Shefali Luthra
@shefali.bsky.social
Reproductive health reporter @19thnews.org
I wrote UNDUE BURDEN, a book about abortion post-Dobbs. Past lives: KHN, The Texas Tribune.
Julien Baker/Boston Celtics/Jaguars enthusiast. She / Her. sbluthra(at)19thnews(dot)org; Signal: shefaliluthra.94
I wrote UNDUE BURDEN, a book about abortion post-Dobbs. Past lives: KHN, The Texas Tribune.
Julien Baker/Boston Celtics/Jaguars enthusiast. She / Her. sbluthra(at)19thnews(dot)org; Signal: shefaliluthra.94
happy little women (2019) day to all who observe m.youtube.com/watch?v=AST2...
LITTLE WOMEN - Official Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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December 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
happy little women (2019) day to all who observe m.youtube.com/watch?v=AST2...
That’s a Providence, Rhode Island man
He’s so sassy lol
"A small market team like us can come into Mile High and get it done."
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December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
That’s a Providence, Rhode Island man
Trevor Lawrence I never doubted you!!!!!
December 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Trevor Lawrence I never doubted you!!!!!
The 19th is hiring two editors!!! (One of whom will edit @chabeli.bsky.social, @bcrodriguez.bsky.social and me!) I am biased, but truly cannot imagine a better place to work, or a better team to join!
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We're hiring an Editor
The 19th is hiring an editor to work closely with the editorial director to assign, shape, edit and publish stories to fulfill The 19th’s mission of serving women and LGBTQ+ people with timely, high-q...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The 19th is hiring two editors!!! (One of whom will edit @chabeli.bsky.social, @bcrodriguez.bsky.social and me!) I am biased, but truly cannot imagine a better place to work, or a better team to join!
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sorry for party rocking
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
sorry for party rocking
Wrote about the joy of giving Mount Pleasant kids Halloween candy in this unrelenting year 19thnews.org/2025/12/what...
What The 19th loved in 2025
What we did, watched, listened to and wore that brought us joy in 2025.
19thnews.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wrote about the joy of giving Mount Pleasant kids Halloween candy in this unrelenting year 19thnews.org/2025/12/what...
No student journalist should ever have to write this kind of story www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Active shooter on campus, no suspects in custody, Department of Public Safety reports
The alert and call were sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice.
www.browndailyherald.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
No student journalist should ever have to write this kind of story www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
The news out of Brown is horrifying. As an alum, I'm grateful to the student journalists who are covering the shooting, and devastated for the students, faculty, and staff affected by this tragedy.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Active shooter on campus, no suspects in custody, Department of Public Safety reports
The alert and call were sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice.
www.browndailyherald.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The news out of Brown is horrifying. As an alum, I'm grateful to the student journalists who are covering the shooting, and devastated for the students, faculty, and staff affected by this tragedy.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
Every time you see reports of children being quarantined because of exposure or infection to measles, the ripple effect is not just on health but the economy: Kids have to stay away from the child care centers and schools that help ensure families can work and pay bills: 19thnews.org/2025/07/meas...
When measles hits day cares, there are more than just health concerns
Children’s health is the most immediate challenge amid an exposure, but parents are grappling with tough choices and quarantines.
19thnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Every time you see reports of children being quarantined because of exposure or infection to measles, the ripple effect is not just on health but the economy: Kids have to stay away from the child care centers and schools that help ensure families can work and pay bills: 19thnews.org/2025/07/meas...
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Latest polling from @kff.org finds more than half of adults say it is now harder to earn a living than a year ago, including about seven in ten younger adults
www.kff.org/public-opini...
www.kff.org/public-opini...
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Latest polling from @kff.org finds more than half of adults say it is now harder to earn a living than a year ago, including about seven in ten younger adults
www.kff.org/public-opini...
www.kff.org/public-opini...
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I'm so grateful to be part of the @19thnews.org newsroom (for almost 4 years now!) and if I've ever shared something that even slightly connected with you or informed you or your loved ones, I'd appreciate your support via them sweet sweet dollars: the19th.donorsupport.co/-/NARCBMTM
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December 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm so grateful to be part of the @19thnews.org newsroom (for almost 4 years now!) and if I've ever shared something that even slightly connected with you or informed you or your loved ones, I'd appreciate your support via them sweet sweet dollars: the19th.donorsupport.co/-/NARCBMTM
At The 19th, we've been highlighting stories other newsrooms might relegate to the back pages (if they cover them):
Consequences of abortion bans
Trans health & rights
Detention of pregnant immigrants
Child care
If you want journalism that treats gender as a throughline, please support us!
