Meghan Boone
@professorboone.bsky.social
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Two years ago, @lsepper.bsky.social famously said about academic summer plans, "Everything seems possible in May."
Given the state of the nation, I say "DREAM!" Plan a conference with an unlimited budget. Promise your editor TWO volumes of your questionable idea. Download every PDF you can. LIVE!!!
Given the state of the nation, I say "DREAM!" Plan a conference with an unlimited budget. Promise your editor TWO volumes of your questionable idea. Download every PDF you can. LIVE!!!
May 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Two years ago, @lsepper.bsky.social famously said about academic summer plans, "Everything seems possible in May."
Given the state of the nation, I say "DREAM!" Plan a conference with an unlimited budget. Promise your editor TWO volumes of your questionable idea. Download every PDF you can. LIVE!!!
Given the state of the nation, I say "DREAM!" Plan a conference with an unlimited budget. Promise your editor TWO volumes of your questionable idea. Download every PDF you can. LIVE!!!
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The work done by Dr. Foster and her colleagues is so incredibly important. As a young repro justice scholar,I have learned SO much from her research. This is a terrible loss and I hope there is some private orgs willing to fill in the gaps.
News: Diana Greene Foster, the MacArthur-winning author of the Turnaway Study, learned her NIH grant — funding a multi-year study on Dobbs' impact — has been pulled. She was told its bc the govt won't study "gender identity."
Her work has shaped our understanding of abortion bans' consequences.
Her work has shaped our understanding of abortion bans' consequences.
She was tracking post-Roe abortions. The government just pulled her funding.
Diana Greene Foster, who was behind the landmark Turnaway Study, wanted to study the health and economic impacts of the loss of abortion access.
19thnews.org
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The work done by Dr. Foster and her colleagues is so incredibly important. As a young repro justice scholar,I have learned SO much from her research. This is a terrible loss and I hope there is some private orgs willing to fill in the gaps.
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It warms my civ-pro-professor heart.
April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It warms my civ-pro-professor heart.
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🚨 🚨 🚨 the North Carolina state court is going along with Jefferson Griffins request to disenfranchise tens of thousands of NC voters by throwing out their votes. And thereby hand the seat on the NC SCT to Griffin when Justice Allison Riggs won the election. This is a HUGE deal.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: the Republican-majority on the N.C. Court of Appeals rules to overturn the decision of the Wake County Superior Court (and the voters in the state) in a 2-1 decision to disenfranchise more than 65,000 voters from LAST year’s election. ⬇️
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
N.C. Appellate Courts
https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
April 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨 🚨 🚨 the North Carolina state court is going along with Jefferson Griffins request to disenfranchise tens of thousands of NC voters by throwing out their votes. And thereby hand the seat on the NC SCT to Griffin when Justice Allison Riggs won the election. This is a HUGE deal.
So excited to welcome these amazing scholars and teachers to Wake Forest Law!
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Wake Forest Law Welcomes Three New Professors - Wake Forest Law
Wake Forest Law is thrilled to welcome three new faculty members to our community: Assistant Professor Nia Johnson, Teaching Professor Wayne Logan, and Assistant Professor Abel Rodriguez. Nia Johnson...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So excited to welcome these amazing scholars and teachers to Wake Forest Law!
law.wfu.edu/2025/04/thre...
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
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No better way to ensure the abortion rate will go up than to slash federal funding for family planning.
Breaking, at the newsletter: Come tomorrow, eight states will have ZERO Title X funding jessica.substack.com/p/title-x-fu...
BREAKING: The Trump Administration Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding Tomorrow
The attack will leave eight states without ANY federal family planning dollars
jessica.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
No better way to ensure the abortion rate will go up than to slash federal funding for family planning.
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Homicide is the LEADING cause of death of pregnant women, but, yes, let’s cancel funding to address domestic violence during pregnancy because it might be “DEI.” Our government has ceased to be a functioning entity. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence
Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.
www.huffpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Homicide is the LEADING cause of death of pregnant women, but, yes, let’s cancel funding to address domestic violence during pregnancy because it might be “DEI.” Our government has ceased to be a functioning entity. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Diocese & CPC Challenge IL Ban on Employment Disc Because of Reproductive Health Care Choices buff.ly/jWzQ8tm
And now they are claiming a First Amendment right to discriminate against employees who have had abortion or maybe even use birth control
That was definitely what the framers had in mind!
And now they are claiming a First Amendment right to discriminate against employees who have had abortion or maybe even use birth control
That was definitely what the framers had in mind!
Diocese and Pregnancy Center Challenge Illinois Ban on Employment Discrimination Because of Reproductive Health Care Choices
Suit was filed last week in an Illinois federal district court by a Christian Pregnancy Care Center and a Catholic diocese challenging the r...
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March 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Diocese & CPC Challenge IL Ban on Employment Disc Because of Reproductive Health Care Choices buff.ly/jWzQ8tm
And now they are claiming a First Amendment right to discriminate against employees who have had abortion or maybe even use birth control
That was definitely what the framers had in mind!
And now they are claiming a First Amendment right to discriminate against employees who have had abortion or maybe even use birth control
That was definitely what the framers had in mind!
