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Carrie N Baker
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Smith College Professor, Ms magazine writer and contributing editor, WHMP host of Feminist Futures.
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A New York judge’s ruling reaffirms the strength of state shield laws and draws a clear line against Texas’ attempt to export its abortion ban beyond its borders. @msmagazine.com

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Foiled in Scheme to Extend Texas Abortion Ban to New York
New York Attorney General Letitia James v. Texas Attorney General to Extend Texas Abortion Ban to New York Doctor Dr. Margaret Carpenter
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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/R1WNp0Ub
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Trump administration’s assault on reproductive health relies on disinformation. States must fight back with facts. @msmagazine.com @pplm.org @reproequitynow.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The decision by a federal trial court in Hawaii restores evidence to the center and demands access be considered, so that safety data, not politics, sets the rules. @msmagazine.com @pplmvotes.org @ppfa.org @plancpills.bsky.social
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Judge Rules FDA Abortion Pill Restrictions Unlawful, Citing Political Interference
The decision by a federal trial court in Hawaii: Judge Rules FDA Abortion Pill Restrictions Unlawful, Citing Political Interference
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November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Despite growing legal threats to the accessibility of abortion pills, national networks of volunteers are working to distribute the medication, discretely and without cost to patients. @msmagazine.com @plancpills.bsky.social
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'Mife No Matter What': Community Abortion Providers Pledge to Continue Sharing Free Abortion Pills, Even if FDA Imposes Restrictions
'Mife No Matter What': Community Abortion Providers Pledge to Continue Sharing Free Abortion Pills, Even if FDA Imposes Restrictions
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November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
With misinformation mounting and access to care eroding, we need bold, creative action to confront the Trump administration’s dangerous onslaught against women’s reproductive health — just as states have joined forces to counter its vaccine disinformation. 
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Columnist Carrie N. Baker and Colleen Lynch: Calling for bold responses to MAGA medical disinformation - Daily Hampshire Gazette
At a Sept. 22 press conference, Donald Trump declared that pregnant women should not take acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol, baselessly claiming that the over-the-counter medication tak...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Why is The New York Times uncritically parroting anti-abortion talking points? @newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social es @msmagazine.com e
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The New York Times’ Recent 'Abortion Pollution' Story Serves the Antiabortion Agenda
The New York Times’ Recent 'Abortion Pollution' Story Serves Students for Life of America (SFLA)'s Antiabortion Agenda
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October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On the 25th anniversary of FDA approval of mifepristone, reproductive rights supporters are celebrating the creative, determined and courageous advocates who brought this medication to market. @msmagazine.com
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Twenty-Five Years of Mifepristone: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever
25 Years of RU-486: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill Mifepristone to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever
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September 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I did my radio show this morning on @WHMP on campus free speech and Charlie Kirk. Listen here: soundcloud.com/whmp/smith-p...
Smith Prof. Carrie Baker: Charlie Kirk and free speech.
9//16/25: Nhmtn School Comm member & beloved former principal Gwen Agna on schools & politics. NEPM reporter Karen Brown: her investigation of gambling in MA. A cheesy Comedy Quiz w/ Maddy Benjamin, S
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September 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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from Elisa Wells, Plan C Access Director: "The more crazy stuff that the Texas legislature does around this to try and block access, the more visible the option of pills by mail becomes."
September 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The anti-abortion movement is finding yet more ways to deceive and harass pregnant women! @msmagazine.com
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Digital Deception: Beware the Rise of Fake Telehealth Abortion Clinics
antiabortion crisis pregnancy centers are rebranding as ‘telehealth providers’ to mislead and delay women seeking real care.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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The Trump administration is attacking the field of women's and gender studies using "return on investment" arguments. They are wrong. @msmagazine.com

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Our Graduates' Successes: What the Data Tells Us About the Value of Cultural and Gender Studies Degrees
Claims that degrees in fields like gender studies are “useless” directly conflict with the government data collected on our graduates.
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July 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Deep gratitude to the determined and courageous Massachusetts doctors who provide telehealth abortion to people in states with abortion bans. @msmagazine.com @ppfa.org @pplmvotes.org @plancpills.bsky.social
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July 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Trump administration is attacking the field of women's and gender studies using "return on investment" arguments. They are wrong. @msmagazine.com

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Our Graduates' Successes: What the Data Tells Us About the Value of Cultural and Gender Studies Degrees
Claims that degrees in fields like gender studies are “useless” directly conflict with the government data collected on our graduates.
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July 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The evidence is very clear: medication abortion is safe, and the FDA should remove burdensome, unnecessary regulations that make it harder to access.

@carrienbaker.bsky.social writes in @msmagazine.com about the many groups we joined in urging the FDA to follow the science
Biotech CEOs to FDA: Don’t Let Politics Override Science on Abortion Pill - Ms. Magazine
Biotech CEOs warn Trump's FDA ignoring science and evidence on mifepristone’s safety would hurt public trust and U.S. drug approval.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM