Amy Littlefield
@amylittlefield.bsky.social
Abortion access correspondent at The Nation and author of Killers of Roe, a whodunnit on the history of the anti-abortion movement, coming March 2026 https://www.amylittlefield.com/killersofroe/
This is my official author pic for Killers of Roe, but I think I like the behind the scenes version even more.
On 9/29 I finished the final proof of my book and as if on cue, my water broke….
On 9/29 I finished the final proof of my book and as if on cue, my water broke….
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is my official author pic for Killers of Roe, but I think I like the behind the scenes version even more.
On 9/29 I finished the final proof of my book and as if on cue, my water broke….
On 9/29 I finished the final proof of my book and as if on cue, my water broke….
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"I really don’t believe that anyone who claims to care about our most basic rights here in the US can ignore this existential moral issue of our lives, which is the genocide that Israel is perpetrating in Palestine."
@kylietcheung.bsky.social @thenation.com
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@kylietcheung.bsky.social @thenation.com
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August 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"I really don’t believe that anyone who claims to care about our most basic rights here in the US can ignore this existential moral issue of our lives, which is the genocide that Israel is perpetrating in Palestine."
@kylietcheung.bsky.social @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
@kylietcheung.bsky.social @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
New York friends, please join me and Rebecca Grant in NYC on June 25 for a discussion of her new book, Access!
communitybookstore.net/events/46572
communitybookstore.net/events/46572
June 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
New York friends, please join me and Rebecca Grant in NYC on June 25 for a discussion of her new book, Access!
communitybookstore.net/events/46572
communitybookstore.net/events/46572
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
An under-explored contributor to our society’s abject misunderstanding of pregnancy is popular apps like this that describe a 20-week fetus as “the size of a banana.”
May 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An under-explored contributor to our society’s abject misunderstanding of pregnancy is popular apps like this that describe a 20-week fetus as “the size of a banana.”
My parents (in their 70s) heeded the call to protest at town halls today. They were the only 2 people at their local town hall on a day when the wind was so bitter the real feel was 3 degrees.
I’m proud of them. Every person who shows up matters.
I’m proud of them. Every person who shows up matters.
February 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My parents (in their 70s) heeded the call to protest at town halls today. They were the only 2 people at their local town hall on a day when the wind was so bitter the real feel was 3 degrees.
I’m proud of them. Every person who shows up matters.
I’m proud of them. Every person who shows up matters.
Went to my local anti-coup protest today with the most Boston sign I could think of:
February 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Went to my local anti-coup protest today with the most Boston sign I could think of:
The STI guidelines link leads to a page that says “this page has been moved” and then to a public-facing STI info page. But the clinical guidelines providers rely on appear to be gone.
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The STI guidelines link leads to a page that says “this page has been moved” and then to a public-facing STI info page. But the clinical guidelines providers rely on appear to be gone.
NEW: The CDC appears to have removed its prescribing guidelines for PReP, STIs, and birth control. The former links now lead to a “page not found” message.
January 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
NEW: The CDC appears to have removed its prescribing guidelines for PReP, STIs, and birth control. The former links now lead to a “page not found” message.
Let's say... hypothetically...that you just learned that you and Pete Hegseth had chosen (almost) the same book title.
Would you change the title or lean into it?
Would you change the title or lean into it?
January 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Let's say... hypothetically...that you just learned that you and Pete Hegseth had chosen (almost) the same book title.
Would you change the title or lean into it?
Would you change the title or lean into it?
Adding another piece of MMWR history:
In 1978, the CDC, along with feminist writer Ellen Frankfort & activist Frances Kissling, investigated the death of a TX woman after the Hyde Amendment banned Medicaid funding of abortion.
The death was written up in the MMWR.
Her name was Rosie Jimenez.
In 1978, the CDC, along with feminist writer Ellen Frankfort & activist Frances Kissling, investigated the death of a TX woman after the Hyde Amendment banned Medicaid funding of abortion.
The death was written up in the MMWR.
Her name was Rosie Jimenez.
January 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Adding another piece of MMWR history:
In 1978, the CDC, along with feminist writer Ellen Frankfort & activist Frances Kissling, investigated the death of a TX woman after the Hyde Amendment banned Medicaid funding of abortion.
The death was written up in the MMWR.
Her name was Rosie Jimenez.
In 1978, the CDC, along with feminist writer Ellen Frankfort & activist Frances Kissling, investigated the death of a TX woman after the Hyde Amendment banned Medicaid funding of abortion.
The death was written up in the MMWR.
Her name was Rosie Jimenez.
