Danielle Pelfrey Duryea

Thank you, @slulaw.bsky.social Dean Twinette Johnson, for nominating me for the New Scholars Workshop!

Failed utterly to get pix at #SEALS2025, so pls enjoy this photo of the same ocean 1026 miles north…in the winter.

BUT I did get to meet @linniss.bsky.social, @profmelaniebjacobs.bsky.social IRL & lots of other wonderful people! We missed you, @eweeksy.bsky.social!

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Missouri's $100M tornado aid for St. Louis awaits federal reimbursement details

www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

More info here: d2mxsxvdlyuhqy.cloudfront.net/mailing/7t4b...

That seems like an appropriate facial expression for the occasion!

JSMF Commits Nearly $3 Million to Support Tornado Recovery in St. Louis — JSMF JSMF announced a nearly $3 million investment to support recovery and rebuilding efforts following the deadly May 16 tornado that struck the St. Louis region.

Very happy to see that significant money is going to InvestSTL and to organizations that made immediate tornado relief happen, including ActionSTL and 4theVille. #STL

JSMF Commits Nearly $3 Million to Support Tornado Recovery in St. Louis www.jsmf.org/tornado-reco...

Not sure where they’re coming from, but the 1979 #NYRB issues I’m finding around @slulaw.bsky.social today are giving me good vibes.

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#Missouri ranks 43rd in health overall, including:
- 31st on racial health equity
- 36th access & affordability
- 40th prevention & treatment
- 47th income health equity
- 50th avoidable hospital use & cost
@commonwealthfund.org

Let's do better, Missouri.

www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage Health insurance companies use AI to decide which health care treatment to cover. State laws and federal agencies are now moving toward regulating these algorithms.

theconversation.com/how-artifici... @jennoliva.bsky.social

It is impossible not to read this in conjunction with the Supreme Court's heartrbreaking, awful decision in Skrmetti allowing states to deny transgender teens the health care they need.

Opinion: Support your St. Louis neighbors; oppose Medicaid, SNAP cuts Every day, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in St. Louis serve hundreds of community members who rely on Medicaid, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) or both. These are familie...

Opinion: Support your #STL neighbors; oppose Medicaid, SNAP cuts #FQHCs
www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...

What an amazing set of colleagues! Thank you #HLPC25!

#BUHealthLaw turns over the Health Law Profs conference to Georgia State Law for 2026!

Trump administration ends emergency abortion requirement for hospitals The Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era policy requiring hospitals to perform emergency abortions regardless of state abortion laws.

Prof Kelly Gillespie was quoted today in a @washingtonpost.com article about the chilling effects of the Trump admin’s recession of “Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions when necessary to stabilize a patient’s health.”

@kellygillespie.bsky.social

Four of my very favorites on this morning’s #HLPC25 plenary: @rebouche.bsky.social, Liz Tobin-Tyler, @aonwuachi.bsky.social & Brietta Clark.

It's good to be back at #HLPC25!

Matthew Braun Obituary - St. Louis, MO Celebrate the life of Matthew Braun, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of HOFFMEISTER COLONIAL MORTUARY.

We recently lost the director of our @slulaw.bsky.social library at an tragically young age.

Librarians are magic.

www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/s...

Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined. EPA staff didn’t use a tip line set up by the Trump administration to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

www.propublica.org/article/epa-... #solidarity

This likely AI-hallucinated reading list is part of a ~60-page summer supplement, and in an initial spot-check, I'm having trouble confirming any of the quotes. But it's all such transparent filler that I can't help feeling sympathy for the lone freelancer apparently saddled with producing it.

Justice Dept. to Use False Claims Act to Pursue Institutions Over Diversity Efforts

Oh, man. #FCA

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...

Messenger: SLU law school grad is ready to fight for the ‘defenseless and oppressed’ An arrest during a Ferguson protest helped push Mike Lhotak to pursue a law career. “I’m feeling determined to seek justice for the vulnerable.”

💙 Messenger: @slulaw.bsky.social grad is ready to fight for the ‘defenseless and oppressed’
www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

And why yes that is the #STLArch in the background!

My first #SLULaw David Grant ceremony—named for the St. Louis-born civil rights leader—celebrating our graduating Clinic students. Wonderful! Next year will have some of my own students graduating from the new #medleg clinic! #healthlaw #lawschool 💙

Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/h... #healthlaw

Our #SLULaw dean Twinette Johnson speaks at the courthouse where Dred & Harriet Scott filed suit for their freedom. If you don't know the story of hundreds of enslaved people who sued for their freedom in St. Louis before the Civil War, you want to: stlfreedomsuits.org

www.slu.edu/law/news/202...

And Naomi Schoenbaum! Sorry, Naomi!

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Exciting discussion of new book _Hot Flash_ on #menopause & the law by @naomicahn.bsky.social @profbcrawford.bsky.social & Emily Gold Waldman. With @lizkukura.bsky.social & @craigkon.bsky.social commenting! #healthlaw

Good rule of thumb for Catholics like me: If Vance is unhappy, we should be happy. :)

The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.

Very very important follow up on the Signal story . The clone version of Signal White House officials are using is so insecure it’s already been hacked. www.404media.co/the-signal-c...