Sign in

Aziza Ahmed

@azizaahmed.bsky.social
2.6K followers 499 following 76 posts

Professor of Law at BU School of Law. Co-director Boston University Program on Reproductive Justice. New Book! Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
SCOTUS/abortion/interstate conflict bat signal @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social @rebouche.bsky.social @azizaahmed.bsky.social @marzhang.bsky.social @evanbernick.bsky.social @mikesacks.bsky.social @amwhelan.bsky.social @jillwieberlens.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
1197
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Political Economy Lab, the Data + Feminism Lab, and the Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production are thrilled to sponsor this book talk by @js-tan.bsky.social and Clarissa Redwine. You can join online or in person! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
1159
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/07/2026
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
propublica.org
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
5529531538
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
More signs of resurging HIV after USAID’s closure. African Neonatal Network reported at IMNCH (a global health conference): HIV+ pregnant women ↑50% & those not on antiretrovirals ↑>300%, year-on-year, across 22 hospitals in 5 nations. @vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social
7338263
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 02/10/2025
Out Now! Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS by @azizaahmed.bsky.social #WomenAlsoKnowHistory 🗃️ 🗺️ #LawSky 📚
012
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Sari Altschuler @sarialtschuler.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It's real! Too many people to thank, but I'm feeling so very grateful for the years of conversation, learning, and generosity that made this book possible. More about the book below --
Left hand holds a white hardcover book. The top half features an American flag with ASL alphabet replacing stars. Bottom half reads “before disability. A history of American citizenship. Sari Altschuler” in blue, red, and off-white text.
1012743
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Really looking forward to our joint AMR at @lawandsociety.bsky.social ociety.bsky.social tomorrow with so many amazing scholars. Please come! @jiseonsong.bsky.social @libbyadler.bsky.social Jamelia Morgan @darrenrosenblum.bsky.social @swethaa.bsky.social and Kathy Abrams #LSA2026
1145
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Really looking forward to our joint AMR at @lawandsociety.bsky.social ociety.bsky.social tomorrow with so many amazing scholars. Please come! @jiseonsong.bsky.social @libbyadler.bsky.social Jamelia Morgan @darrenrosenblum.bsky.social @swethaa.bsky.social and Kathy Abrams #LSA2026
1145
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Congratulations @sjjphd.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
020
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Writing this with @markhisted.org was such a sobering experience. When we wrote it, (1) we worried that we were being alarmist and (2) we had trouble getting editors to take it seriously. In hindsight we were not alarmed enough.
1105
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 01/05/2026
NEW: The ultraconservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the 2023 rule change that allowed for telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone—nationwide.
storage.courtlistener.com
Published Opinion – #119, Att. #1 in State of Louisiana v. FDA (5th Cir., 26-30203) – CourtListener.com
NON DISPOSITIVE PUBLISHED OPINION FILED. Judge: LHS, Judge: SKD, Judge: KDE; granting Motion to stay the 2023REMS under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending appeal filed by Appellant State of Louisiana [12]; denyin...
19874478
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Thank you so much to Jeremy Paul for posting Risk and Resistance as the book of the week on TaxProf Blog taxprofblog.aals.org/2026/04/03/b...
taxprofblog.aals.org
Book of the Week • TaxProf Blog
Boston University Professor of Law, Aziza Ahmed, brings us this fascinating story of how the feminist movement played a key role in changing the shape of the fight against AIDS. She teases out complex...
