Madeline T. Morcelle
@reprolawyer.bsky.social
Senior Attorney @nhelp.bsky.social fighting for reproductive health via Medicaid, health care reform, & civil rights. Feat. NBC, Politico, Mother Jones, SELF, etc. Creative writer. Mutant (hEDS & co.). Opinions mine.
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🏜️Ahead of #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we have to talk about why it’s time to drop “health care desert” (and similar desert imaginaries) from our vocabularies. 🧵
A bit of *amazing* news from the extraordinary team at Converge: Partners in Access. The future of SRH access in the Deep South is looking brighter. cc: @daniellelampton.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/morcel...
I am so thrilled to get to share a bit of good news from the extraordinary team at Converge: Partners in Access. The Trump administration has really put the Converge team through the ringer this year…...
I am so thrilled to get to share a bit of good news from the extraordinary team at Converge: Partners in Access. The Trump administration has really put the Converge team through the ringer this year ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A bit of *amazing* news from the extraordinary team at Converge: Partners in Access. The future of SRH access in the Deep South is looking brighter. cc: @daniellelampton.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/morcel...
Having one of those work days in which I am slammed but working on things for movement clients that I am extremely excited about. I'm coming up on 6 years at NHeLP (wild) and feel so lucky that it's every bit as much my dream job as it was when I started.
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Having one of those work days in which I am slammed but working on things for movement clients that I am extremely excited about. I'm coming up on 6 years at NHeLP (wild) and feel so lucky that it's every bit as much my dream job as it was when I started.
If you’re a cisgender woman who’s been speaking out about the NYT “are women ruining the workplace” op-ed but have never said a word about the NYT’s years of vile anti-trans op-eds, sorry, but you’re never going to get free. Our liberation is intertwined.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If you’re a cisgender woman who’s been speaking out about the NYT “are women ruining the workplace” op-ed but have never said a word about the NYT’s years of vile anti-trans op-eds, sorry, but you’re never going to get free. Our liberation is intertwined.
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🎥 WEBINAR RECORDING + PRINCIPLES! NHeLP's Madeline Morcelle @reprolawyer.bsky.social joined @umnsph’s Justice in Public Health Series to discuss recent health care cuts through a reproductive justice lens + offer policy principles for inclusive, equitable reform. healthlaw.org/resource/umn...
UMN School of Public Health Justice in Public Health Series: Reproductive Justice Denied: The Structural Violence of Recent Federal Health Care Cuts
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health's Justice in Public Health Series invites experts to lead discussions on matters of health equity, exploring the myriad ways that unjust systems imp...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎥 WEBINAR RECORDING + PRINCIPLES! NHeLP's Madeline Morcelle @reprolawyer.bsky.social joined @umnsph’s Justice in Public Health Series to discuss recent health care cuts through a reproductive justice lens + offer policy principles for inclusive, equitable reform. healthlaw.org/resource/umn...
My Health, My Bodily Autonomy, My Boundaries: Why I’m Fundraising for TEACH as a Disabled Reproductive Health Lawyer givebutter.com/provideTEACH...
Provide. TEACH. Resist.... Repeat!
Reproductive Justice informed providers make Reproductive Freedom possible.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My Health, My Bodily Autonomy, My Boundaries: Why I’m Fundraising for TEACH as a Disabled Reproductive Health Lawyer givebutter.com/provideTEACH...
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People want their members of Congress to fight for them with everything we've got.
Senate Democrats should listen and reject this funding deal that does nothing to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing.
Senate Democrats should listen and reject this funding deal that does nothing to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
People want their members of Congress to fight for them with everything we've got.
Senate Democrats should listen and reject this funding deal that does nothing to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing.
Senate Democrats should listen and reject this funding deal that does nothing to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing.
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Our neighbors are hungry. We saw that enhanced child tax credits could reduce food insecurity, & now we know that food insecurity rose when it was allowed to lapse. And SNAP has always been "supplemental"- that's the S in SNAP.
The status quo was already one where hunger was a persistent reality.
The status quo was already one where hunger was a persistent reality.
I still think that the pain of "gov't shutdowns" should be shared by those responsible for negotiating.
I also think that true democracies would not allow core state functions to grind to a halt over budget reconciliations because core functions should be funded from a separate pot.
