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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH

@dianacejasmd.bsky.social
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child neurologist | occasional author | MacDowell '24 | Ucross '25 | Cancer Survivor | Stroke Survivor | Disabled | she / her / hers | my opinions

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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It's me & my scar 1 day out of the hospital, 1 week after my stroke, 1 month after my cancer diagnosis And it's me & my scar (& the sun) 14 years & 1 day out of the hospital, 14 years & 1 week after my stroke, 14 years & 1 month after my cancer diagnosis I am still here.
A Black woman (Diana) wearing tortoiseshell glasses and pink robe with little pink flowers on the collar smiles for a bathroom selfie. There are bandages covering the right side of her neck. Her smile is droopy because she recently had a stroke. The same Black woman (Diana) smiles for a selfie 14 years after the first photo. She has curly braids and wears gold hoop earrings and a green shirt. The late afternoon sun pours through the window and covers the right side of her face and the scar on her neck.
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
At Ucross & reflecting on the fact that I would not be here if not for Alice Wong. I found my way back to writing through a group for young adult cancer survivors. A piece that I started in that group turned into an essay that Alice published in Disability Visibility.
A desk in a writer's studio. A laptop is open to show several new paragraphs of an essay. A colorful water bottle, N95 mask, and large monitor are among the office supplies on the desk. Late afternoon sunlight pours through the windowThe Wyoming sky at sunset. Wispy clouds reflect orange light over the darkened hills
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
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Ali Christy, MD, PhD @oligoclonalband.medsky.social · 15/11/2025
I never met Alice Wong in person, but like so many great writers I felt like I knew her - and unlike many, when I emailed she emailed right back. ❤️ Peds neurologist @dianacejasmd.bsky.social has a beautiful essay in Wong's Disability Visibility collection - I recommend it to physicians. #neurosky
The cover of Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong, black text on a white background with colorful triangles
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 15/11/2025
Honoring Alice Wong's life and legacy with gratitude, in solidarity and sorrow, this morning. I was a fan; thinking of all who loved and knew her personally. Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
If you're just stumbling across everyone's posts about Alice Wong ( @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ) today, she was an active writer and editor, in addition to her work as a disability visibility advocate with disabilityvisibilityproject.com
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Disability Visibility Project
"Creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture"
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles. Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I’m heartsick to hear that the incomparable Alice Wong has passed. Her loss will be felt keenly, by many, and for a long time. She is a force, a generous leader and storyteller, and an oracle for disabled futures. Much love to Alice and to all our crip kin and comrades. ❤️‍🩹
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 15/11/2025
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books
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amwadoctors.bsky.social @amwadoctors.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
AMWA Announces the 2025 INSPIRE Awardees! This Women in Medicine Month, AMWA proudly recognizes 47 extraordinary women physicians whose vision, integrity, service, and leadership continue to shape the culture of medicine. vist.ly/48ekh #AMWA #WomenInMedicine #INSPIREAward
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Ali Christy, MD, PhD @oligoclonalband.medsky.social · 17/09/2025
Look at all these amazing neurologist women! -researcher Erika Augustine -writer & disability advocate @dianacejasmd.bsky.social -digital educator Jacki Martindale -epileptologist & advocate Sucheta Joshi -vascular neurologist & DEI advocate Alexis Simpkins -& me! www.amwa-doc.org/news/announc...
2025 AMWA Inspire Award winners
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Honored to share that I am a American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Inspire Award Recipient! Congratulations to this incredible group of physicians! www.amwa-doc.org/news/announc...
Announcement of the 2025 AMWA Inspire Awardees with photos of each recipient. One of the awardees, Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, wears a bright yellow dress and white floral earrings in her photo.
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Incredibly excited to share that I am a Fall 2025 Ucross Fellow! Thanks to @ucrossfoundation.bsky.social for providing me with the time and space to work on my art. See you soon!
