Steph Herold
@stephherold.bsky.social
Researcher studying abortion on TV & film. Studying Jewish texts, autism, motherhood whenever I can. Indiscriminate dog lover. She/ her. All views are mine.
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Steph Herold
@stephherold.bsky.social
· Nov 15
An abortion researchers starter pack! Let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/SHS3EQa
Proud of all this kickass work from my @ansirh.bsky.social colleagues! myemail.constantcontact.com/ANSIRH-s-Yea...
ANSIRH's Year in Review: Scientific Resilience
Email from UCSF, ANSIRH The Work Continues in 2026 View as Webpage Dear Friends, We began this year in the middle of a shifting political landscape. In a bid to restrict government-funded research, th
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December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Proud of all this kickass work from my @ansirh.bsky.social colleagues! myemail.constantcontact.com/ANSIRH-s-Yea...
Highly recommend consistently volunteering to read Torah at your shul so you can’t just doomscroll for eternity, you have studying to do!
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Highly recommend consistently volunteering to read Torah at your shul so you can’t just doomscroll for eternity, you have studying to do!
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Researchers at the University of California San Francisco track how abortion comes up on television. They say the trends from 2025 are concerning. n.pr/4oQlr52
Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco track how abortion comes up on television. They say the trends from 2025 are concerning.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco track how abortion comes up on television. They say the trends from 2025 are concerning. n.pr/4oQlr52
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Jewish groups are circulating the hebrew names of the injured for the traditional prayers for healing. Just got sent these:
* Reuven Ben Manya
* Chaya Mushka bas Shterna Sara
* Feivel Eliezer ben Dobra Bella
* Arsan ben Amelia
* Yaakov Dov ben Pnina
* Yaakov ben Ethel
* Moshe Yonatan ben Tziporah
* Reuven Ben Manya
* Chaya Mushka bas Shterna Sara
* Feivel Eliezer ben Dobra Bella
* Arsan ben Amelia
* Yaakov Dov ben Pnina
* Yaakov ben Ethel
* Moshe Yonatan ben Tziporah
December 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Jewish groups are circulating the hebrew names of the injured for the traditional prayers for healing. Just got sent these:
* Reuven Ben Manya
* Chaya Mushka bas Shterna Sara
* Feivel Eliezer ben Dobra Bella
* Arsan ben Amelia
* Yaakov Dov ben Pnina
* Yaakov ben Ethel
* Moshe Yonatan ben Tziporah
* Reuven Ben Manya
* Chaya Mushka bas Shterna Sara
* Feivel Eliezer ben Dobra Bella
* Arsan ben Amelia
* Yaakov Dov ben Pnina
* Yaakov ben Ethel
* Moshe Yonatan ben Tziporah
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Baruch Dayan HaEmet. We’re horrified to wake up to the news of an antisemitic shooting in Sydney that killed 11 people. Our hearts go out to the Sydney Jewish community.
December 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Baruch Dayan HaEmet. We’re horrified to wake up to the news of an antisemitic shooting in Sydney that killed 11 people. Our hearts go out to the Sydney Jewish community.
Are you ok? Is your family ok? Was anyone there? Is our local Chanukah event public? Do we have security? Should we still go? What do we tell the kids? Do we tell the kids anything? How do we keep them safe? Should we do a private Chanukah instead? Should we light the menorah in the window, still?
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Are you ok? Is your family ok? Was anyone there? Is our local Chanukah event public? Do we have security? Should we still go? What do we tell the kids? Do we tell the kids anything? How do we keep them safe? Should we do a private Chanukah instead? Should we light the menorah in the window, still?
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Waking up to news of another antisemitic mass shooting, this time at a Hanukkah event in Australia.
I’m heartbroken and angry and I don’t know how many other ways to say it: antisemitism is a crisis that is threatening Jews, every single one of us, and the core of our society.
I’m heartbroken and angry and I don’t know how many other ways to say it: antisemitism is a crisis that is threatening Jews, every single one of us, and the core of our society.
Bondi Beach shooting was a terrorist attack on Australia's Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah, police say. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/48SoSCq
December 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Waking up to news of another antisemitic mass shooting, this time at a Hanukkah event in Australia.
I’m heartbroken and angry and I don’t know how many other ways to say it: antisemitism is a crisis that is threatening Jews, every single one of us, and the core of our society.