I also think that true democracies would not allow core state functions to grind to a halt over budget reconciliations because core functions should be funded from a separate pot.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Our neighbors are hungry. We saw that enhanced child tax credits could reduce food insecurity, & now we know that food insecurity rose when it was allowed to lapse. And SNAP has always been "supplemental"- that's the S in SNAP.
The status quo was already one where hunger was a persistent reality.
The status quo was already one where hunger was a persistent reality.
Utterly annoyed at the many cis white women who are concerned the NYT is suddenly off the deep end with the patriarchal “are women ruining the workplace“ op-ed. Babes, where were‘ve you been as the NYT has published transphobic BS for years? Transphobia is a form of patriarchy. Solidarity or bust.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Utterly annoyed at the many cis white women who are concerned the NYT is suddenly off the deep end with the patriarchal “are women ruining the workplace“ op-ed. Babes, where were‘ve you been as the NYT has published transphobic BS for years? Transphobia is a form of patriarchy. Solidarity or bust.
Is the Princess and The Pea actually about a princess or is it about a woman with #EhlersDanlosSyndrome who actually likely would have her sleep ruined by a pea under a stack of mattresses?
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Is the Princess and The Pea actually about a princess or is it about a woman with #EhlersDanlosSyndrome who actually likely would have her sleep ruined by a pea under a stack of mattresses?
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🎥 WEBINAR RECORDING! NHeLP Senior Attorney, Madeline Morcelle (@reprolawyer.bsky.social) joins UMN’s Justice in Public Health Series to discuss how recent federal health care cuts deepen structural inequities, and how reproductive justice can guide reform. Watch here: healthlaw.org/resource/umn...
UMN School of Public Health Justice in Public Health Series: Reproductive Justice Denied: The Structural Violence of Recent Federal Health Care Cuts
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health's Justice in Public Health Series invites experts to lead discussions on matters of health equity, exploring the myriad ways that unjust systems imp...
healthlaw.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🎥 WEBINAR RECORDING! NHeLP Senior Attorney, Madeline Morcelle (@reprolawyer.bsky.social) joins UMN’s Justice in Public Health Series to discuss how recent federal health care cuts deepen structural inequities, and how reproductive justice can guide reform. Watch here: healthlaw.org/resource/umn...
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Do not undersell the importance of this win for the mid terms. This proves, like all other progressive wins tonight, that trans rights is a winning platform and you don’t need to abandon marginalized communities to win.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City after running on a platform centered on making the city affordable for working people.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Do not undersell the importance of this win for the mid terms. This proves, like all other progressive wins tonight, that trans rights is a winning platform and you don’t need to abandon marginalized communities to win.
A lot of young people have been asking me how I stay hopeful in the face of rising fascism. Part of the answer is studying the histories of successful resistance in the face of injustices this bad or worse, from the Green Wave to the Civil Rights movement. Part of the answer is fantasy novels.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A lot of young people have been asking me how I stay hopeful in the face of rising fascism. Part of the answer is studying the histories of successful resistance in the face of injustices this bad or worse, from the Green Wave to the Civil Rights movement. Part of the answer is fantasy novels.
I can think of a few better ways we could spend $2B right now www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Elon Musk’s SpaceX Set to Win $2 Billion Pentagon Satellite Deal
The funding would support the development of satellites for President Trump’s Golden Dome project.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I can think of a few better ways we could spend $2B right now www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Today, we learned that OMB is reviewing a new Department of Homeland Security proposed rule on #PublicCharge, which means the agency could issue its new proposal very soon. Why is this a nightmare situation for reproductive justice? Quick thoughts: www.linkedin.com/posts/morcel...
How Biden Can Fix a Trump-Era Policy That Harms Immigrants | Madeline T. Morcelle, J.D., M.P.H.
Today, we learned that the Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a new Department of Homeland Security proposed rule on public charge, which means the agency could issue the new proposal very s...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today, we learned that OMB is reviewing a new Department of Homeland Security proposed rule on #PublicCharge, which means the agency could issue its new proposal very soon. Why is this a nightmare situation for reproductive justice? Quick thoughts: www.linkedin.com/posts/morcel...
On today's episode of Gendered Symptom Dismissal is an Epidemic, a friend who lost an ovary years ago raised concerns that she might be experiencing early onset perimenopause to her OBGYN. Her OBGYN blew off the concern.
Losing an ovary is a risk factor for early onset perimenopause.
