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Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you @mayamanian.bsky.social for your wonderful vision and brilliance

Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 4d

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us today for “Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science, and Policy”! Deep gratitude to our incredible speakers, panelists, and especially author @azizaahmed.bsky.social for sparking such powerful conversations
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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 4d

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us today for “Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science, and Policy”! Deep gratitude to our incredible speakers, panelists, and especially author @azizaahmed.bsky.social for sparking such powerful conversations
@auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 6d

Tomorrow’s the big day! Excited to gather for Risk and Resistance and hear from an amazing lineup of scholars + advocates. Join us at 12pm ET (in person or online) 👉 Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d

Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 6d

“With consideration for women’s suffering in pregnancy on the back burner, and blame and accountability taking center stage, we should be wary of how pregnancy directives will be mobilized in the criminal legal system.” @azizaahmed

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump’s directives may be used against women.

www.thenation.com

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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: On Tuesday, FDA approved a new generic for mifepristone from Evita Solutions. The FDA also modified the shared REMS for mifepristone to include the new generic. You can see the company's announcement here: www.evitasolutionsllc.com

Evita Solutions - Generic Mifepristone Available Today

Evita Solutions LLC's FDA-approved generic Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg for safe, effective medical abortion up to 70 days.

www.evitasolutionsllc.com

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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 6d

Today at 1pm: @mccuskey.bsky.social, Nicole Huberfeld, and I will defy the laws of time by covering Skrmetti 🏳️‍⚧️, Mahmoud🏳️‍🌈, Braidwood💉, VanDerStok🔫, Medina🤰, Chiles🧑‍⚕️, Callais🗳️, 1st Choice🥸, & more in a mere 50min
@buhealthlaw.bsky.social @bulaw.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 12d

📢 One week away!
Join us on Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy.

✨ Featuring a keynote from @azizaahmed.bsky.social on her new book, plus panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

📍 Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d

Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

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Women's Law Project @womenslawproject.bsky.social · 14d

Grateful to our courageous clients and co-counsel @dsc250.bsky.social @bergermontague.bsky.social. Together, we will protect trans youth!

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

1. In a groundbreaking legal filing, transgender patients, represented by Women's Law Project, have filed a legal complaint against UPMC for capitulating to Trump and dropping trans care.

Federal funding threats do not override state law.

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Trans Patients File Groundbreaking Legal Complaint Against UPMC For Capitulation To Trump

UPMC bowed to Trump and abandoned its trans patients, advocates say. It may have violated state law.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 12d

Here's what the experts have to say on the matter.

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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled to be giving a talk on The Limits of the ADA’s Duty to Accommodate @oneillinstitute.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) & the Georgetown Program in Disability Studies tomorrow (Sep. 25) at 5 pm. If you’re around, please join us. Details below 👇

A poster for the talk: The Limits of the ADA: Exploring the Duty to Accommodate in Law & Society by Doron Dorfman, Thursday, Sep. 25 at 5 pm at the Riggs Library - Healy Hall. ASL interpreted. A photo of a man with dark hair and glasses smiling alongside a photo of signing the ADA into law.

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations Aziza!! Can't wait to celebrate your terrific work!

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you to our speakers for supporting and making time for this event, including
@tracyweitz.bsky.social
@michelegoodwin.bsky.social
@ferrynicola.bsky.social
@sameer-ashar.bsky.social
@serenamayeri.bsky.social
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Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 26d

I wrote a book that I hope helps people think about the relationship between law, science, social movements, &political economy.

It tells the story of how feminists transformed the response to AIDS to ensure better access to healthcare.

Avail for preorder!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Risk and Resistance

Cambridge Core - American Studies - Risk and Resistance

www.cambridge.org

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled that HLPP is hosting Risk and Resistance on Oct 3! Honored to celebrate @azizaahmed.bsky.social’s groundbreaking book and so grateful to our amazing co-sponsors, speakers, and panelists who will make this such an inspiring event.
#RiskandResistance
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AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d

Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · Jul 3

I'm so excited to read @profhilaryallen.bsky.social new serialized book explaining #fintechdystopia to not very tech savvy folks like me!