030
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
KBJ: So ... you'd be bringing pregnant women in for depositions" (asking how the EO denying birthright citizenship would work)
1225638
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Can’t wait for @jasonbjackson.bsky.social book launch Wednesday - register here calendar.mit.edu/event/jason-...
081
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Thank you so much @mayamanian.bsky.social for this thorough review and all of your support. So grateful to you for this careful read
0153
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Dr. Cecília Tomori @drtomori.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Was about to post this but @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social beat me to it! My own favorite things coming together @strictscrutiny.bsky.social + @azizaahmed.bsky.social ‘s new work = 🔥
183
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Yay!
050
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It’s so wonderful when a podcast you love listening to loves you back!!! @strictscrutiny.bsky.social 💘 Thank you so much for reading the book and the shout out @profmmurray.bsky.social your work is an inspiration! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com
Absentee Ballots, Asylum, and Too Many A**holes to Count
Podcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · March 23 · 1h 19m
02610
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...
propublica.org
Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
3928161631
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Period poverty is a widespread issue. Nearly 1 in 4 students struggle to afford menstrual products in the US, and rising cost due to inflation will likely only make that number increase
02716
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2026
NEW: This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children.
propublica.org
The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted
This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publ...
32876365
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/03/2026
The State Department is considering ending Zambia’s HIV aid to force it to give the U.S. more access to its minerals. Some 1.3 million people in the country rely on daily HIV treatment provided through a decades-old U.S. aid program. nyti.ms/4rzh8fE
nyti.ms
No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Ponders ‘Sticks’ Against Zambia
A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a massive scale.”
54165109
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 13/03/2026
Horrific. Georgia police charged a woman with murder after she allegedly used misoprostol. Hospital may have reported her. @pregnancyjust.bsky.social calls it “an unprecedented murder charge for an alleged abortion, even though no law in the state of Georgia permits such a charge." bit.ly/46W2Ezb
Local
Georgia woman charged with murder after taking abortion pills and giving birth in hospital
By Madison Foglio, Action News Jax
March 12, 2026 at 9:54 pm EDT
non-shortened link
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/georgia-woman-charged-with-murder-after-taking-abortion-pills-giving-birth-hospital/6GA7IHO7YNBCLC24BXHHBAV6XI/
224691076
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Week in review: @veenadubal.bsky.social and @azizaahmed.bsky.social on how feminists transformed the law and science of AIDS, @lookheron.bsky.social on market governance in Trumpworld, and @abalasub.bsky.social on the misnomer of modern Indian capital. Plus, the best of LPE from around the web 🧵
lpeproject.org
Weekly Roundup: March 6
Veena Dubal and Aziza Ahmed on how feminists transformed the law and science of AIDS, Luke Herrine on market governance in Trumpworld, and Aditya Balasubramanian on the misnomer of modern Indian…
187
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thank you so much for having me!
070
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/03/2026
this answer from @azizaahmed.bsky.social in an interview about her book, Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS, just blew my mind lpeproject.org/blog/how-fem...
screenshotted excerpt from the interview linked in the post

