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is the most extreme abortion ban ever introduced in South Carolina and it’s an egregious attack on autonomy, privacy, speech, and safety.
We CANNOT stay silent.
We CANNOT stay silent.
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On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood closed its only two Louisiana clinics due to the Trump administration’s funding cuts.
The War on Women Report: New Texas Law Targets Abortion Pills; More Planned Parenthoods Close Amid Federal Funding Cuts
The War on Women Report: New Texas Law Targets Abortion Pills; More Planned Parenthoods Close Amid Federal Funding Cuts
msmagazine.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood closed its only two Louisiana clinics due to the Trump administration’s funding cuts.
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Antiabortion violence isn’t new. But this year, the terrain shifted in dangerous ways.
'We Can Do Hard Things': Abortion Providers Fight Back Against Rising Violence
Amid threats and a lack of Trump's protection, abortion providers are fortifying clinics, pushing states to act and refusing to back down.
msmagazine.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Antiabortion violence isn’t new. But this year, the terrain shifted in dangerous ways.
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On Oct. 3, 1977, Rosie Jiménez—a 27-year-old mother, student and aspiring teacher in McAllen, Texas—died after being denied Medicaid coverage for abortion.
Nearly 50 years later, the policy that killed her is still on the books.
Nearly 50 years later, the policy that killed her is still on the books.
Remembering Rosie Jiménez: How the Hyde Amendment Took Her Life and Denies Care Today
Rosie Jiménez—a 27-year-old mother, student and aspiring teacher in McAllen, Texas—died after being denied Medicaid coverage for abortion
msmagazine.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
On Oct. 3, 1977, Rosie Jiménez—a 27-year-old mother, student and aspiring teacher in McAllen, Texas—died after being denied Medicaid coverage for abortion.
Nearly 50 years later, the policy that killed her is still on the books.
Nearly 50 years later, the policy that killed her is still on the books.
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Fever itself can endanger fetal development—which is why Tylenol remains an important tool for protecting moms and babies.
Pregnant Women Deserve Pain and Fever Relief Without Judgment
Fever itself can endanger fetal development, which is why Tylenol remains an important tool for protecting pregnant moms and babies.
msmagazine.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Fever itself can endanger fetal development—which is why Tylenol remains an important tool for protecting moms and babies.
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On the 25th anniversary of FDA approval of mifepristone, reproductive rights supporters are celebrating the creative, determined and courageous advocates who brought this medication to market. @msmagazine.com
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Twenty-Five Years of Mifepristone: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever
25 Years of RU-486: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill Mifepristone to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever
msmagazine.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
On the 25th anniversary of FDA approval of mifepristone, reproductive rights supporters are celebrating the creative, determined and courageous advocates who brought this medication to market. @msmagazine.com
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From Germany to South Africa to Great Britain to Japan, ultranationalist movements have seized on Charlie Kirk's death.
The irony here is hard to ignore: these same groups that often decry globalization are adopting an international message based on American politics.
The irony here is hard to ignore: these same groups that often decry globalization are adopting an international message based on American politics.
The global far right is making Charlie Kirk a martyr
From Germany to South Africa to Japan, ultranationalist forces have seized on his death.
www.motherjones.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
From Germany to South Africa to Great Britain to Japan, ultranationalist movements have seized on Charlie Kirk's death.
The irony here is hard to ignore: these same groups that often decry globalization are adopting an international message based on American politics.
The irony here is hard to ignore: these same groups that often decry globalization are adopting an international message based on American politics.
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"It’s about ensuring the truth cannot be buried and that those who cause harm are held to account. Survivors deserve to see the full scope of the files, and the public deserves to understand how such exploitation was allowed to persist for so long."
#BelieveSurvivors #StandWithSurvivors
#BelieveSurvivors #StandWithSurvivors
With support from World Without Exploitation, Liz Stein and more than 20 survivors led a powerful call on Capitol Hill for the release of the Epstein files and real accountability.
How Epstein Survivors Made Their Voices Impossible to Ignore
With World Without Exploitation, Liz Stein and survivors took to Capitol Hill for the release of the Epstein files and real accountability.
msmagazine.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"It’s about ensuring the truth cannot be buried and that those who cause harm are held to account. Survivors deserve to see the full scope of the files, and the public deserves to understand how such exploitation was allowed to persist for so long."
#BelieveSurvivors #StandWithSurvivors
#BelieveSurvivors #StandWithSurvivors
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A must-read: @msmagazine.com is running an important 4-part series about the rise in anti-abortion violence under the Trump administration.
It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Antiabortion Violence in America: A Ms. Investigation Archives - Ms. Magazine
Ms.’ four-part investigation into antiabortion violence reveals how political extremism, radicalized religion and weakened federal protections have created a climate of unprecedented danger for aborti...
msmagazine.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A must-read: @msmagazine.com is running an important 4-part series about the rise in anti-abortion violence under the Trump administration.
It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
It feels especially timely this week, as conservatives try to paint the left as politically violent in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
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"if we’re going to get real equality, we have to have a constitutional guarantee of equality."
for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to ms. executive ed kathy spillar about the promise of the equal rights amendment.
read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!
for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to ms. executive ed kathy spillar about the promise of the equal rights amendment.
read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!
‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality
‘Who Could Be Opposed to This?’: Why the ERA Is Kathy Spillar’s ‘North Star’ in the Fight for Gender Equality
msmagazine.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"if we’re going to get real equality, we have to have a constitutional guarantee of equality."
for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to ms. executive ed kathy spillar about the promise of the equal rights amendment.
read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!
for the latest episode of "looking back, moving forward," i talked to ms. executive ed kathy spillar about the promise of the equal rights amendment.
read more + tune in @msmagazine.com!