Losing an ovary is a risk factor for early onset perimenopause.
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On today's episode of Gendered Symptom Dismissal is an Epidemic, a friend who lost an ovary years ago raised concerns that she might be experiencing early onset perimenopause to her OBGYN. Her OBGYN blew off the concern.
Losing an ovary is a risk factor for early onset perimenopause.
Losing an ovary is a risk factor for early onset perimenopause.
1/ In The Guardian, Moira Donegan notes many defenses of #GrahamPlatner rely on the Democrats’ “wrong‑headed theory of the male working class.”
But the working class is far more than white male industrial laborers. Women, immigrants, & people of color make up much of the class. #MEPolitics
But the working class is far more than white male industrial laborers. Women, immigrants, & people of color make up much of the class. #MEPolitics
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
1/ In The Guardian, Moira Donegan notes many defenses of #GrahamPlatner rely on the Democrats’ “wrong‑headed theory of the male working class.”
But the working class is far more than white male industrial laborers. Women, immigrants, & people of color make up much of the class. #MEPolitics
But the working class is far more than white male industrial laborers. Women, immigrants, & people of color make up much of the class. #MEPolitics
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The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair ‘period tax’
The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair ‘period tax’
Mahnoor Omer hopes the case will put public pressure on the government to make sanitary products affordable in a country where they cost too much for most women
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November 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The young lawyer taking Pakistan to court over its unfair ‘period tax’
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Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
Donate to @yellowfund.bsky.social to support emergency #SNAP relief! action.yellowhammerfund.org/a/donate-to-...
Donate to Support SNAP Emergency Response Funding
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October 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Donate to @yellowfund.bsky.social to support emergency #SNAP relief! action.yellowhammerfund.org/a/donate-to-...
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It does not invoke the same existential questions. It does not map onto the ways in which attacks on GAC access are constructed. It does not compare to the medicalization of identity and autonomy in the same ways.
SRHJ is the most analogous struggle and it behooves us to pivot accordingly.
SRHJ is the most analogous struggle and it behooves us to pivot accordingly.
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It does not invoke the same existential questions. It does not map onto the ways in which attacks on GAC access are constructed. It does not compare to the medicalization of identity and autonomy in the same ways.
SRHJ is the most analogous struggle and it behooves us to pivot accordingly.
SRHJ is the most analogous struggle and it behooves us to pivot accordingly.
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The abortion access struggle has such a high degree of overlap, in the strategies and agents that underly these attacks. We've wasted significant time and resources trying to use the marriage equality playbook, but marriage equality is not the same type of medicalized issue.
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The abortion access struggle has such a high degree of overlap, in the strategies and agents that underly these attacks. We've wasted significant time and resources trying to use the marriage equality playbook, but marriage equality is not the same type of medicalized issue.
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I feel strongly that is it fundamentally misguided to approach the issue of gender-affirming care access advocacy throgh the marriage equality framework, as opposed to the abortion playbook.
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I feel strongly that is it fundamentally misguided to approach the issue of gender-affirming care access advocacy throgh the marriage equality framework, as opposed to the abortion playbook.
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Our latest report on redistricting finds that independent commissions produce maps that result in higher voter turnout than those drawn by courts, legislatures, and legislature-appointed commissions. bit.ly/3WrW7qo
The Turnout Effects of Redistricting Institutions
Independent commissions can increase voter participation.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Our latest report on redistricting finds that independent commissions produce maps that result in higher voter turnout than those drawn by courts, legislatures, and legislature-appointed commissions. bit.ly/3WrW7qo
America Had a Black President. Then Came the Whitelash. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
America had a Black president. Then came the whitelash.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” writer Jelani Cobb traces the tumultuous throughline from Trayvon Martin to the rise of white nationalism and reexamines Barack Obama’s legacy in the age of Donald ...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
America Had a Black President. Then Came the Whitelash. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Window shopping for 2026 ACA marketplace plans is open for almost all states, and open enrollment is only days away. Millions of marketplace enrollees are seeing 2026 premiums spike due to expiring premium tax credits. See our paper with state-level estimates: tinyurl.com/zndd97k7
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Window shopping for 2026 ACA marketplace plans is open for almost all states, and open enrollment is only days away. Millions of marketplace enrollees are seeing 2026 premiums spike due to expiring premium tax credits. See our paper with state-level estimates: tinyurl.com/zndd97k7