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Andrea Suozzo @andreasuozzo.com · 15/09/2026
For more on how we analyzed this data, read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Demand action on climate change now! beprochild.substack.com/p/10-demand-...
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10. DEMAND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOW
No more waiting around, no matter what your social media feed says!
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I know it is only one episode into season 4, but I will say I appreciate it when shows like Ted Lasso treat children with kindness and seriousness - adults actually listen to them! - that is sadly not found in most TV shows
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If children were in charge of youth sports, we'd never have garbage like this. Children's participation in youth sport is a human right, and so is privacy! www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Ballot initiative could require genital exams for Washington secondary students to play sports
The initiative would ensure that “students compete in athletic activities consistent with the gender assigned at birth,” echoing restrictions in 27 other states and effectively blocking transgender gi...
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The world cup does highlight a need to reform youth sport in the U.S. - but not to win more international trophies. open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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Youth Soccer in the U.S. Needs Reform - But NOT because it Didn't Win the World Cup
Many Youth Sports Programs are Anti-Child
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Public money is fueling a huge growth in private schools. There's no real tracking or monitoring so @propublica.org embarked on a count, finding new schools in barns, addiction treatment centers, co-working spaces, churches & a family fun center. www.propublica.org/article/priv...
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Public Money Is Fueling an Explosion of Private Schools. States Often Don’t Care How They’re Run.
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Increasing SNAP benefits can improve healthy eating! open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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9. SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF SNAP BENEFITS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER FOOD POLICIES TO GIVE ALL FAMILIES ACCESS HEALTHY MEALS
Kids gotta eat!
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When it comes to nutrition, eating at home is a good way to be pro-child. But it isn't easy for many families. open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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8. Cook at Home
How about dinner in?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2026
The deaths of these babies likely could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin K shot. For reporter @deldeib.bsky.social, their autopsy reports painted the clearest picture of the tragedy of their short lives.
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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UNICEF Press Office @unicefmedia.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Failure to meet children’s basic needs in Gaza is trapping them in an endless cycle of suffering. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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“I try to clean her wounds but my daughter screams in agony:” Dire conditions trap children in Gaza in an endless cycle of suffering
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Communication Specialist, Salim Oweis – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 27/05/2026
Governments around the world employ practical tools that help policymakers evaluate how policies, legislation and programs may affect children and families. It's time the United States government did the same, argues UNICEF USA President and CEO Michael Nyenhuis.
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Child Impact Statements Are the Policy Tool America Is Missing
Child impact statements are an essential tool for gauging how laws and policies affect children’s well-being, safety, rights and long-term outcomes.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Many farmers' markets are opening for the season soon! There are benefits to eating locally, but farmers' markets are not the only way to make better food choices. open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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7. Support Local Food Production and Grow your own Food
Fun for the whole family?
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Lord of the Flies is anti-child. Hear me out! open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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The Lord of the Flies: Boys will be Boys?
Assuming Boys' Natural State is Violence Leads to All Sorts of Violations of their Rights
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Be pro-child by eating less meat and sugar, and drinking less alcohol. The rabbits will thank you. open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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6. EAT LESS MEAT AND SUGAR AND DRINK LESS ALCOHOL
Choose a diet that supports healthy children and communities
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Important piece that summarizes how Trump started the war with Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump is threatening to obliterate a country of 90 million people. We all have the power to stop this. Every Republican must use every ounce of influence they have to demand Trump stand down.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Cannot be both pro-child and pro-war. Children always suffer first in armed conflict. Horrible reminder this week of that truth. open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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Children always suffer the most in war
Preliminary Report Indicates U.S. at Faulty in Bombing Iranian Girls' School
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 09/03/2026
Here’s last night’s story about USAID, why the Trump Administration has gutted it, who is being impacted, and how many nice things John can say about George W. Bush. It’s more than zero! By a very narrow margin, it is more than zero. youtu.be/tU8S13xYJNM
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USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Troubling new report from NYT shows how streaming content increasingly seeks to get children's attention; and even the AAP has basically thrown up their hands in defeat. open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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Addict them early, I guess?
Online Videos Seem to Increasingly Emphasize Capturing Attention Rather than Supporting Healthy Growth and Development
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 05/02/2026
"The world's largest humanitarian crisis as we speak." The crisis in Sudan is of staggering proportions, with more than 13 million people displaced. HRW's Mausi Segun discusses more at the launch of our World Report 2026:
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Tomorrow will come, and whether or not it is always Feb. 2, all we can do about it is be the best person we know how to be." A reminder from Ebert that we have the ability to make the world a better place - one little bit at a time. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/grea...
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The shadow of his smile movie review (1993) | Roger Ebert
"Groundhog Day" is a film that finds its note and purpose so precisely that its genius may not be immediately noticeable. It unfolds so inevitably, is so
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Seems ironic, but I am not a child, so I don't feel hypocritical for posting: open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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More Countries Banning Children's Access to Social Media
France Set to Join Australia in Banning Social Media for Children
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
As with all violent conflict, children suffer needlessly and excessively when the adults can't resolve conflicts peacefully. Shameful.
