Dr Bev Gray

Delays, confusion, adaptation mark first two years of NC’s stricter abortion law Doctors say vague language and legal fears have led to some delays in treatment of miscarriages and urgent pregnancy complications.

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FDA panel promotes misinformation about antidepressants during pregnancy, psychiatrists say Nearly all of the 10 panelists emphasized what they said were risks of the drugs. Some claimed, without evidence, that antidepressants don't work at all.

They think women suffering in pregnancy, birth and postpartum is good, literally.

We’re at $1,200 / $10,000 needed!

Keep sharing because tomorrow morning, we’re getting her out of jail.

Martin County's only hospital was forced to close in 2023, mere months before North Carolina finally expanded Medicaid. Its closure punched a huge hole in rural healthcare down East - the closest hospital is now in Greenville (40 mins away).
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Story-telling and narrative are key

“…this suggests that when trust in government is so low, the only way to move people’s views on a given policy is to explicitly tell them about their impact on specific families.”

HT @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

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Journalists often ask for my thoughts on the contemporary US pronatalist movement. My assessment is based on my expertise and training as a social demographer, and my own research on childbearing behaviors at the individual and aggregate levels.

Strap in, b/c I've got a lot to say. 1/

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.

NEW: 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.”

The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Susan J. Kressly, said "creation of federal immunization policy is ‘no longer a credible process.’”

‘This Will Delay Care’: N.C. Doctor Warns of Harm After Trump’s Rollback on Emergency Abortion Rule Earlier this month, the Trump administration canceled a 2022 directive issued under the Biden administration that said hospitals had to provide abortion care if it was needed to save a patient’s life ...

While N.C. law allows abortions when a patient’s life or health is in danger, the federal guidance offered clearer protections.

Without it, doctors may be less sure about what’s allowed—and hesitate to act in emergencies.

Comic style speech bubble in purple. In bright pink it says: "Abortion it's a human right, not a dirty word"

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At this time it's super important to make sure people have accurate information around abortion. So I've been sharing a thread with a number of resources that I'll continue to re-share to ensure the information is getting out to all who need it.

see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

FDA chief says pregnant women should decide on Covid vaccine with doctors Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to revoke the Covid vaccine recommendation for pregnant women has raised alarm among OB-GYNs.

The FDA commissioner says that the decision of whether a pregnant woman should get a Covid vaccine should come down to a conversation with their doctor — not a recommendation by the federal government.

Thinking of this @propublica.org reporting today about stillbirths of unvaccinated parents during the Delta wave, before CDC had explicitly recommended COVID vaccines for pregnant people and the damage the virus did to the placentas.

www.propublica.org/article/covi...

Incredible article about abortion later in pregnancy. Check out this powerful interview with Jenni Villavicencio in episode 7: Tension of opposites.

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What Would It Mean to Defend All Abortions? Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it. But later-abortion care has never been more important.

Stirring and beautiful piece on the people repro groups leave behind by supporting viability limits on abortion.

So-called “compromises” lead to forced births, like that of a California woman turned away after raising thousands and flying across the country. Read @amylittlefield.bsky.social:

BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin has conceded the N.C. Supreme Court race to Allison Riggs, ending a six-month long legal battle over the election.

Join us tomorrow to learn more about our 13th Annual 50-State Report Card.

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Today a right wing “think” tank released what they are calling a study that allegedly shows a higher rate of medication abortion complications than previous peer-reviewed studies. Let us dig into this mess.

Someone said executive orders are like letters to Santa, which is my favorite way to describe them

Analysis: Republicans are targeting a pillar of Obamacare. Millions of their own voters may pay a price | CNN Politics As the pressure grows on Congressional Republicans to identify cuts in Medicaid, they are crashing into a familiar problem: The changes that could save the most money would impose heavy costs on many ...

650,000 North Carolinians now have access to affordable health care thanks to Medicaid expansion. Gutting it would rip away that essential care and harm our entire health care system.

Call your federal representatives and let them know we must protect Medicaid.

52 young AmeriCorps volunteers working in Western North Carolina on Helene recovery have now been fired, due to cuts made by the Trump-Musk White House.

The @americorps.bsky.social is now being dissolved nationwide by the Trump administration.
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Congratulations!

The University President Willing to Fight Trump Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.

Reading the transcript of Princeton's president Eisengruber on the Daily and what a cogent, powerful, and brave defense of #academic #freedom. @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...?

A few highlights, but it's worth a read.

Today is a dark day for our courts and our state. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that certain active duty military voters serving our nation must jump through hoops that other voters don’t.

NC Supreme Court rules most challenged ballots must stay in election count North Carolina's Supreme Court has ruled that tens of thousands of cast ballots challenged by the trailing candidate in November's election for a seat on the court must remain in the election count. F...

North Carolina's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that tens of thousands of cast ballots challenged by the trailing candidate in November's unresolved election for a seat on the court must remain in the election count.

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True love is when you get sent stuff like this like from your spouse (a geographer) to you (a gynecologist). #nerdlove #thetysvagina #XOXO

Headline reads: "Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant." Summary reads: "A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador."

Breaking News: The Supreme Court instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador. nyti.ms/42j7cxP

How voters on the Griffin List (or anyone concerned about their future votes) can update their voter file - Triangle Blog Blog A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

How NC voters on the Griffin List (or anyone worried about their future vote) can update their voter file Please share with everyone in NC you know triangleblogblog.com/2025/04/05/h...

📣 DC area folks! 📣

Please join us for a protest tomorrow, Sunday, April 6th, outside Peace Corps HQ to protest DOGE cuts to Peace Corps.

8:30am
1275 First Street NE Washington, DC

We’ve got the support of Dan Baker, head of the NPCA, and Rep Garamendi (RPCV) (D-CA).
Sign ideas below.
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