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Maya Manian
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Law prof & faculty director Health Law & Policy Program, American University Washington College of Law & UCSF PhD candidate focusing on reproductive rights & justice, health care access, and constitutional law (she/her)
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Looking forward to Thursday’s HLPP event on preventing stillbirth—bringing together law, policy, and public health perspectives. Join us in person or online! Thursday November 13th 12-1:30pm ET
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auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 21d
Join AUWCL’s Health Law & Policy Program for Preventing Stillbirth: Legal, Policy, and Public Health Perspectives on Thurs, Nov 13 from 12–1:30 PM ET (Hybrid).

Experts explore stillbirth prevention, legal frameworks, and reproductive justice.

Register (Free): tinyurl.com/4xvm6s6b
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I am just thrilled to have my new article Third-Party Accommodations officially out @michlawreview.bsky.social! The MLR editors were a pleasure to work with and sharing the same volume as @kovarsky.bsky.social & Daniel Fryer is the cherry on top. Read it: repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...
Third-Party Accommodations, Doron Dorfman Abstract Does disability rights law impose an obligation on employers, schools, and other places of public accommodation to control the behavior of coworkers, students, or other third parties to accommodate an individual with disabilities? This Article examines that unexplored legal question and shows that the law frequently fails to protect people with disabilities from the choices and behaviors of third parties. Judges often consider these major barriers to access beyond the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s reasonable accommodation mandate. This Article argues that this problem results from improperly imposing the privity paradigm, a doctrine that limits the inquiry about the reasonableness of an accommodation relative to the relationship between the first party (the disabled individual) and the second party (the employer or other entity covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act). Using disability studies, legal theory, and political economy analysis, this Article shows how a narrow interpretation of the reasonable accommodation mandate has failed to adapt to our modern understanding of disability as a complex interaction between the impairment and the social environment. To address the issue, this Article introduces a new theory of third-party accommodations, which would require others to alter or cease behaviors to accommodate an individual with disabilities. This Article then suggests a normative framework that courts can use to analyze cases involving requests for third-party accommodations, including the factors that judges should balance to determine the reasonableness of a request. In highlighting the need to move beyond a constricted interpretation of reasonable accommodation, this Article imagines a new horizon for disability justice.
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
mayamanian.bsky.social
Proud to see our next Future of Health Care panel taking on stillbirth prevention—an issue that deserves far more attention. Join us Nov. 13 (12–1:30 PM ET) for this critical dialogue.
auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · 21d
Join AUWCL’s Health Law & Policy Program for Preventing Stillbirth: Legal, Policy, and Public Health Perspectives on Thurs, Nov 13 from 12–1:30 PM ET (Hybrid).

Experts explore stillbirth prevention, legal frameworks, and reproductive justice.

Register (Free): tinyurl.com/4xvm6s6b
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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azizaahmed.bsky.social
Thank you @mayamanian.bsky.social for your wonderful vision and brilliance
mayamanian.bsky.social Maya Manian @mayamanian.bsky.social · Oct 3
Huge thanks to everyone who joined us today for “Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science, and Policy”! Deep gratitude to our incredible speakers, panelists, and especially author @azizaahmed.bsky.social for sparking such powerful conversations
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October 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
mayamanian.bsky.social
Huge thanks to everyone who joined us today for “Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science, and Policy”! Deep gratitude to our incredible speakers, panelists, and especially author @azizaahmed.bsky.social for sparking such powerful conversations
@auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Tomorrow’s the big day! Excited to gather for Risk and Resistance and hear from an amazing lineup of scholars + advocates. Join us at 12pm ET (in person or online) 👉 Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u
auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · Sep 23
Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u
October 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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“With consideration for women’s suffering in pregnancy on the back burner, and blame and accountability taking center stage, we should be wary of how pregnancy directives will be mobilized in the criminal legal system.” @azizaahmed

www.thenation.com/article/soci...
How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?
In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump’s directives may be used against women.
www.thenation.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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NEW: On Tuesday, FDA approved a new generic for mifepristone from Evita Solutions. The FDA also modified the shared REMS for mifepristone to include the new generic. You can see the company's announcement here: www.evitasolutionsllc.com
Evita Solutions - Generic Mifepristone Available Today
Evita Solutions LLC's FDA-approved generic Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg for safe, effective medical abortion up to 70 days.
www.evitasolutionsllc.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Today at 1pm: @mccuskey.bsky.social, Nicole Huberfeld, and I will defy the laws of time by covering Skrmetti 🏳️‍⚧️, Mahmoud🏳️‍🌈, Braidwood💉, VanDerStok🔫, Medina🤰, Chiles🧑‍⚕️, Callais🗳️, 1st Choice🥸, & more in a mere 50min
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October 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
mayamanian.bsky.social
📢 One week away!
Join us on Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy.

✨ Featuring a keynote from @azizaahmed.bsky.social on her new book, plus panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

📍 Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u
auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · Sep 23
Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u
September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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womenslawproject.bsky.social
Grateful to our courageous clients and co-counsel @dsc250.bsky.social @bergermontague.bsky.social. Together, we will protect trans youth!
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 23
1. In a groundbreaking legal filing, transgender patients, represented by Women's Law Project, have filed a legal complaint against UPMC for capitulating to Trump and dropping trans care.

Federal funding threats do not override state law.