READ THE ROOM, VIVEK
January 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
READ THE ROOM, VIVEK
Meanwhile in Boston:
December 4, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Meanwhile in Boston:
Shout out to @democracynow.org for noting the hospital's religious affiliation in its coverage of the ProPublica story:
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/26/h...
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/26/h...
November 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Shout out to @democracynow.org for noting the hospital's religious affiliation in its coverage of the ProPublica story:
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/26/h...
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/26/h...
This article really captures the staggering scope of the manmade maternal health crisis that’s been foisted on rural Texans:
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
November 26, 2024 at 2:13 AM
This article really captures the staggering scope of the manmade maternal health crisis that’s been foisted on rural Texans:
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
An adult version of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus but it’s Don’t Let the Emotionally Exhausted Woman Go to the Grocery Store
November 25, 2024 at 9:04 PM
An adult version of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus but it’s Don’t Let the Emotionally Exhausted Woman Go to the Grocery Store
Here is what @lizrplatt.bsky.social & the Columbia team & I found about Houston Methodist in our major report on religious hospitals BEFORE Dobbs, when the hospital system already heavily restricted abortion procedures.
(2/3)
lawrightsreligion.law.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
(2/3)
lawrightsreligion.law.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
November 25, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Here is what @lizrplatt.bsky.social & the Columbia team & I found about Houston Methodist in our major report on religious hospitals BEFORE Dobbs, when the hospital system already heavily restricted abortion procedures.
(2/3)
lawrightsreligion.law.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
(2/3)
lawrightsreligion.law.columbia.edu/sites/defaul...
Here’s the head of Students for Life going full pronatalism this am
November 23, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Here’s the head of Students for Life going full pronatalism this am
ICYMI: A judge struck down anti-abortion laws in Wyoming at least in part bc of a constitutional amendment passed by voters who feared "government overreach" under Obamacare.
These kinds of weird wins are what we have now, I guess.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
These kinds of weird wins are what we have now, I guess.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
November 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
ICYMI: A judge struck down anti-abortion laws in Wyoming at least in part bc of a constitutional amendment passed by voters who feared "government overreach" under Obamacare.
These kinds of weird wins are what we have now, I guess.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
These kinds of weird wins are what we have now, I guess.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
I think this might be my favorite quote from Election Day.
This guy legit told a reporter he voted against the anti-abortion initiative in Amarillo because “my wife told me to.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This guy legit told a reporter he voted against the anti-abortion initiative in Amarillo because “my wife told me to.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
November 19, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I think this might be my favorite quote from Election Day.
This guy legit told a reporter he voted against the anti-abortion initiative in Amarillo because “my wife told me to.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This guy legit told a reporter he voted against the anti-abortion initiative in Amarillo because “my wife told me to.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
In fact, Flordians for Freedom explicitly told their supporters NOT to attack Republicans when criticizing the state's six-week ban, as I reported.
November 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
In fact, Flordians for Freedom explicitly told their supporters NOT to attack Republicans when criticizing the state's six-week ban, as I reported.
Amarillo voters like Dexie Organ, 60, rejected the anti-abortion initiative.
“We’re women; I don’t know why they think they need to suppress us," she told me.
But Dexie voted for Trump. Did she worry about him on abortion?
No, she said, "he gave it to the states."
She saw him as a moderate.
“We’re women; I don’t know why they think they need to suppress us," she told me.
But Dexie voted for Trump. Did she worry about him on abortion?
No, she said, "he gave it to the states."
She saw him as a moderate.
November 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Amarillo voters like Dexie Organ, 60, rejected the anti-abortion initiative.
“We’re women; I don’t know why they think they need to suppress us," she told me.
But Dexie voted for Trump. Did she worry about him on abortion?
No, she said, "he gave it to the states."
She saw him as a moderate.
“We’re women; I don’t know why they think they need to suppress us," she told me.
But Dexie voted for Trump. Did she worry about him on abortion?
No, she said, "he gave it to the states."
She saw him as a moderate.
In Amarillo, TX which went for Trump 72-80 percent, activists defeated an anti-abortion ordinance by using language that could have come straight from the NRA:
“Say no to government overreach,” read one sign. “Defend our Constitution," read another.
It worked. The anti-abortion initiative lost.
“Say no to government overreach,” read one sign. “Defend our Constitution," read another.
It worked. The anti-abortion initiative lost.
November 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
In Amarillo, TX which went for Trump 72-80 percent, activists defeated an anti-abortion ordinance by using language that could have come straight from the NRA:
“Say no to government overreach,” read one sign. “Defend our Constitution," read another.
It worked. The anti-abortion initiative lost.
“Say no to government overreach,” read one sign. “Defend our Constitution," read another.
It worked. The anti-abortion initiative lost.
