Ally Whelan

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

New Center to Focus on Constitutional Law, Practice, Democracy - Georgia State University News - Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, College of Law, Faculty & Research, Press Releases, Pro-Bono &... The Georgia State University College of Law is home to the new Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice & Democracy. The center is named for Emmet J. Bondurant, a prominent trial law...

I’m thrilled that Georgia State’s College of Law is home to the Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice, and Democracy! As associate director, and @espinsegall.bsky.social as director, we’re taking GSU to new heights in the field of constitutional law. news.gsu.edu/2026/02/26/n...

Turmoil Takes Hold at CDC as Top Officials Keep Leaving Trump plans to nominate a new director at the nation’s top health agency following months of upheaval.

Inside the turmoil and leadership vacuum at the CDC

The Trump administration intends to nominate a permanent director soon

One person already turned the job down

NEW [gift link] www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

Dog, or black bean?

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to end surgeries for transgender adults Vanderbilt University Medical Center is discontinuing surgeries for transgender adults after mounting pressures from lawmakers.

Covering LGBTQ+ issues in my Reproductive Rights and Justice seminar tomorrow and realizing I need way more than 2 hours and 45 minutes. And that's pretty much the case with every topic I cover in this seminar. It's all worth a course in and of itself...

Thoughts and prayers re-upped for those who teach any flavor of Con Law or International Law

Or:

Amazon Music weekly email—what?

Lolll saw this and posted for posterity. How has this not been corrected 😂

Posting for posterity

(highlighting is my own)

I was under the impression that we had a Constitution that said something about this.

We seem to have collectively decided, gradually and mostly out of apathy, that presidents can launch flagrantly unconstitutional wars of choice without congressional approval and there just won’t be any consequences. Would be nice if this is where we start reversing the trend.

If he thinks he looks like a big, tough war president with that stupid hat, I have some news for him ….

🤮

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

I’m sad that this could be maligned as a “boomer take”

I happily co-sign this boomer take

YouTube video by Céline Dion Files Céline Dion, *NSYNC - That’s The Way It Is (Live)

lol my sister just reminded me that this actually happened, and I have to do my service as a millennial and remind you all as well

This week's cover @thelancet.com

a blue flag with georgia state written on it ALT: a blue flag with georgia state written on it

After an exciting week of presentations by @profloriann.bsky.social and @jctate1215.bsky.social, we’re gearing up to host @yeargain.bsky.social on Monday at Georgia State!

Thanks to my colleagues @amwhelan.bsky.social, Ryan Rowberry, and @andrewwillinger.bsky.social for being superb hosts!

Casey means be like

YouTube video by Sarah Jellyfish are crazy we are not excited enough AT ALL 😳 #jellyfish #tiktoklearningcampaign

“I feel like we should be more impressed by jellyfish”

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

The most evergreen headline

ACOG Withdraws from CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ACOG announced its withdrawal as a liaison organization from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing concerns about recent changes that undermine the committee’s scientific i...

“The recent reconstitution of the committee; the removal of ACOG experts from ACIP workgroups; and HHS’ unilateral changes to vaccine recommendations ... represent a fundamental departure from the scientific rigor and impartiality that have been the hallmark of this committee for 60 years.”

The decision came after she had already been admitted and had an IV placed.

Tennessee woman says hospital canceled her sterilization surgery while admitted to hospital Mojo Foster said she had been seeking a salpingectomy — a surgery that removes the fallopian tubes — after years of trying other birth control options.

A TN hospital cancelled a woman's sterilization after the hospital's Catholic Ethic Oversight Committee cited "a duty to protect her sacred fertility" She sought sterilization b/c of a history of assault, issues w/ other birth control methods, & concerns about living in a state w/out abortion access

Thanks to @dsc250.bsky.social, @mayamanian.bsky.social, @greerdonley.bsky.social , & Yvette Lindgren for invaluable feedback thus far.

Briefly, the piece describes how the antiabortion movement's coopting of PPC has harmed the care's effectiveness and threatened its existence (esp. "born alive" laws). We then argue for reframing PPC using the lenses of reproductive health, rights, and justice—to preserve it for those who desire it.