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Debbie Abrahams MP @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Today, we remember the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, all the victims of Nazi persecution & the victims of more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 26/01/2026
Three months after a ceasefire was announced in #Gaza, "We're standing in bitter cold, surrounded by windswept tents," says UNICEF's @james-unicef.bsky.social. "Still the sound of explosions and gunfire." Children in Gaza need supplies. They need support. And they need peace — now.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“The remarks from Vance and Bovino are obscene. What we are witnessing is state-inflicted trauma on vulnerable children.” www.ms.now/opinion/liam...
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Opinion | JD Vance's response to ICE detaining a 5-year-old was especially bad
Julio Ricardo Varela:
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Update- ICE detains 5-year-old Columbia Heights boy, sends him to Texas
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5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders
School district leaders argue ICE agents are following students and their parents while driving to and from school.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Whole milk as the solution to children's health? It is laughably dumb. open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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Milk is better than Pepsi
That the Trump administration thinks it is solving the childhood obesity and health problems by encouraging consumption of whole milk is laughably dumb
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Important to remember as we exit the holiday season that children have the right to make their own religious commitments and choices, as they belong to themselves, not to adults! open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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4. ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO THINK FREELY AND CREATIVELY, TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, AND TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS COMMITMENTS
To whom do children belong?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/01/2026
Lia Smith was a senior at Middlebury College, a transgender woman and, for a time, an athlete on the school’s diving team. But she struggled to feel accepted, and in October, she took her own life.
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Lia Smith Hoped to Start Fresh At Middlebury. In Trump’s America, It Seemed Impossible.
Lia Smith was a senior at Middlebury College, a transgender woman and, for a time, an athlete on the school’s diving team. But she struggled to feel accepted, and in October, she took her own life.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A good reminder that defending the powerless, the poor, the hungry, [and the children] comes with risks! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
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Opinion | Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Good reminder that high-pressure "achievement-focused" parenting is not healthy for children and doesn't produce lifelong success
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Omaha friends, opportunity to get your soil tested for lead. Critical step, especially if children play in your yard.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The CDC is compromised and is advocating against evidence-based public health. This is a pro-death and pro-disease recommendation.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Roblox prioritizes growth and profits over the safety of the children who use its product. Sadly, a too common story.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 18/11/2025
Gunmen have abducted at least 25 students and killed a teacher in an attack on a girls' secondary school in Nigeria. The latest kidnapping underscores the Nigerian authorities' continuing failure to protect children and communities from escalating insecurity.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Great news today that SCOTUS will not review same-sex marriage decision. Let's take that one step farther and support all families of all types! open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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2. SUPPORT HEALTHY FAMILIES OF ALL TYPES
Children Don't Get to Choose Their Family - so Let's Ensure All Families are Healthy & Successful
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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 07/11/2025
"My first and last wish is to feed and educate children," says Salwa, a mother in #Sudan. "This is the most important thing." A look at daily life for families caught in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises:
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Exploitation of children through arcade claw machines...gambling addiction isn't just a problem for adults! open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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Child Exploitation through the Arcade Claw Machine
(Rigged) Gambling, for Kids!
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The Rights of Children start with the right to have a name and a country. New post here: open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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1. Learn Children's Names
The Right to be a Human starts with a Name and Citizenship
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Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🚩Yesterday Saudi authorities executed Abdullah al-Derazi for alleged crimes committed as a child. Saudi authorities reached two horrific milestones: the 300th execution of 2025 & the 2nd execution of a person accused of committing crimes as a child. @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders
Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes committed as a child.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Grifters gonna grift! A few thoughts on why the MAHA Strategy Report includes intentional stall tactics: open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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Why is the MAHA Strategy Full of Stall Tactics?
Hint: It's not a glitch, it's a feature!
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Ian Roberts, thank you for serving our children. The way Iowa is treating you is shameful. beprochild.substack.com/p/ian-robert...
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Ian Roberts, Thank You for Serving Our Children
It didn't have to end this way
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The MAHA Strategy Report is based on a flawed assumption: that you can simply "choose" to be healthy: open.substack.com/pub/beprochi...
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Can you "choose" your way to health?
The MAHA Strategy Report is Built on this Flawed Assumption
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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 18/09/2025
With most of Gaza's hospitals in ruins, thousands of children critically injured in the conflict are waiting for permission to be medically evacuated. Until the health care system in #Gaza can handle all needs, UNICEF is calling for medical evacuations at speed and at scale.
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Thousands of Injured Children in Gaza Need Urgent Medical Evacuation
As the bombardment of Gaza City intensifies, the lives of 450,000 children — including the desperately ill, like Retal — lie in the balance.
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Gun policy matters! States with the most restrictive gun laws saved the lives of their children: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US
This study attempts to measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010).
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Using the same old argument to engage in discrimination once again...SCOTUS majority shows its bigotry: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Fails to See Transgender Teens
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childrensrights.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
And as with all food crises, children will bear a huge portion of the suffering. And nothing but silence or shrugs from the GOP...the party that used to claim be about compassion...
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