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Trans Patients File Groundbreaking Legal Complaint Against UPMC For Capitulation To Trump
UPMC bowed to Trump and abandoned its trans patients, advocates say. It may have violated state law.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Here's what the experts have to say on the matter.

www.acog.org/news/news-re...
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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dorfmandoron.bsky.social
Thrilled to be giving a talk on The Limits of the ADA’s Duty to Accommodate @oneillinstitute.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) & the Georgetown Program in Disability Studies tomorrow (Sep. 25) at 5 pm. If you’re around, please join us. Details below 👇
A poster for the talk: The Limits of the ADA: Exploring the Duty to Accommodate in Law & Society by Doron Dorfman, Thursday, Sep. 25 at 5 pm at the Riggs Library - Healy Hall. ASL interpreted. A photo of a man with dark hair and glasses smiling alongside a photo of signing the ADA into law.
September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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azizaahmed.bsky.social
I wrote a book that I hope helps people think about the relationship between law, science, social movements, &political economy.

It tells the story of how feminists transformed the response to AIDS to ensure better access to healthcare.

Avail for preorder!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
Risk and Resistance
Cambridge Core - American Studies - Risk and Resistance
www.cambridge.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
mayamanian.bsky.social
Thrilled that HLPP is hosting Risk and Resistance on Oct 3! Honored to celebrate @azizaahmed.bsky.social’s groundbreaking book and so grateful to our amazing co-sponsors, speakers, and panelists who will make this such an inspiring event.
#RiskandResistance
#healthlaw
auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · Sep 23
Join us Oct. 3 (12–5 PM ET | hybrid) for Risk and Resistance: Feminist Interventions in Health Law, Science & Policy. Featuring Prof. @azizaahmed.bsky.social keynote on her new book followed by panels on feminist activism, law & public health.

Details & Registration: tinyurl.com/yt2zex6u
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
mayamanian.bsky.social
I'm so excited to read @profhilaryallen.bsky.social new serialized book explaining #fintechdystopia to not very tech savvy folks like me!
profhilaryallen.bsky.social Hilary J. Allen @profhilaryallen.bsky.social · Jul 3
I'm excited to announce the launch of my new internet serial "Fintech Dystopia: A summer beach read about Silicon Valley ruining things," available at fintechdystopia.com. It's a sometimes irreverent and occasionally straight-up pissed off take on how Silicon Valley is making finance worse.
July 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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erininthemorning.com
Breaking: Transgender people lose Skrmetti, SCOTUS rules that Tennessee's law banning gender affirming care is not subject to heightened scrutiny.

I'll be reading and reporting more fully today.

Terrible day for transgender people.

Full decision here:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Re-upping this for no particular reason.
paisleycurrah.com Paisley Currah @paisleycurrah.com · Feb 25
In December, during oral arguments in Skrmetti, Justice Coney Barrett opined, "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people." I was flabbergasted. So I chronicled some of the most egregious examples for
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High Court Must Acknowledge US History Of Anti-Trans Laws By Paisley Currah · Listen to article Law360 (February 24, 2025, 6:57 PM EST) -- Paisley Currah President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order directing federal agencies to change policy and rules that make transgender people's lives harder marks the latest chapter in a long history of government-sanctioned discrimination against this group.[1] The U.S. Department of State must now prevent transgender people from obtaining passports that align with their gender identity. Federal agencies are required to remove existing protections in shelters, schools, prisons and workplaces and to deny funding to contractors who serve transgender clients. This dramatic assertion of state power to target transgender people might seem unprecedented — but it's not. During December's oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested that "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people."[2] As a political scientist who has studied how governments treat transgender people, I must respectfully disagree.
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Several states have adopted shield laws to protect providers of gender affirming care, including from out-of-state actors who want to punish them for treating ban-state residents. Some states cover repro but not GAC. Know your state’s law & advocate for your state leaders to strengthen protections
Shield Laws for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care: A State Law Guide | UCLA Law
UCLA Law's Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy has produced the comprehensive "Shield Laws for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care: A State Law Guide."
law.ucla.edu
June 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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erininthemorning.com
Sotomayor points out the similarities between the Skrmetti ruling allowing discrimination against transgender people's medical care to Virginia's argument for its interracial marriage ban in Loving.
June 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Revoking the EMTALA guidance for abortion was expected and will have a tiny impact, but we should nevertheless be horrified that Republicans have fought so hard to defend abortion bans that prohibit women from accessing emergency abortions. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...
Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
mayamanian.bsky.social
Excited to learn from our amazing health law team this week at #HLP2025! @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social
auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social AUWCL Health Law and Policy Program @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jun 2
Catch our @auwcl.bsky.social Health Law and Policy Program faculty presenting at the @jlme-journal.bsky.social 48th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, June 4–6!

@mayamanian.bsky.social, @ashascielzo.bsky.social, @jrabrams.bsky.social, @charlesduan.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman & Thomas Williams
June 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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dsc250.bsky.social
Is this successful lobbying? Or exactly what someone would say to Senator Hawley if they were blowing him off and knew they were eventually going to change nothing?
anthonymkreis.bsky.social Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Jun 3
Senator Hawley appears to be successfully pulling the FDA to reconsider its approval of mifepristone, citing safety concerns as a pretext.
June 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I’m bad at tagging people, but all the greats are here: @mccuskey.bsky.social @leslieewolf.bsky.social @manofsilver.bsky.social @profgoldberg.bsky.social @micahberman.bsky.social

I will continue to add folks as the day goes on!
rickweinmeyer.bsky.social Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · Jun 3
We are kicking off a great day of the WEIRDOS Workshop! A wonderful tribute to George Annas from both BU’s Liz McCuskey and GSU’s Leslie Wolf, followed by reflections and lessons learned from Nancy King.

Have I mentioned the envy-inducing swag?
June 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Thanks for Kim Mutcherson for saying what needs to be said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...
Opinion | A Brain-Dead Woman Is Being Kept on Machines to Gestate a Fetus. It Was Inevitable.
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM