Sofia Resnick

Incarcerated Women in Arizona Go on Hunger Strike for Better Conditions After a correctional officer allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old woman, as many as 200 of her fellow prisoners went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks.

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Women imprisoned in AZ went on hunger strike for more than 2 weeks, issuing 21 polite requests: theappeal.org/arizona-perr...

Inside the latest, and scariest, iteration of America’s endless abortion wars After Trump’s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.

After Trump was reelected, he quickly pardoned anti-abortion activists convicted of harassing and threatening clinic patients and staff. Federal investigations into bomb threats against clinics suddenly vanished.

@kbeccaandrews.bsky.social reports on a newly emboldened abortion protest movement.

Bringing your values to your reporting and writing - Nieman Storyboard Irin Carmon annotates her book on the lives of five pregnant women post-Dobbs. Plus: More awards and fellowship deadlines

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: @irincarmon.bsky.social annotates a chapter from her book "Unbearable," plus @shorensteinctr.bsky.social @stephenrodrick.bsky.social and a new film about the Renaud brothers.

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This is such an important article.

I visited a CPC in Maryland when I was doing repro work there in 2007. The way these people will lie with impunity is just astounding. The “counselor” I had told me that the local PP—which I worked for—had had several deaths “recently,” which was a blatant lie.

Federal funding for people in poverty heading to anti-abortion centers instead The bulk of the money Missouri gives to its crisis pregnancy centers comes from federal funds meant to assist families experiencing poverty with basic necessities and child care, Republican Rep. Jason...

As many as $3 of every $4 for anti-abortion pregnancy centers in Missouri was from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in 2024, and in the 2026 fiscal year, it will be $2 out of $3. By @kelciemmorris.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

Bedford County supervisor files suit challenging reproductive rights constitutional amendment Later this year, Virginians are expected to formally approve or reject a measure to enshrine reproductive rights into the state’s constitution.

Virginia could enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution later this year. But a new lawsuit to stop it was filed this week. Follow @charlottewords.bsky.social for thorough coverage as the battle over reproductive rights heats up.
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‘What’s your plan for this pregnancy?’ Comfort, shame and a missed diagnosis For nearly 60 years, crisis pregnancy centers have been a pillar of the anti-abortion movement.

Women with a range of experiences on going to anti-abortion pregnancy centers, in their own words
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Billion Dollar Baby Bump | News From The States

Episode 18 is live!

This week, we will take a look at the States Newsroom investigation on crisis pregnancy centers and examine the fight on abortion access.

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Tennessee lawmakers defeat abortion bill protecting mother’s life • Tennessee Lookout A Tennessee House panel killed a measure that would have allowed doctors to give abortions save the life of a mother without criminal charges.

The Republican-controlled Population Health Subcommittee voted 8-2 against legislation Tuesday that would have allowed doctors to end a pregnancy to save the life of the mother without facing criminal charges, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Yusuf Hakeem of Chattanooga.

States Newsroom conducted a 50-state investigation examining funding towards crisis pregnancy centers nationwide.

Tomorrow, on the Stories From The States podcast, you will hear from our reproductive rights reporter, @sofiaresnick.bsky.social on this issue.
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Colorado bill would make sure people leaving prison would get $100, ID documents | Colorado Newsline Under a proposed Colorado law, people leaving prison would be entitled to identification documents and $100 in a release allowance.

Under a proposed Colorado law, people leaving prison would be entitled to identification documents and $100 in a release allowance. “We have to equip these people who are returning to our communities to have a fighting chance at success,” state Rep. Jamie Jackson said.
By @sarawilson.bsky.social

Not in our database: Corey Lewandowski.

Lewandowski has a special status as a "volunteer" DHS.

Yet he is also signing off on contracts and policies.

Here's one of 'em!

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A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal…

Ummmm….

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🚨 NEW @statesnewsroom.com found 21 states funneled ~ half $1B to crisis pregnancy centers. by
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Series | News From The States Billion Dollar Baby Bump: A States Newsroom 50-state investigation examining the tax records of more than 1,600 crisis pregnancy center organizations nationwide and state and federal budgets found the...