Hilary J. Allen @profhilaryallen.bsky.social · Jul 3

I'm excited to announce the launch of my new internet serial "Fintech Dystopia: A summer beach read about Silicon Valley ruining things," available at fintechdystopia.com. It's a sometimes irreverent and occasionally straight-up pissed off take on how Silicon Valley is making finance worse.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 18

Breaking: Transgender people lose Skrmetti, SCOTUS rules that Tennessee's law banning gender affirming care is not subject to heightened scrutiny.

I'll be reading and reporting more fully today.

Terrible day for transgender people.

Full decision here:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

www.supremecourt.gov

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Paisley Currah @paisleycurrah.com · Jun 18

Re-upping this for no particular reason.

Paisley Currah @paisleycurrah.com · Feb 25

In December, during oral arguments in Skrmetti, Justice Coney Barrett opined, "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people." I was flabbergasted. So I chronicled some of the most egregious examples for
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High Court Must Acknowledge US History Of Anti-Trans Laws
By Paisley Currah · Listen to article

Law360 (February 24, 2025, 6:57 PM EST) --

Paisley Currah
President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order directing federal agencies to change policy and rules that make transgender people's lives harder marks the latest chapter in a long history of government-sanctioned discrimination against this group.[1]

The U.S. Department of State must now prevent transgender people from obtaining passports that align with their gender identity. Federal agencies are required to remove existing protections in shelters, schools, prisons and workplaces and to deny funding to contractors who serve transgender clients. This dramatic assertion of state power to target transgender people might seem unprecedented — but it's not.

During December's oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested that "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people."[2]

As a political scientist who has studied how governments treat transgender people, I must respectfully disagree.

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Lindsay Wiley @lindsaywiley.bsky.social · Jun 18

Several states have adopted shield laws to protect providers of gender affirming care, including from out-of-state actors who want to punish them for treating ban-state residents. Some states cover repro but not GAC. Know your state’s law & advocate for your state leaders to strengthen protections

Shield Laws for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care: A State Law Guide | UCLA Law

UCLA Law's Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy has produced the comprehensive "Shield Laws for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care: A State Law Guide."

law.ucla.edu

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 18

Sotomayor points out the similarities between the Skrmetti ruling allowing discrimination against transgender people's medical care to Virginia's argument for its interracial marriage ban in Loving.

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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · Jun 4

Revoking the EMTALA guidance for abortion was expected and will have a tiny impact, but we should nevertheless be horrified that Republicans have fought so hard to defend abortion bans that prohibit women from accessing emergency abortions. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions

www.nytimes.com

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · Jun 3

Excited to learn from our amazing health law team this week at #HLP2025! @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social

AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jun 2

Catch our @auwcl.bsky.social Health Law and Policy Program faculty presenting at the @jlme-journal.bsky.social 48th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, June 4–6!

@mayamanian.bsky.social, @ashascielzo.bsky.social, @jrabrams.bsky.social, @charlesduan.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman & Thomas Williams

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · Jun 3

Is this successful lobbying? Or exactly what someone would say to Senator Hawley if they were blowing him off and knew they were eventually going to change nothing?

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Jun 3

Senator Hawley appears to be successfully pulling the FDA to reconsider its approval of mifepristone, citing safety concerns as a pretext.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · Jun 3

I’m bad at tagging people, but all the greats are here: @mccuskey.bsky.social @leslieewolf.bsky.social @manofsilver.bsky.social @profgoldberg.bsky.social @micahberman.bsky.social

I will continue to add folks as the day goes on!

Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · Jun 3

We are kicking off a great day of the WEIRDOS Workshop! A wonderful tribute to George Annas from both BU’s Liz McCuskey and GSU’s Leslie Wolf, followed by reflections and lessons learned from Nancy King.

Have I mentioned the envy-inducing swag?

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Darren Rosenblum @darrenrosenblum.bsky.social · May 24

Thanks for Kim Mutcherson for saying what needs to be said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...

Opinion | A Brain-Dead Woman Is Being Kept on Machines to Gestate a Fetus. It Was Inevitable.

www.nytimes.com

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Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · May 22

Thank you Kim for including me, it was so much fun to be on this panel!

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