'A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing'

14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates have been moved up in priority on the transplant list after a biased race-correction factor was eliminated.

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This is legitimately the corniest thing I've ever done. But it's also a masterpiece. 🧜🏾‍♀️ #AbortionIsHealthcare

Folks with disabilities can't receive quality healthcare when medical facilities lack accessible equipment like examination tables & weight scales.

I'm urging U.S. Department of Justice to address this injustice and help the disability community access the quality care they need & deserve.

Something I’ve been mulling over is how repro plays right into the hands of anti-abortion narratives when we only elevate the stories of married white women with wanted pregnancies needing abortions due to health indications. It’s ableist and racist at its core, and misogynistic.

In case you missed it, early results show that providing services for non-medical drivers of health (food, housing, transportation, interpersonal violence) in NC Medicaid is **saving $85 per person per month in medical costs.** ncdhhs.gov/news/press-rel…

Using survey data representative of all live births in 2020 from 6 states and NYC, we found that more than 1 in 8 people (13%) experienced mistreatment by care providers during childbirth. JAMA Network Open

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Civil service protections are crucial for maintaining the substantial expertise at federal agencies.

Glad to see this final rule from the Biden admin to ensure career civil servants can't be moved involuntarily to a status where they lose protections.
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If Dems want to stop Christian Fundamentalist judges from issuing nationwide bans against whatever pill scares them this week, the answer is legislation. Legislation or GTFO. “Norms” have no more use here.
My latest in The Nation

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FLORIDA: You still have 30 days left to get an abortion up to 15 weeks through clinics. Even after the 6-week abortion ban starts on May 1st, pills by mail will still be available through 13 weeks of pregnancy.
Learn how to get pills now+ for future use at plancpills.org

Alabama just intro'd a ban on interstate abortion travel for minors.

HB378 would make transporting or helping a minor get an abortion a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdfdocs/…

'In a press release, WCK says its team was traveling in a de-conflicted zone in cars clearly marked with the organization’s logo, and that it had coordinated its movements with the IDF.' eater.com/24118856/israe…

We are so deeply frustrated for all abortion-seekers who will be affected by this decision! This affects SO MANY in the South!

To be clear: this 6-week ban will be in effect ~May 1st, 2024 UNTIL AT LEAST 2025.

Donate to abortion access, if you can: fund.nnaf.org/TBAF24

I gave an interview to STAT on the new CMS guidelines for intimate exams on anesthetized patients, particularly Black women.

“A lot of the information that we know about gynecology and a woman’s body has come from Black women being used as guinea pigs, as experimentation”

What would happen if the ballot initiative passes AND the fl court thinks fetuses are rights holders? Not sure. The conventional claim of abortion foes is that the right to life is paramount bc you need to be alive to exercise other rights. We might see that here too.

Wouldn't be shocked if this was quietly happening a lot. My group of girlfriends was going to meet up for a long weekend in Austin this year but moved it to a different state because two of will be pregnant at the time. expressnews.com/news/texas/art…

🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayOfVisibility amplifies the voices + impact of trans, nonbinary, + gender-expansive individuals in our communities and across the world. Today serves as a crucial reminder of the ongoing fight for equality, dignity, and human rights.

This monologue is funny as hell, but terrifyingly true!

“I know some people don’t care about January 6, but let me remind you about something real quick — He was also a terrible f*cking President before that!!!” 📢 Leslie Jones 🦋

PLAY THIS EVERY DAY THROUGH NOVEMBER.

McDonalds’ CEO is paid $8,543.27 an hour.

Burger King’s CEO is paid $56,250 an hour.

Domino’s CEO is paid $4,875 an hour.

Throwing that out there before anyone starts complaining that $20 an hour is too high.

I'm very proud to have worked on & signed the first brief arguing that Dobbs must be overturned. HUGE thanks to the Women's Law Project team for believing in the importance of building the case to overturn Dobbs now. Long term strategy begins today. David S. Cohen Rachel Rebouche