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Sadly, this should shock absolutely no one.
We can, and must, do better.
We can, and must, do better.
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Sadly, this should shock absolutely no one.
We can, and must, do better.
We can, and must, do better.
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Very excited to announce that BU School of Law and BU Program on Reproductive Justice are seeking an Executive Director and Lecturer to help build the program and train the next generation of reproductive justice advocates. Please spread the word: jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/j...
Executive Director & Lecturer, BUPRJ, Boston University School of Law - BOSTON, Massachusetts - Boston University
Find a career with Boston University
jobs.silkroad.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Very excited to announce that BU School of Law and BU Program on Reproductive Justice are seeking an Executive Director and Lecturer to help build the program and train the next generation of reproductive justice advocates. Please spread the word: jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/j...
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"Findings provide early confirmation of reports that clinicians have migrated from states most impacted by the Dobbs decision," which "has implications for reproductive care access, quality, and equity as abortion rights are increasingly decided at the state level."
Congrats to my co-authors!
Congrats to my co-authors!
Post-Dobbs Changes in OBGYN Clinical Workforce
This case-control study compares the availability of women’s health care clinicians in states that enacted highly restrictive abortion policy after the Dobbs Supreme Court decision vs states that esta...
jamanetwork.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Findings provide early confirmation of reports that clinicians have migrated from states most impacted by the Dobbs decision," which "has implications for reproductive care access, quality, and equity as abortion rights are increasingly decided at the state level."
Congrats to my co-authors!
Congrats to my co-authors!
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We can— and must— defend constitutional norms as if they are institutions worth protecting while simultaneously acknowledging that those institutions are not self-executing and require political work to preserve.
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We can— and must— defend constitutional norms as if they are institutions worth protecting while simultaneously acknowledging that those institutions are not self-executing and require political work to preserve.
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Spoke with Mother Jones about the threats of abortion “abolitionists” who want to treat prenatal life like people, but not women. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The anti-abortion movement is splintering
Is the faction that wants the death penalty for women who terminate pregnancies winning?
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Spoke with Mother Jones about the threats of abortion “abolitionists” who want to treat prenatal life like people, but not women. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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If you care about abortion rights and reproductive justice, you should be reading @jessicavalenti.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Montana Bill Would Charge Women for 'Trafficking' Their Own Fetus
The legislation, House Bill 609, is the first of its kind in the country
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If you care about abortion rights and reproductive justice, you should be reading @jessicavalenti.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
This is me. All winter long. No thank you.
February 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is me. All winter long. No thank you.
*Someone* snuck into my office at home and drew this on my to-do notepad.
February 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
*Someone* snuck into my office at home and drew this on my to-do notepad.
In addition to (gesturing generally) all of this, I have fielded the following questions from my 6yo this week:
- Are we at the top of the food chain? Even if we're vegetarians?
- How do we know when the Earth will die?
- What ecosystem do we live in?
- How many boyfriends did you have before dad? 😳
- Are we at the top of the food chain? Even if we're vegetarians?
- How do we know when the Earth will die?
- What ecosystem do we live in?
- How many boyfriends did you have before dad? 😳
February 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In addition to (gesturing generally) all of this, I have fielded the following questions from my 6yo this week:
- Are we at the top of the food chain? Even if we're vegetarians?
- How do we know when the Earth will die?
- What ecosystem do we live in?
- How many boyfriends did you have before dad? 😳
- Are we at the top of the food chain? Even if we're vegetarians?
- How do we know when the Earth will die?
- What ecosystem do we live in?
- How many boyfriends did you have before dad? 😳
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Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
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Dear journalists: Now, more than ever,
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
February 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dear journalists: Now, more than ever,
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
😳
We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
January 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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This game is... weirdly soothing? As if I needed something besides Wordle, Connections, and Spelling Bee...
timeguessr.com
timeguessr.com
TimeGuessr
TimeGuessr - the game that tests both your geography and history knowledge. Guess where and when historic photos were taken.
timeguessr.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This game is... weirdly soothing? As if I needed something besides Wordle, Connections, and Spelling Bee...
timeguessr.com
timeguessr.com
So clearly this is weird and dystopian in myriad ways. But I read his entire speech, and I have thoughts...some of which might be surprising?...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...
“I want more babies in America,” JD Vance says in his first public address as vice-president
Speaking at the yearly anti-abortion event, Vance commended President Donald Trump for appointing conservative judges and increasing the Child Tax Credit.
www.cleveland.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So clearly this is weird and dystopian in myriad ways. But I read his entire speech, and I have thoughts...some of which might be surprising?...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...
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“A 2022 study by The National Academy of Sciences estimated that Trump’s anti-abortion restrictions on foreign aid led to 108,000 deaths of women and children in poor countries over the four years of his first administration” www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump issues executive orders reviving anti-abortion policies
Those impacted include overseas health organizations that distribute contraception and help combat HIV.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“A 2022 study by The National Academy of Sciences estimated that Trump’s anti-abortion restrictions on foreign aid led to 108,000 deaths of women and children in poor countries over the four years of his first administration” www.politico.com/news/2025/01...