Payton Gannon
@paytongannon.bsky.social
Researcher studying abortion policy and implementation @GeorgetownLaw | @Fulbrightprgrm | @BrownUniversity
Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WYPcycUAAAAJ&hl=en
Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WYPcycUAAAAJ&hl=en
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My and @paytongannon.bsky.social 's latest publication on abortion access in Italy came out last week as part of the special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies! This article grew out of our conversations about the interviews we were each conducting in different regions of Italy. 1/
July 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My and @paytongannon.bsky.social 's latest publication on abortion access in Italy came out last week as part of the special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies! This article grew out of our conversations about the interviews we were each conducting in different regions of Italy. 1/
A special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on reproductive rights in developed democracies has been published. It has been a pleasure to work with all the authors and my co-editors @dmpullan.bsky.social and @gmripamonti.bsky.social
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on reproductive rights in developed democracies has been published. It has been a pleasure to work with all the authors and my co-editors @dmpullan.bsky.social and @gmripamonti.bsky.social
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
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So happy to see this special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on Steps Forward and Backward on Abortion Rights in Advanced Democracies published today, coedited with @gmripamonti.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social! gendersky reprosky polisky
July 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So happy to see this special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on Steps Forward and Backward on Abortion Rights in Advanced Democracies published today, coedited with @gmripamonti.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social! gendersky reprosky polisky
The 26th Annual Review of Gender and the Law is now in print. It has been a joy to serve as the Editor-in-Chief for the last year. I am so grateful to the entire staff of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law for their hard work. Check it out here: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
Volume XXVI (Annual Review 2025)
www.law.georgetown.edu
July 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The 26th Annual Review of Gender and the Law is now in print. It has been a joy to serve as the Editor-in-Chief for the last year. I am so grateful to the entire staff of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law for their hard work. Check it out here: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
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With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
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The Supreme Court is as powerful as it is in large part because of a reputation that it earned through fitfully at best furthering racial justice. It has diminished that reputational capital for more than a century. We should in fact respect it less because of that.
June 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Supreme Court is as powerful as it is in large part because of a reputation that it earned through fitfully at best furthering racial justice. It has diminished that reputational capital for more than a century. We should in fact respect it less because of that.
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Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
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🎉 Congratulations to @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 shortlist for their article 'Emergency room abortions in the US: doctors’ objections trump patients’ lives'. #RoeVWade
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Emergency room abortions in the US: doctors’ objections trump patients’ lives
It is now two years since the fall of Roe v. Wade. How has this affected healthcare for pregnant Americans? Payton Gannon and Danielle Pullan explain the most recent Supreme Court cases, and contextua...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 shortlist for their article 'Emergency room abortions in the US: doctors’ objections trump patients’ lives'. #RoeVWade
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Honored to have been considered for this prize for my work with @paytongannon.bsky.social explaining US court decisions on abortion post-Dobbs! Highly recommend publishing quick, contemporary pieces with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — always a great experience and great editorial team!
🏆 Last week we awarded our annual £500 prize for the best Loop blog piece in the previous calendar year, as judged by an independent jury.
📝 Here, Managing Editor Kate Hawkins presents the longlisted pieces — and reveals the very special winner.
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📝 Here, Managing Editor Kate Hawkins presents the longlisted pieces — and reveals the very special winner.
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2024 Best Blog winner — revealed
In 2022, The Loop inaugurated a Best Blog prize to reward a contribution of exceptional value. We have now conferred our third £500 prize on the author of a piece judged by our independent jury to be ...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Honored to have been considered for this prize for my work with @paytongannon.bsky.social explaining US court decisions on abortion post-Dobbs! Highly recommend publishing quick, contemporary pieces with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — always a great experience and great editorial team!
A little life update: I graduated law school and will join the National Women's Law Center in the fall to continue working on repro rights. I will also continue to research abortion law and policy. On that note, I published a new article on Muller v. Oregon: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
Labor and Labor: The Sexism and Legacy of Muller v. Oregon
www.law.georgetown.edu
May 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A little life update: I graduated law school and will join the National Women's Law Center in the fall to continue working on repro rights. I will also continue to research abortion law and policy. On that note, I published a new article on Muller v. Oregon: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
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Abortion access works in political-geographic systems: when there is regional regulation, you’ll end up with some sanctuaries, some islands, and some deserts of access — in the US, in Italy, and beyond. So glad my oldest paper with @paytongannon.bsky.social has finally made it online!
Sanctuaries, Islands, and Deserts: @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social propose a typology of regionalized abortion policy. Comparing the US and Italy, they analyze the impact of regional abortion access on abortion providers and patients.
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Abortion access works in political-geographic systems: when there is regional regulation, you’ll end up with some sanctuaries, some islands, and some deserts of access — in the US, in Italy, and beyond. So glad my oldest paper with @paytongannon.bsky.social has finally made it online!
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Sanctuaries, Islands, and Deserts: @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social propose a typology of regionalized abortion policy. Comparing the US and Italy, they analyze the impact of regional abortion access on abortion providers and patients.
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
March 31, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Sanctuaries, Islands, and Deserts: @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social propose a typology of regionalized abortion policy. Comparing the US and Italy, they analyze the impact of regional abortion access on abortion providers and patients.