I’m heartbroken and angry and I don’t know how many other ways to say it: antisemitism is a crisis that is threatening Jews, every single one of us, and the core of our society.
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Characters are considering having abortions, but fewer than ever are actually having abortions, and when they do, it’s often a lonely experience. What’s going on? Read our new analysis of abortion depictions on TV in 2025: www.ansirh.org/research/res...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Characters are considering having abortions, but fewer than ever are actually having abortions, and when they do, it’s often a lonely experience. What’s going on? Read our new analysis of abortion depictions on TV in 2025: www.ansirh.org/research/res...
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Instead of responding to our current abortion access crisis with bold, visionary abortion plotlines, what we’re seeing on TV, at least this year, is a return to troubling tropes of the past that link abortion with shame, stigma, and even death.
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Instead of responding to our current abortion access crisis with bold, visionary abortion plotlines, what we’re seeing on TV, at least this year, is a return to troubling tropes of the past that link abortion with shame, stigma, and even death.
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The Pitt, Ginny & Georgia, All’s Fair – how did this year’s biggest TV shows tackle abortion? We tracked this year’s hits and misses in our Abortion Onscreen report. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Pitt, Ginny & Georgia, All’s Fair – how did this year’s biggest TV shows tackle abortion? We tracked this year’s hits and misses in our Abortion Onscreen report. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
IT'S HERE! Our research on how TV tackled abortion in 2025.
Some notable findings:
📺 only 37% of shows featured a character who actually had an abortion, down past years
📺 the return of several troubling themes, notably the association of abortion w/shame & death
www.ansirh.org/research/res...
Some notable findings:
📺 only 37% of shows featured a character who actually had an abortion, down past years
📺 the return of several troubling themes, notably the association of abortion w/shame & death
www.ansirh.org/research/res...
Abortion Onscreen in 2025
This year, we tracked 65 abortion plotlines across cable, broadcast, and streaming channels. While we documented some familiar trends, we also observed a return to concerning tropes.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
IT'S HERE! Our research on how TV tackled abortion in 2025.
Some notable findings:
📺 only 37% of shows featured a character who actually had an abortion, down past years
📺 the return of several troubling themes, notably the association of abortion w/shame & death
www.ansirh.org/research/res...
Some notable findings:
📺 only 37% of shows featured a character who actually had an abortion, down past years
📺 the return of several troubling themes, notably the association of abortion w/shame & death
www.ansirh.org/research/res...
Maccabeats are still out here with Chanukah bops, excellent #kpopdemonhunter one this year open.spotify.com/track/2ZSrm7...
HanuKpop Demon Hunters
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December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Maccabeats are still out here with Chanukah bops, excellent #kpopdemonhunter one this year open.spotify.com/track/2ZSrm7...
New data! Shield laws helped nearly 15,000 people each month get abortion care, per the latest @societyfp.bsky.social #WeCount report. societyfp.org/research/wec...
#WeCount - Society of Family Planning
The Society of Family Planning is the source for abortion and contraception science.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New data! Shield laws helped nearly 15,000 people each month get abortion care, per the latest @societyfp.bsky.social #WeCount report. societyfp.org/research/wec...
"Legal restrictions [on abortion], uncertainty and a climate of fear resulted in logistical challenges, challenges to professional practice standards, and moral distress. " www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“I can't help them like I used to”: Evolving prenatal genetic counseling practices in a post-Roe U.S.
This exploratory empirical study documents how prenatal genetic counseling practice was evolving one year after the 2022 Supreme Court decision overtu…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Legal restrictions [on abortion], uncertainty and a climate of fear resulted in logistical challenges, challenges to professional practice standards, and moral distress. " www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📺📺📺📺📺 watch this space! Sharing out abortion onscreen in 2025 analysis tomorrow 12/11! 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📺📺📺📺📺 watch this space! Sharing out abortion onscreen in 2025 analysis tomorrow 12/11! 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬
"This cross-sectional study of 650 Native lands, with an estimated 950,991 female residents of reproductive age, nearly half of Native lands were over 90 minutes from an abortion facility before Dobbs, and the proportion increased after the decision." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Geographic Access to Abortion Facilities From Native Lands After Dobbs
This cross-sectional study compares travel times to abortion facilities from Native lands before and after the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"This cross-sectional study of 650 Native lands, with an estimated 950,991 female residents of reproductive age, nearly half of Native lands were over 90 minutes from an abortion facility before Dobbs, and the proportion increased after the decision." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Important new research from @kff.org: about 40% of US adults say that they're unsure about the safety of medication abortion. www.kff.org/public-opini...
