JWSey
@jwsey.bsky.social
Epidemiologist | abortion access measurement | Research Scientist @WiscCORE | Formerly @IbisRH @BUSPH_epiPhD | Vermonter | she/her | Posts are my own
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They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
They were never going to negotiate in good faith.
Also, they clearly want a nationwide abortion ban.
Dems should have held the line.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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Let’s be clear about what happened here: Donald Trump and congressional republicans shut down the government, and then used the most vulnerable people among us as bargaining chips so they could raise health care costs for millions of Americans.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Let’s be clear about what happened here: Donald Trump and congressional republicans shut down the government, and then used the most vulnerable people among us as bargaining chips so they could raise health care costs for millions of Americans.
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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NEW: Susan Collins, who claims to be pro choice, is raising money for an anti-abortion candidate who’s slated to lose the Virginia governor's race. A donor email sent on behalf of Winsome Earle-Sears comes as Collins' approval rating has plummeted to net negative 20 points. Me in @newrepublic.com:
Why Is Susan Collins Mixed Up in the Virginia Governor’s Race?
The “pro-choice” Maine Senator used her email list to support embattled Virginia gubernatorial aspirant Winsome Earle-Sears, who has called abortion “genocide.”
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NEW: Susan Collins, who claims to be pro choice, is raising money for an anti-abortion candidate who’s slated to lose the Virginia governor's race. A donor email sent on behalf of Winsome Earle-Sears comes as Collins' approval rating has plummeted to net negative 20 points. Me in @newrepublic.com:
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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Susan Collins is back at it (derogatory)
The Maine Senator provided the 50th vote to give a Trump-loving, abortion-hating law professor a job for life.
www.jezebel.com/allegedly-pr...
www.jezebel.com/allegedly-pr...
Allegedly Pro-Choice Susan Collins Confirms Yet Another Anti-Abortion Judge to Lifetime Seat
The Maine Senator provided the 50th vote to give a Trump-loving, abortion-hating law professor a job for life.
www.jezebel.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Susan Collins is back at it (derogatory)
Gutting news. This is the direct result of cruel policy fueled by misogyny and abortion stigma. That our entire healthcare system is built in and on capitalism doesn't help. We all, Wisconsinites included, deserve better.
EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will halt abortions in October in response to the GOP budget "defunding" provision
It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:
It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to Halt Abortion Services
Sources say the affiliate isn't scheduling abortion appointments after September 30 in an apparent attempt to avoid Medicaid "defunding."
www.autonomynews.co
September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Gutting news. This is the direct result of cruel policy fueled by misogyny and abortion stigma. That our entire healthcare system is built in and on capitalism doesn't help. We all, Wisconsinites included, deserve better.
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In support of a new case against the Trump administration's “defunding” of @ppfa.org, Guttmacher scientist @megankavanaugh.bsky.social lays out evidence on Planned Parenthood's vital role as a provider of publicly supported #ReproHealth care in the US. gu.tt/480vy2q
Guttmacher Scientist Submits Legal Declaration in Support of Case Brought By 22 States and DC to Challenge "Defunding" of Planned Parenthood
gu.tt
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In support of a new case against the Trump administration's “defunding” of @ppfa.org, Guttmacher scientist @megankavanaugh.bsky.social lays out evidence on Planned Parenthood's vital role as a provider of publicly supported #ReproHealth care in the US. gu.tt/480vy2q
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Today we submitted a letter with @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social to the FDA signed by over 200 scientists.
The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...
The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...
Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy Reproductive Health Researchers Comment Letter to FDA
On August 27th, 2025, UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy (CRHLP) and Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at UCSF submitted a letter on behalf of more than 260 rese...
law.ucla.edu
August 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today we submitted a letter with @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social to the FDA signed by over 200 scientists.
The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...
The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...
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These two hires have me—an abortion reporter—genuinely alarmed. Make of that what you will for scenario planning
I'm not prone to hyperbole but Trump appointing two absolute freaks to the Office of Legal Counsel is the most ominous step it's taken on abortion.
Josh Craddock believes the 14th Amendment requires a nationwide ban and that the Comstock Act is a ban on abortion pills. Me in @ballsandstrikes.org:
Josh Craddock believes the 14th Amendment requires a nationwide ban and that the Comstock Act is a ban on abortion pills. Me in @ballsandstrikes.org:
The Trump Administration Is Staffing Up With Nationwide Abortion Ban Zealots
Conservative activists have spent years pushing a fringe legal theory that could ban abortion nationwide. A pair of newly appointed White House lawyers could do exactly that.
ballsandstrikes.org
July 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
These two hires have me—an abortion reporter—genuinely alarmed. Make of that what you will for scenario planning
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the core idea that can radicalize people is so simple:
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
July 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
the core idea that can radicalize people is so simple:
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
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That last line hits hard
July 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last line hits hard
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I know that this is going to be lost in the roar of big players but there are other clinics with a majority of patients who are Medicaid recipients - and this ruling opens up the avenue for states to refuse to allow us to be approved providers of care. And we have far fewer resources to weather it.
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I know that this is going to be lost in the roar of big players but there are other clinics with a majority of patients who are Medicaid recipients - and this ruling opens up the avenue for states to refuse to allow us to be approved providers of care. And we have far fewer resources to weather it.
