Julie Bogen

Pregnant people in rural parts of the country are running out of places to give birth Some doctors worry that massive cuts to Medicaid will leave pregnant people needing to drive hundreds of miles for prenatal care and delivery services.

Medicaid cuts are set to decimate hospital labor and delivery options — forcing patients to travel hundreds of miles for essential health care, and likely yielding worse outcomes for pregnant people and their kids

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It's cute, it's candy-colored, it costs $10. How COVID anxiety helped make hand sanitizer the 'it' accessory for kids. Hand sanitizer became a staple during the pandemic. Then it became cool.

Pandemic parents are stoked their kids want to carry hand sanitizers as accessories. Pediatricians, though, are a little more torn.

Read my latest for Yahoo Life (and let me know if you're looking for a public health, business, or parenting writer): www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fa...

Hello did everyone know that the "just trust me you'll be fine" TikTok sound is from a song by Steve in Stranger Things

Trump administration moves quietly to eliminate life-saving abortions for veterans The policy would prevent veterans and their dependents from accessing abortions following rape, incest, or life-threatening emergencies.

New @motherjones.com: The Department of Veterans Affairs quietly published a proposed rule on Friday to eliminate VA coverage for limited & lifesaving abortions for vets & their dependents.

Advocates say it could become one of the strictest abortion bans nationwide.

Who of my followers / friends wants to enter this season's SNL lottery and bring me as their plus one

(yes, I've already entered)

Black women’s unemployment is rising. Economists say it’s a warning sign. New data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics marked the third straight month of high unemployment rates for Black women.

We have new Jobs numbers out today and unemployment for Black women remains high. It's now 6.3% — the highest for any group of women.
Last couple of months:
March: 5.1%
April: 6.1%
May: 6.2%
June: 5.8%
July: 6.3%

Last time it was this high was fall 2021.
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"The automaker confirmed [to Reuters[ that it was working to pull most sedans and wagons from its U.S. portfolio as consumers just don't seem interested."

Fix You: an HR story

Army Disbanding Most Ceremonial Horse Units The Army will begin phasing out five horse-mounted ceremonial units stationed at Fort Irwin, California; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and Fort Cavazos Texas, a serv...

Come for the brief mention of saving the military money; stay for the insane and horrific stories of animal neglect and abuse.

By @stevenbeynon.bsky.social and @dflawrence.bsky.social for @militarydotcom.bsky.social:

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Parents: Does your child or teen love hand sanitizers? I'm working on a story and would love to hear from families who carry and use hand sanitizer regularly. If you have a favorite brand, that's even better!

Email me: juliebogenwrites@gmail.com

This feels like an extreme example of the kind of DIY society I describe in Holding It Together. Rather than being able to rely on public health systems, we're each expected to have the time to find and read the annual water quality report, and to have the knowledge to parse what the numbers mean.

Parents: Does your child or teen love hand sanitizers? I'm working on a story and would love to hear from families who carry and use hand sanitizer regularly. If you have a favorite brand, that's even better!

Email me: juliebogenwrites@gmail.com

For a story: Hoping to speak to parents and kids whose experience with Covid shaped how they feel about germs — and especially if the pandemic influenced / influences their hand sanitizer-buying habits.

juliebogenwrites@gmail.com

Something I learned from reading @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's "Abortion, Every Day" NL this morning: people in states with bans are more than twice as likely to have abortions later in pregnancy. jessica.substack.com/p/bans-are-d...

Science Makes the U.S. a Great Nation History tells us what happens when great nations attack science

Science Makes the U.S. a Great Nation

History tells us what happens when great nations attack science

www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

In new lawsuit, pregnant doctor says RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy puts her at risk "Jane Doe” and medical organizations are suing Kennedy over his directive to no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant people and children.

The lawsuit focuses on Kennedy’s announcement in May on social media, which plaintiffs describe as a directive, that COVID-19 vaccination would be removed from the recommended vaccine schedule for healthy pregnant people and healthy children. 19thnews.org/2025/07/laws...

Women are poised to have historic representation on New York City council. Experts credit ranked-choice voting Results show at least 30 women candidates — most of them women of color — are leading in their primary races for the city's 51-member council.

My colleague @bcrodriguez.bsky.social has done som e great pieces on ranked-choice voting over the years if you're intersted in how tonight's NYC mayoral primary worked. Including this one about how the practice led to more women on NYC's council: 19thnews.org/2021/07/wome... via @19thnews.org

Conservatives are already losing their minds over Mamdani's apparent win Elise Stefanik, Laura Loomer, and Charlie Kirk posted Islamophobic smears despite reports that Mamdani has faced threats and Islamophobic attacks prompting a police investigation.

NYT reported tonight that Trump’s allies are preparing to turn Mamdani into a national target, particularly leading up to the midterms next year.

Turns out they've already begun. And it's ugly.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion | CNN Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion i...

"Since the end of Roe, the annual number of abortions in the U.S. has risen to over 1 million—the highest number in over a decade," writes @jessicavalenti.bsky.social in Abortion, Every Day (and in which she links to this article): www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/h...

Evictions are harmful to Black mothers' health, their families and their communities A study of Black women in the Detroit area highlights how court-ordered and illegal evictions are associated with premature births and trauma.

“A lot of the evictions that we document that are illegal are extremely violent,” she told The 19th. “Watching other people experience that is also a source of trauma. It’s not just the people that are directly being impacted by eviction, but their neighbors.” 19thnews.org/2025/06/blac...

The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year. A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.

A new analysis estimates the states with total or near-total abortion bans have lost more than $64 billion annually — enough to cover the costs related to pregnancy, childbirth, & postpartum period for nearly all of the births in the US last year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat-Related Special Compensation to six years was wrong.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week against the federal government in a class-action suit over combat-related special compensation, paving the way for an estimated 9,000 retired service members to receive thousands of dollars in retroactive pay. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Deadly shootings in Minnesota have shaken abortion providers The suspected shooter had a list of targets that included abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood affiliates and employees.

The deadly shootings in Minnesota have left abortion providers shaken in an already hostile political climate. Story from @shefali.bsky.social and me: 19thnews.org/2025/06/minn...

Is Gen Alpha the 'gimme' generation? Why young kids are so into shopping — and what parents are doing about it. A recent report is shedding light on how young kids sway their parents' spending habits.

New from me, on @yahoo.bsky.social: As little kids age into a culture of peak capitalism and consumerism, how should parents manage?

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fa...

Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

“I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled,” said Eden Tanner, a chemist at the University of Mississippi.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
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Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship A new name for the Harvey Milk was not given but, according to the memo, Hegseth and Phelan are planning to announce the new name aboard the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned Navy ship.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the ship named after Harvey Milk, reports @ktoropin.bsky.social: www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Breaking: White House Rescinds Federal Guidance on Emergency Abortions They're telling us who they are. Again.

Read @jessicavalenti.bsky.social in Abortion, Every Day: "Consider what it means to require doctors to treat both a woman and a fertilized egg equally as patients."

Consider what they want women to die for. open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions The Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medi...

This is an unbelievably huge deal: The Trump admin announced it would reverse guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.

So many people are going to die.

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Julie Bogen Writer, editor, strategist, planner.

2. Full-time writing gigs. This does not have to be IRL, but the joy of making women feel centered, heard, and seen is some of my favorite work. You can see my portfolio here: juliebogen.com