An announcement reading "Congratulations to the Fall 2025 Ucross Fellows" written in black block letters over a photo of a tree lined road during the Fall. Many of the trees have started dropping their yellow leaves on the empty road.A list of the 2025 Ucross Fall Fellows in Literature which includes Diana Cejas - a fellow in Nonfiction from Rougemont, NC
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
AAP’s latest immunization schedule is rooted in pediatric science and clinical care, and includes recommendations that will help children build the strongest immune defense against respiratory illnesses, like the flu, COVID-19 and RSV. Learn more by visiting our website. www.aap.org
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2025
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat. For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
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Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
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Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/07/2025
Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US. Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe. So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?
A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."
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Gwen Zeigler @gwenzeigler.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
An absolute must read from @drbhooma.bsky.social @dianacejasmd.bsky.social www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
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Advancing Disability Equity in Neurology | Neurology
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Me and my scar 1 day out of the hospital, 1 week after my stroke, 1 month after my cancer diagnosis Me and my scar 13 years and 1 day out of the hospital, 13 years and 1 week after my stroke, 13 years and 1 month after my cancer diagnosis I am still here.
A Black woman (Diana) smiles as she takes a selfie in the bathroom mirror. She is wearing brown tortoiseshell glasses and a pink nightdress with little pink flowers on the collar. A bandage covers a fresh surgical wound on the right side of her neck. Her smile is lopsided because she recently had a stroke.A Black woman (Diana) with long braids smiles as she takes a selfie. She sits in front of a shelf full of plants. She is wearing gold earrings and a green dress. The scar on her neck is healed now. Her smile is still a little lopsided because of the stroke that she had years ago.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 05/07/2025
Children depend on their adults and the adults who have power over their communities to keep them safe. I hate when the adults don’t do that.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I need y’all to see the disconnect between your very real concern about gerrymandering and all the forms of voter suppression and your ire against southern and red states and your belief that all those people get what they deserve. You don’t actually care about the first if you believe the second.
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
thirteen years after cancer, thirteen years after a stroke, I am still here
An orange and pink four o'clock flower blossom pointing towards the sun on a hot summer afternoon
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
It's more important than ever for neurologists & all in healthcare to advocate for equitable care for disabled people So proud to be an author on this position statement & proud to see @aanmember.bsky.social standing up for disability equity, access, & inclusion www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...
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Advancing Disability Equity in Neurology | Neurology
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This NY Times podcast discusses 1,700 NIH grants that were cancelled mid-stream. They largely fell into two categories: (a) studies of underrepresented populations (e.g., black women, gay men); and (b) studies by researchers from underrepresented groups. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/p...
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Breaking Down the Massive Cuts to Science Funding
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
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Joshua Budhu @jbudhu.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A bit late in sharing, but proud of this piece published in @pedneurojournal.bsky.social. As DEI efforts face backlash, we argue why neurologists must stay committed to equity for the health of our profession and our patients. www.pedneur.com/article/S088... @dianacejasmd.bsky.social
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Renewing the Commitment to Diversity in Neurology: Resisting the Backlash
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected underprivileged and marginalized groups in the United States.1 Although while this disparate impact was unsurprising to health disparities researchers...
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share. These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
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Why These Trans Teens and Their Families Risked Everything to Get Gender-Affirming Care
It’s as simple as love.
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
6/9/25 STAT News by Jules Sherman: A broken system forces parents to DIY hospital-level care for their medically complex children archive.is/U5KHt #medsky #pedsky 🛟
baby is on the floor playing with some blocks. He is lying on his back. He has a ventilator attached to his neck. A ventilator is on a rolling child's toy. Cords are also attached.
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
💉 The #HPV #vaccine isn’t just safe — it’s revolutionary. A major Swedish study found it cut cervical cancer by nearly 90% when given before age 17. We’re not just preventing infections — we’re eliminating a cancer. #VaccinesWork #HPV #CervicalCancer #PublicHealth www.cancer.gov/news-events/...
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Study Confirms HPV Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer
Widespread HPV vaccine use dramatically reduces the number of women who will develop cervical cancer, a large study has shown. In the study of nearly 1.7 million women, the vaccine was particularly ef...
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"Secretary Kennedy’s team argues that there is insufficient evidence to support updated COVID-19 vaccines for healthy Americans under 65, but this claim is unfounded. Years of data demonstrate that vaccines save lives and reduce hospitalizations across all age groups." time.com/7292898/rfk-...