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
Every DC group chat is currently being renamed to "Houthis PC Small Group'
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Every DC group chat is currently being renamed to "Houthis PC Small Group'
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The history here is instructive: before Roe, prosecutions tended to focus on non-physicians, and disproportionately on midwives, especially those who weren't white. We see the same now--and for strategic reasons. This isn't the first prosecution Paxton could bring but the one his office chose.
I believe this is the first post-Dobbs arrest of someone allegedly providing abortions.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Arrest of Houston-Area Abortionist and Crackdown on Clinics Providing Illegal Abortions
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, for providing illegal abortions and illegally operating a network of clinics in the Northwest Houston area.
www.oag.state.tx.us
March 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The history here is instructive: before Roe, prosecutions tended to focus on non-physicians, and disproportionately on midwives, especially those who weren't white. We see the same now--and for strategic reasons. This isn't the first prosecution Paxton could bring but the one his office chose.
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
This report is damning and terrifying. Abortion saves lives.
New and devastating reporting from my colleagues showing just how dangerous it has become to be pregnant and in Texas after the state banned abortion.
Please read and share:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Please read and share:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This report is damning and terrifying. Abortion saves lives.
If you want to read about concerns regarding abortion data integrity in a country other than the US @dmpullan.bsky.social and I have a new article out in RevDem. We discuss Italy's annual abortion report and concerns about the accuracy and its delayed release. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/02/07/a...
Access Denied: Abortion Data Failures and Erosion of Accountability in Italy | Review of Democracy
Delayed data on abortion care in Italy impacts citizens’ ability to effectively advocate and hold their government accountable for the management of public healthcare. The Italian Ministry of Health i...
revdem.ceu.edu
February 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you want to read about concerns regarding abortion data integrity in a country other than the US @dmpullan.bsky.social and I have a new article out in RevDem. We discuss Italy's annual abortion report and concerns about the accuracy and its delayed release. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/02/07/a...
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It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.
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Q: Abortions are safer than _______.
A. Consuming Tylenol.
B. Getting your wisdom teeth out.
C. Giving birth.
D. All of the above.
It’s D. Abortion is one of the safest outpatient procedures in the United States.
A. Consuming Tylenol.
B. Getting your wisdom teeth out.
C. Giving birth.
D. All of the above.
It’s D. Abortion is one of the safest outpatient procedures in the United States.
February 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Q: Abortions are safer than _______.
A. Consuming Tylenol.
B. Getting your wisdom teeth out.
C. Giving birth.
D. All of the above.
It’s D. Abortion is one of the safest outpatient procedures in the United States.
A. Consuming Tylenol.
B. Getting your wisdom teeth out.
C. Giving birth.
D. All of the above.
It’s D. Abortion is one of the safest outpatient procedures in the United States.
The U.S. isn’t the only country where the government withholds key public health data on abortion. @dmpullan.bsky.social and I explore concerns about Italy’s abortion data and the severe delays in its release.
✍️ Delayed data on abortion care in Italy impacts citizens’ ability to effectively advocate and hold their government accountable for the management of public healthcare, @dmpullan.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social argue in their article.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2kyzvtm6
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2kyzvtm6
February 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The U.S. isn’t the only country where the government withholds key public health data on abortion. @dmpullan.bsky.social and I explore concerns about Italy’s abortion data and the severe delays in its release.
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The US isn't the only place where citizens are struggling to trust government data on abortion, gender, and health: Italy regularly publishes delayed data that is misleading at best about how available abortion actually is. Read more about why good public health data matters for democracy at RevDem!
✍️ Delayed data on abortion care in Italy impacts citizens’ ability to effectively advocate and hold their government accountable for the management of public healthcare, @dmpullan.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social argue in their article.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2kyzvtm6
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2kyzvtm6
February 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The US isn't the only place where citizens are struggling to trust government data on abortion, gender, and health: Italy regularly publishes delayed data that is misleading at best about how available abortion actually is. Read more about why good public health data matters for democracy at RevDem!
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Not only do they erase trans, non-binary, and intersex people with this order, but they had to lace it with a side of fetal personhood.
(I assume ova are “large reproductive cells” and sperm are “small reproductive cells? Is this how they teach sex ed?)
(I assume ova are “large reproductive cells” and sperm are “small reproductive cells? Is this how they teach sex ed?)
January 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Not only do they erase trans, non-binary, and intersex people with this order, but they had to lace it with a side of fetal personhood.
(I assume ova are “large reproductive cells” and sperm are “small reproductive cells? Is this how they teach sex ed?)
(I assume ova are “large reproductive cells” and sperm are “small reproductive cells? Is this how they teach sex ed?)
"She left us with work that demands we keep building, refusing to stew in apathy or despair. Yes, this is hard. Yes, it will demand a lot from us. But Cecile committed her life to the idea that we could do it anyway."
My heart is broken for Cecile’s family - and for all of us. I wrote something over at the newsletter, but I don’t know that words can capture what a loss this is.
Everything We Could
A few words on Cecile Richards
jessica.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"She left us with work that demands we keep building, refusing to stew in apathy or despair. Yes, this is hard. Yes, it will demand a lot from us. But Cecile committed her life to the idea that we could do it anyway."
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
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Update from DC: It’s still not that cold outside.
January 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Update from DC: It’s still not that cold outside.