Etowah County, Alabama, where we represent many pregnant and postpartum clients, arrests and jails more people for drug use during pregnancy than any other county in the state or country. Read the full story by @AmyKingsley4 of AL.com: al.com/news/anniston-… 🧵

Se realizó el primer encuentro de la JEP y la Fiscalía de la Int'l Criminal Court, después de haber firmado un acuerdo de cooperación el pasado 6 de junio. La asesora especial de la CPI, Lisa Davis, lideró la conversación en torno al crimen de persecución por motivos de género

BREAKING: Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state. apnews.com/article/mexico…

Minnesota is described as an "island" of abortion access, but the fact is we've always lacked enough providers. Increased needs from out of state patients strains capacity even more—MN abortion fund Our Justice sees the results of that gap every day. cbsnews.com/minnesota/news…

Fifty years today, hell was unleashed on the working people of Chile. Nixon and Kissinger couldn’t abide a democratically elected socialist president so Chile’s peaceful road met with a brutal response. Chilean author Ariel Dorfman is your read of the day. thenation.com/article/world/…

Our new report with CUNY School of Law, Cindy SooHoo, & If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice highlights how states misuse laws to surveil, investigate, & criminalize pregnant people for abortions & other pregnancy outcomes. Center for Reproductive Rights Birthmark Doulas Changing Woman Intiative We Testify law.cuny.edu/academics/clin…

The First Tool to Name Obstetric Racism Might Finally Push Policymakers Into Action - Ms. Magazine msmagazine.com/2023/10/04/obs…

It’s been a horrific week and I’m fearful what is coming will be even more catastrophic unless the world especially the U.S. stop Israel from committing mass atrocities not seen since the 1948 and 1967 wars. My take on the unfolding catastrophe. thenation.com/article/world/… The Nation

I was there and it was a spontaneous silent protest motivated by deep frustration and outrage over inadequate US delegation replies to the UN Human Rights Committee on various domestic and foreign policy human rights issues including … 1/

Honored to contribute to this symposium. My piece discusses why HR law & courts around the world have rejected criminal abortion laws & lessons we can learn about supporting pregnant people & families

At least two women in Georgia, both Black mothers, have died due to the state's abortion ban that blocked them from getting routine care. Monica Raye Simpson of SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective says it's no surprise that “those who have historically been pushed to the margins will be most affected."

New Orleans leaders and doctors call for reversal of new drug law reclassifying miso/mife as controlled substances: "Women are not safe in Louisiana," said one official while another called the law a "hatchet job" lailluminator.com/2024/09/18/pre… via Louisiana Illuminator || bsky @lailluminator Pulitzer Center

New UN guidelines explain State obligation to ensure conscientious refusals to provide abortion don’t prevent patient access, reject institutional objection & require provision in emergencies. States allowing CO must ensure adequate non-objecting providers & timely referrals

Spoke with Mother Jones about the threats of abortion “abolitionists” who want to treat prenatal life like people, but not women.