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The Trump administration falsely conflated birth control and abortion in a statement to the New York Times.
By falsely blurring the line between birth control and abortion, they hope to gain public support and momentum in their efforts to make both harder and harder to access.
By falsely blurring the line between birth control and abortion, they hope to gain public support and momentum in their efforts to make both harder and harder to access.
September 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Trump administration falsely conflated birth control and abortion in a statement to the New York Times.
By falsely blurring the line between birth control and abortion, they hope to gain public support and momentum in their efforts to make both harder and harder to access.
By falsely blurring the line between birth control and abortion, they hope to gain public support and momentum in their efforts to make both harder and harder to access.
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Texas’ abortion bans have driven hundreds of physicians to leave the state, retire early, or avoid practicing and training there altogether.
How Texas Abortion Restrictions Are Driving Doctors Away: ‘By Following the Law, I Was Doing the Wrong Thing Medically’
Why this Texas physician fled to Virginia because of Texas’ abortion bans: ‘We Get Antiabortion Patients Coming In for Abortions, Too’
msmagazine.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Texas’ abortion bans have driven hundreds of physicians to leave the state, retire early, or avoid practicing and training there altogether.
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Behind the ERA battle: Big Business feared equality would cost billions in wages and workplace protections.
Why Big Business Is Trying to Defeat the ERA: The Economic Implications of Equality (May 1976)
Why Big Business Is Trying to Defeat the Equal Rights Amendment: The Economic Implications of Equality (May 1976)
msmagazine.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Behind the ERA battle: Big Business feared equality would cost billions in wages and workplace protections.
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July)
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July)
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July)
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
(Published July)
"The premise of this show—and a growing number of shows like it—is that our rights are up for debate. That it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality is a mistake ... There’s a difference between reporting on toxic bigotry and platforming it."
To too men in power, nebulous ideas about ‘public discourse’ are far more valuable than women’s actual lives and freedom.
Enough of 'Just Asking Questions'
Platforming extremists is killing democracy—and women
jessica.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"The premise of this show—and a growing number of shows like it—is that our rights are up for debate. That it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality is a mistake ... There’s a difference between reporting on toxic bigotry and platforming it."
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A few months ago, I got invited to go on the massively popular podcast, “Diary of a CEO.”
Here’s why I said no.
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Here’s why I said no.
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Enough of 'Just Asking Questions'
Platforming extremists is killing democracy—and women
jessica.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A few months ago, I got invited to go on the massively popular podcast, “Diary of a CEO.”
Here’s why I said no.
jessica.substack.com/p/anti-femin...
Here’s why I said no.
jessica.substack.com/p/anti-femin...
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In the Fall issue, we explore the deadly risks abortion rights advocates face, the impact of Trump-era immigration policies, the fight to protect Syria’s ‘village of women,’ how Medicaid and SNAP cuts threaten women and children, and more.
In the Fall Issue of Ms. Magazine: Abortion’s Foes Turn Deadly
In the Fall Issue of Ms. Magazine: Melissa Hortman, Anti-Abortion Violence, and Dangerous Work of Advocating for Abortion Rights
msmagazine.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In the Fall issue, we explore the deadly risks abortion rights advocates face, the impact of Trump-era immigration policies, the fight to protect Syria’s ‘village of women,’ how Medicaid and SNAP cuts threaten women and children, and more.
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Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls.
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!!!
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!!!
"The Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls in developing nations."
Why Is the U.S. Paying to Burn Birth Control?
The Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls in developing nations.
msmagazine.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls.
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!!!
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!
Because the Trump administration would rather burn contraceptives than help women and girls!!!
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“It’s a time in which people are feeling overwhelmed with just the last six months... But this is a victory, and it’s an incredibly important victory.”
How E. Jean Carroll Fought Trump in Court—And Won
Author and longtime Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll said Trump sexually assaulted her in Bergdorf, New York City, mid 1990s
msmagazine.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“It’s a time in which people are feeling overwhelmed with just the last six months... But this is a victory, and it’s an incredibly important victory.”
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When Ohio's 24-hour waiting period was in place, only 6% of people could get an appointment the next day.
Just a reminder that wait periods are NOT necessary, waste people's time, and prevent people from getting access to care. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Just a reminder that wait periods are NOT necessary, waste people's time, and prevent people from getting access to care. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Ohio's abortion wait times drop after pause on 24-hour law
Many out-of-state patients now avoid costly overnight stays in Ohio.
www.axios.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When Ohio's 24-hour waiting period was in place, only 6% of people could get an appointment the next day.
Just a reminder that wait periods are NOT necessary, waste people's time, and prevent people from getting access to care. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Just a reminder that wait periods are NOT necessary, waste people's time, and prevent people from getting access to care. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
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despicable. we won’t go back. apnews.com/article/wome...
Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote
The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote and should “submit” to their husbands.
apnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
despicable. we won’t go back. apnews.com/article/wome...
It was so interesting to work on this @msmagazine.com article about the E. Jean Carroll trial after @michelegoodwin.bsky.social interviewed Carroll and her lawyer Roberta Kaplan for Ms.' On the Issues podcast!
How E. Jean Carroll Fought Trump in Court—And Won
Author and longtime Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll said Trump sexually assaulted her in Bergdorf, New York City, mid 1990s
msmagazine.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It was so interesting to work on this @msmagazine.com article about the E. Jean Carroll trial after @michelegoodwin.bsky.social interviewed Carroll and her lawyer Roberta Kaplan for Ms.' On the Issues podcast!
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Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient, and how it saves lives.
Explainer: No, Contraceptives Don't Cause Abortion
Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient or cause abortion, and how it saves women's lives.
msmagazine.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient, and how it saves lives.