Consequences of abortion bans
Trans health & rights
Detention of pregnant immigrants
Child care
If you want journalism that treats gender as a throughline, please support us!
Women and LGBTQ+ people have long been sidelined in mainstream news. At The @19thnews.org, we center their experiences with the depth and nuance they deserve — and your donation helps ensure they have a more equal role in shaping America’s future. Donate today! 19thne.ws/supportourteam
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December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
At The 19th, we've been highlighting stories other newsrooms might relegate to the back pages (if they cover them):
Consequences of abortion bans
Trans health & rights
Detention of pregnant immigrants
Child care
If you want journalism that treats gender as a throughline, please support us!
Consequences of abortion bans
Trans health & rights
Detention of pregnant immigrants
Child care
If you want journalism that treats gender as a throughline, please support us!
launching a one-woman best original song campaign www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3Q...
劇場版『チェンソーマン レゼ篇』オープニングムービー 主題歌：米津玄師「IRIS OUT」“Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” – Opening Movie
YouTube video by Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師
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December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
launching a one-woman best original song campaign www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3Q...
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
A new research letter in @jamahealthforum.com suggests that "that strict abortion bans, particularly Senate bill 8 in Texas, were followed by a measurable escalation in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies."
Obstetric-Related Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act Violations and No Health Exception Bans
This difference-in-differences analysis examines changes in obstetric-related Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act violation filings following state and federal restrictions on abortion.
jamanetwork.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A new research letter in @jamahealthforum.com suggests that "that strict abortion bans, particularly Senate bill 8 in Texas, were followed by a measurable escalation in EMTALA violations involving obstetric emergencies."
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
A new study on 40+ European countries found women increasingly want men to share child care and housework equally—but men's attitudes have barely budged. In countries where this gap was widest, both birth rates and female employment were lower. (1/3)
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A new study on 40+ European countries found women increasingly want men to share child care and housework equally—but men's attitudes have barely budged. In countries where this gap was widest, both birth rates and female employment were lower. (1/3)
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
A federal advisory panel with power over vaccine policy has voted to stop recommending a universal newborn shot to prevent the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver disease — a major shakeup to the childhood vaccine schedule under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot in major shakeup
Parents appear to be able to continue to get the hep B vaccine for their kids, but the move could cause confusion among families and logistical barriers for health providers.
19thnews.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A federal advisory panel with power over vaccine policy has voted to stop recommending a universal newborn shot to prevent the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver disease — a major shakeup to the childhood vaccine schedule under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
Grim new analysis from KFF: The administration's move to re-adopt the public charge rule could have a chilling effect that leads to several million people dropping Medicaid coverage — including tens of thousands of citizen children
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Grim new analysis from KFF: The administration's move to re-adopt the public charge rule could have a chilling effect that leads to several million people dropping Medicaid coverage — including tens of thousands of citizen children
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
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File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR
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Women and LGBTQ+ people have long been sidelined in mainstream news. At The 19th, we center their experiences with the depth and nuance they deserve — and your donation helps ensure they have a more equal role in shaping America’s future. Donate today, and your gift will be matched.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Carrie Bradshaw famously loved shopping at the health care store!!!
Sen. Roger Marshall on the Republican healthcare plan: "By the way, women make 80% of the healthcare decisions on where you're going to go. They're great shoppers."
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Carrie Bradshaw famously loved shopping at the health care store!!!
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
Just 15 days after her daughter’s birth, as Nayra Guzmán, her mom and younger brother loaded into their car for their daily drive to the NICU, they were surrounded by immigration enforcement agents and whisked away to detention. @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay for @19thnews.org
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just 15 days after her daughter’s birth, as Nayra Guzmán, her mom and younger brother loaded into their car for their daily drive to the NICU, they were surrounded by immigration enforcement agents and whisked away to detention. @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay for @19thnews.org
Reposted by Shefali Luthra
Though other states have passed legislation targeting abortion medications — classifying them as a controlled substance, for instance — the Texas law is new in its approach to targeting the people who distribute them and its reliance on civil lawsuits.
Texas’ new abortion ban aims to stop doctors from sending abortion pills to the state
But doctors say they won’t stop providing care.
19thnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Though other states have passed legislation targeting abortion medications — classifying them as a controlled substance, for instance — the Texas law is new in its approach to targeting the people who distribute them and its reliance on civil lawsuits.
which will be the first nfl team to post a 6-7 record
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
which will be the first nfl team to post a 6-7 record