This is part of why the way abortion is portrayed on TV and film matters -- people need new ways to access accurate information about abortion!
This is part of why the way abortion is portrayed on TV and film matters -- people need new ways to access accurate information about abortion!
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Knowledge and Views of Medication Abortion | KFF
This KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that many, including women of reproductive age, remain unfamiliar with key facts about mifepristone. Fewer than half of all adults say they believe abortion pills a...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Important new research from @kff.org: about 40% of US adults say that they're unsure about the safety of medication abortion. www.kff.org/public-opini...
This is part of why the way abortion is portrayed on TV and film matters -- people need new ways to access accurate information about abortion!
This is part of why the way abortion is portrayed on TV and film matters -- people need new ways to access accurate information about abortion!
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Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
AIDS has killed 44 million people globally.
Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors.
Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.”
Silence = Death
Working on my analysis of abortion plotlines on TV in 2025 — whew, lots of new trends to report. Stay tuned!
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Working on my analysis of abortion plotlines on TV in 2025 — whew, lots of new trends to report. Stay tuned!
Brrief abortion storyline on #AllsFair (which seems to be just as bad, if not worse, than the reviews say it is); another plotline in which a character tries to use one someone's past abortion to shame her. Similar to (but not as dramatic as) Hunting Wives.
www.ansirh.org/research/abo...
www.ansirh.org/research/abo...
All's Fair
Cheryl hires the divorce attorney law firm at the center of this show to help her with her divorce. She shares with the lawyers, Emerald and Allura, that her marriage is ending because her husband, Ma...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Brrief abortion storyline on #AllsFair (which seems to be just as bad, if not worse, than the reviews say it is); another plotline in which a character tries to use one someone's past abortion to shame her. Similar to (but not as dramatic as) Hunting Wives.
www.ansirh.org/research/abo...
www.ansirh.org/research/abo...
Love to find an abortion plotline I'd never heard of before and add it to our database. TBH the stars of this soap opera with a truly unfortunate abortion plotline are the adorable kids in the kindergarten class, plus the theme song, a total bop. www.ansirh.org/research/abo...
Knots Landing
Ginger receives mysterious gifts from an unknown sender, many of which seem to be realted to children (children's books, a kids' birthday cake). She also receives strange phone calls which have a reco...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Love to find an abortion plotline I'd never heard of before and add it to our database. TBH the stars of this soap opera with a truly unfortunate abortion plotline are the adorable kids in the kindergarten class, plus the theme song, a total bop. www.ansirh.org/research/abo...
Learning about and reading Maimonides for the first time. This man is like the Jewish Alexander Hamilton. Maybe I need to write a musical??
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Learning about and reading Maimonides for the first time. This man is like the Jewish Alexander Hamilton. Maybe I need to write a musical??
“Naomi ends up being the heart of the family, and the story. Because keeping a family functioning, and intact, might require being pushy, controlling, critical, and frankly, difficult.” Thank you @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social!
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The Jewish Moms of Netflix
Jewish mothers are all over Netflix, and their personalities are starting!
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October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Naomi ends up being the heart of the family, and the story. Because keeping a family functioning, and intact, might require being pushy, controlling, critical, and frankly, difficult.” Thank you @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social!
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lilith.org/2025/10/the-...
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"To improve the health of the nation’s parents, Congress should make paid family leave available nationwide through a federal law that complements states’ efforts," Wells writes in this @theprogressivemag.bsky.social op-ed.
Read Wells' full piece. ⤵️
Read Wells' full piece. ⤵️
I study paid family leave - our research shows it reduces postpartum depression & supports breastfeeding. But looking at data hadn’t really prepared me for the fact that having a baby is TOUGH. When I gave birth I suddenly became one of my own statistics. Read my op-ed here.
Paid Family Leave Can Be a Lifeline
I study how paid family leave impacts the health of parents. When I gave birth, I became one of my own statistics.
progressive.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"To improve the health of the nation’s parents, Congress should make paid family leave available nationwide through a federal law that complements states’ efforts," Wells writes in this @theprogressivemag.bsky.social op-ed.
Read Wells' full piece. ⤵️
Read Wells' full piece. ⤵️