the question, written in bold, is: "What did the CDC’s definition of AIDS look like at this point, and how did it systematically exclude women like the ones Terry was representing?"

Screenshot includes the first two paragraphs of Aziza's answer, which starts as follows:

At the time, the CDC defined AIDS through symptom lists tailored to the so-called “four Hs”: homosexuals, Haitians, heroin users, and hemophiliacs. Gynecological conditions were excluded. As a result, many women whose HIV had progressed to AIDS—often through invasive cervical cancer or recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease—were unable to work but did not qualify for benefits. Instead they would have to file for disability benefits. But the disability assessment process was so slow that some women were approved only after they had died.

Terry realized the problem wasn’t just bureaucratic delay—it was the definition of the disease itself. At the same time, activists within ACT UP, particularly Maxine Wolfe and the Women’s Caucus, were recognizing that women were being systematically ignored in the epidemic. Terry’s legal advocacy and ACT UP’s activism converged in a coordinated push to force the CDC to revise its definition of AIDS.
25617
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Boston University Program on Reproductive Justice will be hosting a one day convening on Crisis Pregnancy Centers. More information and registration in the QR code!
062
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This was the most interesting conversation I have had in a long time. Brilliant @azizaahmed.bsky.social talked to me about her new book & how feminists transformed the science of AIDS. lpeproject.org/blog/how-fem...
bazizaahmed.bsky.social
Bluesky
1148
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thank you @profgoldberg.bsky.social
030
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Today, @veenadubal.bsky.social and @azizaahmed.bsky.social discuss the feminist lawyers and activists who secured recognition of the AIDS epidemic’s impact on women, the CDC’s willful ignorance around the disease’s reach, and the adverse public health consequences of carceral feminism.
lpeproject.org
How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS
Veena Dubal interviews Aziza Ahmed about the exclusion of women from early AIDS definitions, the feminist lawyers and activists who transformed the government's response to the epidemic…
0115
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thank you to the most brilliant @veenadubal.bsky.social for being my conversation partner about my book on the @lpeblog.bsky.social and to the masterful @jamesbrandt.bsky.social for his support. lpeproject.org/blog/how-fem... @bulaw.bsky.social
lpeproject.org
How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS
Veena Dubal interviews Aziza Ahmed about the exclusion of women from early AIDS definitions, the feminist lawyers and activists who transformed the government's response to the epidemic…
14220
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
093
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Very honored to see a review of my book in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social ! www.thelancet.com/authored-by/...
thelancet.com
1103
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Kate Silbaugh, Professor at BU Law @katesilbaugh.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
'Corporate Childrearing' is forthcoming in Duke Law Journal (26-27). Corporations play a huge role in children's identity formation. The piece reshapes the family law triangle into a square to make their influence and their intrusion on family relationships explicit. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
152
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Totally brilliant by Amy Cohen Capital Without Moral Cover? -- lpeproject.org/blog/capital...
lpeproject.org
Capital Without Moral Cover?
Jason Jackson's Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry argues that capitalist societies develop a moral hierarchy of market actors, enabling certain firms to position their interests as good…
020
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Check out the @lpeblog.bsky.social symposium on @jasonbjackson.bsky.social ‘s new book lpeproject.org/blog/moral-o...
lpeproject.org
Moral Orders of Capitalist Legitimacy
In today’s seemingly deglobalizing economy, policymakers across the world are in a quandary over how to regulate foreign firms. Should policymakers prevent foreign firms from attaining dominant market...
062
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I will be in conversation w/ the AMAZING Adom Getachew, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, & Camille Robcis, w/ Kate Redburn moderating, on my new book, *The Future That Was*, at Columbia Law School on March 24th at 6 PM. (thanks to Madhav Khosla for the invite) Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
02910
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
010
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Georgetown Law Professor @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social: “We have these reproductive health care deserts…and we see the kind of suffering that's being reported, and then so much more that doesn't end up getting reported, that just simply gets lost in the mix of things.”
youtu.be
‘A real tragedy’: Woman dies after being denied health care because she was pregnant
YouTube video by MS NOW
2139
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Today, @serenamayeri.bsky.social discusses the long struggle to challenge marriage’s privileged legal status, and what that history means for our moment.
lpeproject.org
Writing a History of Marital Privilege in an Age of Retrenchment
As the government seeks to erase the past injustices and achievements of marginalized groups, it is worth recalling how those gains were made. Parents, partners, students, and lawyers pursued a more…
072
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thank you so much @michaelrulrich.bsky.social 🥹
080
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
16114
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“She was so anemic and hungry that she resorted to eating clay, digging out the top layer of earth to get to the cleaner soil below, and charcoal. Her chart showed she gained fewer than 10 pounds during her entire pregnancy. Her baby, Nuru, was born at 33 weeks, weighing about 3.5 pounds.”
9237106
Reposted by Aziza Ahmed
Kate Redburn @kredburn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
As arguments begin in the transgender athletes cases, a few things to keep in mind:
11710
Aziza Ahmed @azizaahmed.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
So many wonderful people to celebrate! @theaals @bulaw.bsky.social @law.rutgers.edu @northeasternu.bsky.social
051