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Important: SciAm has preserved the last evidence-based schedule from ACIP before experts were replaced with anti-vaxxers. You will want this for reference as the science gets buried and memory-holed.
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Important: SciAm has preserved the last evidence-based schedule from ACIP before experts were replaced with anti-vaxxers. You will want this for reference as the science gets buried and memory-holed.
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Zohran translated his campaign materials to Yiddish, he went to seders, synagogues, explained his critique of Israel’s government’s actions over and over.
Painting him and anyone who stands for a free Palestine as antisemitic will never not be delusional and a moral stain on the Jewish community.
Painting him and anyone who stands for a free Palestine as antisemitic will never not be delusional and a moral stain on the Jewish community.
June 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Zohran translated his campaign materials to Yiddish, he went to seders, synagogues, explained his critique of Israel’s government’s actions over and over.
Painting him and anyone who stands for a free Palestine as antisemitic will never not be delusional and a moral stain on the Jewish community.
Painting him and anyone who stands for a free Palestine as antisemitic will never not be delusional and a moral stain on the Jewish community.
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The suggestion of changing the MMR vaccination schedule, especially in the face of the current outbreaks, is a bellwether of what will be wrought by this fraudulent ACIP.
This is all the work of RFK Jr. and his anti-vax agenda.
This is all the work of RFK Jr. and his anti-vax agenda.
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The suggestion of changing the MMR vaccination schedule, especially in the face of the current outbreaks, is a bellwether of what will be wrought by this fraudulent ACIP.
This is all the work of RFK Jr. and his anti-vax agenda.
This is all the work of RFK Jr. and his anti-vax agenda.
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The time and money that people have given to support abortion patients and providers has been immense. This can't stop now! /3
June 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The time and money that people have given to support abortion patients and providers has been immense. This can't stop now! /3
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The latest abortion data from the Society of Family Planning shows that by the end of 2024, 25 percent abortions in the US were provided via telehealth.
That's up from 20 percent in their prior survey. Republicans are trying to ban telemedicine of abortion pills, if not ban the pills altogether.
That's up from 20 percent in their prior survey. Republicans are trying to ban telemedicine of abortion pills, if not ban the pills altogether.
#WeCount report, April 2022 to December 2024 - Society of Family Planning
Author: Society of Family Planning Published: June 23, 2025 #WeCount is a time-limited reporting effort that aims to capture national shifts in abortion volume, by state and month, following the Dobbs...
societyfp.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The latest abortion data from the Society of Family Planning shows that by the end of 2024, 25 percent abortions in the US were provided via telehealth.
That's up from 20 percent in their prior survey. Republicans are trying to ban telemedicine of abortion pills, if not ban the pills altogether.
That's up from 20 percent in their prior survey. Republicans are trying to ban telemedicine of abortion pills, if not ban the pills altogether.
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Today's Skrmetti opinion is devastating to transgender children and families who live in states with cruel laws barring gender affirming care. But it is very important to recognize this opinion does not give private entities, legislatures, or the President carte blanche to discriminate! 1/x
June 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today's Skrmetti opinion is devastating to transgender children and families who live in states with cruel laws barring gender affirming care. But it is very important to recognize this opinion does not give private entities, legislatures, or the President carte blanche to discriminate! 1/x
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And also reminder that the Trans Lifeline is here (877) 565-8860. translifeline.org
June 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
And also reminder that the Trans Lifeline is here (877) 565-8860. translifeline.org
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Planned Parenthood has done some important work, but it has long violated Paul Farmer's assessment of our responsibility: 'We do not have the luxury of being pessimistic on other people's behalf.”
June 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Planned Parenthood has done some important work, but it has long violated Paul Farmer's assessment of our responsibility: 'We do not have the luxury of being pessimistic on other people's behalf.”
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Skrmetti caps off decades of movement work to rethink sex discrimination jurisprudence across the board. The goal was to ensure law could regulate based on biological difference, broadly defined --as one ADF attorney explained, to show that “one cannot deny the reality of biological sex.”
Look at how much work the Court's abortion cases do here. The majority cites Dobbs to say that regulating a medical condition/procedure isn't sex discrimination, and another abortion case, Gonzales v. Carhart, to suggest that legislatures deserve discretion when there is scientific uncertainty.
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
June 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Skrmetti caps off decades of movement work to rethink sex discrimination jurisprudence across the board. The goal was to ensure law could regulate based on biological difference, broadly defined --as one ADF attorney explained, to show that “one cannot deny the reality of biological sex.”
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Look at how much work the Court's abortion cases do here. The majority cites Dobbs to say that regulating a medical condition/procedure isn't sex discrimination, and another abortion case, Gonzales v. Carhart, to suggest that legislatures deserve discretion when there is scientific uncertainty.
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
The ruling is a major setback for transgender rights, with more than 20 states enacting laws similar to Tennessee’s.
www.nbcnews.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Look at how much work the Court's abortion cases do here. The majority cites Dobbs to say that regulating a medical condition/procedure isn't sex discrimination, and another abortion case, Gonzales v. Carhart, to suggest that legislatures deserve discretion when there is scientific uncertainty.
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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...