NEW SERIES: The magnitude of state & federal funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centers is growing while oversight is not, by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @acvollers.bsky.social @nhassanein.bsky.social @chatlanis.bsky.social @amandavhernan.bsky.social and me www.newsfromthestates.com/tags/crisis-...

Oregon to nix cervical cancer diagnostic testing costs for patients, rest of US may follow suit Dr. Carrie Frederick can think of many instances over her 14 years in practice in Oregon when patients tried to negotiate their way out of diagnostic testing for cervical cancer because of the expense...

Cervical cancer is one of few types of cancer that can be treated in a precancerous stage, but diagnostic testing can cost up to $1,200 out of pocket. Oregon, soon U.S., will require insurers to cover diagnostic testing costs. By @kelciemmorris.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/oreg...

After Detention, Families Stranded in Border Town Face Harrowing Journey Home Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave.

Moving immigration abductees far from home as soon as possible is designed to cut them off from family, friends, and community resources. It also means that when people are released, it's into a strange place with no help—and people are rising to meet that need around camps like Dilley.

Americans Stranded in the Middle East Aren’t Getting Help from the State Department “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East — but the State Dept is not helping them do it.

We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."

Iran war drives gas price uncertainty ahead of busy summer season The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline topped $3 Tuesday for the first time this year, and is expected to keep going up.The average price Tuesday was $3.11, up about 11 cents from ...

WHAT WILL THE WAR DO TO GAS PRICES? Iran war drives gas price uncertainty ahead of busy summer season -- @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/iran...

US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

Unaccompanied children as young as 13 who are pregnant, often from rape, are being moved to Texas so the Trump administration can avoid getting them access to abortion, critics say. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Tuberculosis cases have been rising as public health agencies struggle to keep up In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years — and so has the cost of containing it.The cost of contact tracing and surveillance, traveling each day to…

Tuberculosis cases in the U.S. have been rising since 2021.

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Arguing an abortion procedure is unlawfully barbaric worked once. Will it work again? There is a content warning on page 7 of a friend-of-the-court brief recently submitted in a high-stakes abortion medication case by women who say they were injured or traumatized from taking the pills...

Abortion opponents once convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that a specific abortion procedure (intact D&X) was unlawfully gruesome and barbaric. They're trying a similar argument with medication abortion: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/argu...

As transgender Kansans grapple with a challenging new reality today, and the rest of the nation watches what’s happening in the Sunflower State, here’s a thread of @kansasreflector.com stories and opinion pieces about SB 244. (1/15) #ksleg #trans #lgbtq

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

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Louisiana, Trump FDA clash in court over abortion drug availability through telehealth LAFAYETTE — A federal judge questioned Tuesday whether demand for abortion medication would go away even if he were to force the Trump administration to end the policy that allows the drugs to be pres...

The judge who heard Louisiana v. FDA today questioned whether demand for abortion pills would go away even if he were to force the Trump administration to end the policy that allows the drugs to be prescribed remotely and mailed across state lines, @greglarose.bsky.social reports.

Abortion pill lawsuit draws briefs from domestic violence groups, telehealth providers and AGs Domestic violence awareness groups, telehealth organizations and nearly two dozen Democratic attorneys general filed briefs Monday in a lawsuit that could curb medication abortion access nationwide.

Preventing coercion is a big argument in the Louisiana v. FDA lawsuit, but domestic violence advocates say limiting access to abortion pills won't fix the wider problem of reproductive coercion, via @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/abor...

Reproductive Rights Today | News From The States Your comprehensive daily wrap-up of changes to reproductive rights in the states, the front lines in the fight over abortion access in a post-Roe America.

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Louisiana mifepristone lawsuit could hinder telehealth abortion nationwide A hearing is set for Tuesday in a federal lawsuit led by Louisiana seeking to further restrict access to mifepristone by asking the courts to stop abortion pills from being mailed across the country. ...

Consequential hearing related to abortion pills happening tomorrow, via @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/loui...

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

NEW reporting from @19thnews.org on the Epstein files shows how academic research funding intersected with women scientists and institutional power shaped by male influence. An important story about accountability, impact and who gets protected -- and who doesn't. 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst...