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Irin Carmon
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senior correspondent . writing a book for about the broken system around being pregnant in America. [email protected]
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Honestly can't tell anymore if and when tweeting is shouting into a void BUT I'm going to be writing a book and I wanted to tell you! UNBEARABLE will be a reported and analytical account of our broken pregnancy care system, from contraception to abortion to birth and beyond.
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Congratulations to my former Park Slope Food Coop shift squad leader (food processing, mainly wrapping cheese.)
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Confirmed, 50-49: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #26 Dale E. Ho to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
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I can't stop thinking about how Bowie isn't even the only woman on her gold-medal-winning relay team to develop preeclampsia. Just gutting
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When three-time Olympic medalist Tori Bowie died, she was 8 months pregnant and in labor. The coroner said she may have had eclampsia—or seizures which can lead to stroke or death Her 4x100 teammate @allysonfelix had life-threatening preeclampsia in 2018 jezebel.com/olympic-sprint
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If you're reading a tour of Vienna as a renter's utopia includes an ellipsis from 1934 to 1968, you should probably ask some questions. Like, what role did evicting the occupants of 65,000 units play? How about the war that damaged or destroyed much of the housing stock?
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This is a huge takeaway for me from today’s hearings. The FDA seems to think people are getting super detailed screening and counseling from their doctors when choosing contraceptive methods. Frankly, that has not been my experience in our medical system with ANY medication.
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A lot of the FDA's concerns about whether or not consumers will understand specific elements of the label on their own assume that people are getting really comprehensive contraceptive counseling from their doctors. Unfortunately, we know this isn't always true.
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Can't stop thinking about the insult to injury of Alito — author of Dobbs, dissenter in the FDA case — not bothering to learn the actual name of the drug he would ban.
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Harry Belafonte felt like a co-parent in those early days of covid. For awhile Banana Boat would make the baby stop crying 100% of the time. We used to sing Jamaican Farewell to her as a lullaby. Loved getting to learn more about his magnificent life and activism. What a human.
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Talked to about what happened last week with abortion and the Supreme Court and whether a rift is opening up between the court’s conservatives
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The author of a new book on the Supreme Court’s backdoor-lawmaking system breaks down what it is and why Samuel Alito is so mad at its critics. @irin writes trib.al/xWsiFLD
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New abortion pill lawsuit filed in federal court in Maryland To recap: 1) TX ruling suspended mifeprstone approval (SCOTUS temporarily blocked) 2) WA ruling protected mife approval in 17 states 3) New MD suit seeks to protect generic mife approval
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