Jessica Gipson
@jdgipson.bsky.social
Professor and Director of UCLA Bixby Center to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity | Mom | First gen |Work hard 💪🏼 play hard 💃🏼 | Stay curious and humble
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Today we and our colleagues at @ansirh.bsky.social submitted a letter to the FDA for over 260 researchers affirming the 25-year safety record of mifepristone and urging the FDA not to restrict abortion pill access based on junk science. Read the letter here: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today we and our colleagues at @ansirh.bsky.social submitted a letter to the FDA for over 260 researchers affirming the 25-year safety record of mifepristone and urging the FDA not to restrict abortion pill access based on junk science. Read the letter here: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...
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Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023.
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February 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.
Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.
Links below.
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For Dems in AD51: voting is open until Feb 23. Pin comes in the mail and then vote online. I’d be honored if you would vote for me & my Progressive Slate. We care deeply about economic justice, housing affordability, racial justice, repro justice, LGBTQ, and progressive systemic change.
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For Dems in AD51: voting is open until Feb 23. Pin comes in the mail and then vote online. I’d be honored if you would vote for me & my Progressive Slate. We care deeply about economic justice, housing affordability, racial justice, repro justice, LGBTQ, and progressive systemic change.
Losing two SRH powerhouses within days of one another 😢. I always discuss the Plan B case study and Susan Wood’s courage in my SRH courses - and will make sure to do so
Please take the time to read about Susan. She was the embodiment of integrity. Never waivered in that science must be transparent, rigorous & serve the highest good for human health & well-being. Susan Wood, FDA official who resigned over Plan B ruling, dies at 66💔We lost a real one. wapo.st/3CiXyB0
Susan Wood, FDA official who resigned over Plan B ruling, dies at 66
A champion of women’s health, she stepped down to protest the agency’s decision to delay expanding access to emergency contraception.
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January 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Losing two SRH powerhouses within days of one another 😢. I always discuss the Plan B case study and Susan Wood’s courage in my SRH courses - and will make sure to do so