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RFK Jr. Purging the CDC Advisory Committee Will Put Lives at Risk
"The stakes are high, but a better path is possible," writes Trump’s first Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“People are scared they're going to lose their kids. You don’t have to legislate it if you scare people so much that they self-police.” A sobering report from Human Rights Watch on the impact of bans on gender-affirming care at the center of a pending SCOTUS decision
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US: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care Harm Trans Youth
Laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the United States are inflicting severe harm on young people and their families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Since 2...
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The related paper is now out at Annals of Emergency Medicine! Planey, Singer, Lewis, & Shaffer (2025) The Spatial Patterning of Recent Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Violations in the United States. 2016-2022 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBL2ib7EP... #HealthPolicy
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
"To provide the best possible care, neurologists must have a thorough understanding of the social and historical context of disability." Our latest (& - dare I say - required reading for all docs who work with disabled / neurodiverse patients [so all of us]) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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MD or Bust aka Applejuice @appyjumpindaze.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
How will this impact residencies starting in July? www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/5/28/us-pauses-new-student-visas-what-it-means-and-who-it-will-affect
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US pauses new student visas: What it means and who it will affect
The Trump administration has paused new visa interviews for international students set to attend US universities.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
New from 404 Media: a cop in Texas performed a nationwide search of license plate reading cameras for a woman who got an abortion, according to multiple sets of data we've reviewed. Included cameras where abortion is legal, like Washington and Illinois www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...
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A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
More reporting on this extremely ill-advised decision. "Moderna’s contract covered several types of flu viruses that have the potential to cause a pandemic." “When the next flu pandemic occurs, there is not going to be enough vaccine for everyone who wants... 1/5 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
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U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Medicaid pays for 41% of all births. The highest share is in Louisiana, where Medicaid covers 64% of births. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The specificity needed to cut through the layers-- *premature* deaths will increase if Medicaid and SNAP are cut, and we're being told that these lives are an acceptable cost.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
“These are anti-poverty programs,” Tavarez added. ”It’s not about giving people handouts.” www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264147/...
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Catholic groups voice opposition to proposed SNAP, Medicaid cuts
Budget initiatives to cut federal funding for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are facing opposition from prominent Catholic organizations.
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𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒊 🇵🇸🫒𝑰𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒂 @monahijazi.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Among the victims of the Jabalia massacre were a group of orphaned children. They had gathered to receive financial aid from a charity when they were targeted. All the orphans were martyred, along with the charity’s staff, now raising their complaint of betrayal to their Creator.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/05/2025
A baby's life was saved thanks to a custom gene-editing treatment that was made just for him and designed to fix his precise mutation. The therapy was built on decades of federally funded research, and could one day treat millions. But advances like this are at risk due to science funding cuts.
Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

This photo provided by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia shows KJ
Muldoon after a follow up dose of an experimental gene editing treatment at the hospital in April 2025. (Chloe Dawson/Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia via AP)
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Pregnancy is considered a disability. Adriana Smith was a black, disabled woman in need of medical care. The hospital dismissed her & she died. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant, they’re keeping her body alive against the family’s wishes. Misogyny, ableism & discrimination harm in life and death
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 15/05/2025
The state of Georgia is using the body of a brain-dead woman as an incubator. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she died, and their abortion ban is from about 6 weeks, they are sustaining her on life support, without input from her family, until 32 weeks of gestation. A true dystopian nightmare.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15/05/2025
Georgia forcing the family of a brain dead Black woman to pay for her to remain on life support so the state can gestate her fetus is why we need pro-birth accountability laws that force a state to pay for all costs attending a forced birth. www.11alive.com/article/news...
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Family says woman declared brain dead but her pregnancy continues under state law
Adriana Smith's been on life support 90+ days with weeks to go in her pregnancy. Her family questions Georgia’s heartbeat law — and why they had no say in her care.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 18/05/2025
The two pediatric patients under my care who were admitted to the ICU for MISC with heart failure had no medical conditions. Having a pulse is a risk factor for COVID complications.
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