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Gemma Donofrio

@gemmadonofrio.bsky.social
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she/her, Climenko Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School, Washington Spirit fan

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Add NIFLA in there to complete the picture.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Post-Chiles, Dobbs, and Skrmetti, states can deprive people of reproductive autonomy and youth of gender-affirming care, while simultaneously allowing medical and non-medical actors use falsehoods to deprive people of abortion or discourage them from living as themselves.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
SCOTUS upheld viewpoint-based restrictions about abortion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, but today says that licensing restrictions regarding conversion therapy are impermissibly viewpoint-based. It's almost as though SCOTUS thinks only certain views about gender & sexuality deserve protection...
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Please read this thread and post by @meganwachspress.bsky.social
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Caicedo!!! A player I will always root for <3
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This might be the first time that D.C.’s CFO has been directly protested. Someone sent me a photo of a @freedcproject.bsky.social flyer posted outside his office in the Wilson Building today.
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 25/02/2026
Hilary Knight got the question re: that phone call and the laughter at the Torrent presser. Her answer:
"I thought the joke was distasteful & unfortunate, & I think the way women are represented, it's a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats. Now I have to sit in front of you and explain someone else's behavior? It's not my responsibility."
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In the midst of a chaotic start to 2026, I lost sight of this pronatalist Heritage Foundation report, but it is important to read. It focuses on eliminating no-fault divorce, advocates for "traditional" (i.e. non-LGBTQ+) families, and open dismisses IVF/other assisted reproductive technology
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Sharing my draft article Selective Pronatalism in Tort Law, re: harms impeding abortion & pregnancy prevention in tort. Huge thank you to @jrabrams.bsky.social , @dsc250.bsky.social , and so many others for generous feedback, and additional feedback always welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Selective Pronatalism in Tort Law
<p><i><span>This Article examines how tort law undervalues harms that impede an individual’s ability to prevent pregnancy or have an abortion, and analyzes the
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Sharing this largely for the low-barrier shelter and hypothermia shelter information!
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Democratic Women’s Caucus @demwomencaucus.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We sent a letter to the National Women’s Soccer League expressing serious concern about their decision to reject the Washington Spirit’s contract agreement with Trinity Rodman.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
As a lawyer and a women's soccer fan (and a huge Washington Spirit and Trinity Rodman fan!), I am so grateful for @meghannburke.bsky.social and her leadership on this clear contract and labor issue. The league is wrong.
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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 08/11/2025
WASHINGTON SPIRIT ADVANCE TO THE SEMIS🔥 Presented by Google Pixel
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
About 1 in 8 Americans receive SNAP--including 141,000 D.C. residents--and while food banks are very important, they cannot fill the enormous need starting November 1. Allowing people to go hungry is unacceptable. USDA could use its $5 billion contingency fund to continue to fund SNAP, & they must
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I use to work in anti-hunger policy. These SNAP cuts are incredibly grim, and will dramatically increase hunger nationwide if states are not able to make up the difference. This is also deeply inefficient--$1 in SNAP generates $1.50 in economic activity. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
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States Grapple With Fundamental Change in Food Stamps
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The majority opinion in Mahmoud uses this example to allege that the school board's curriculum burdens free exercise:
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
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Jessica Clarke @jessicaclarke.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Today's Skrmetti opinion is devastating to transgender children and families who live in states with cruel laws barring gender affirming care. But it is very important to recognize this opinion does not give private entities, legislatures, or the President carte blanche to discriminate! 1/x
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Laura Portuondo @lauraportuondo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This reasoning suggests that overt gender stereotyping is almost always permissible under sex equality law. It is shocking and inconsistent with precedent.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I'm still reading Skrmetti, but what a horrifying opinion. And to use Geduldig--an opinion that Melissa Murray, Reva Siegel, Serena Mayeri, and others have shown was superseded by Virginia, Hibbs, etc.--is just awful and wrong. This is devastating for trans kids.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2025
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Trump's nominee for OLC is extremely concerning for anyone worried that OLC will rescind and reissue its memo regarding the Comstock Act... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
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Trump to Pick Ohio’s Solicitor General for Top Justice Department Legal Post
T. Elliot Gaiser will be nominated to lead the influential Office of Legal Counsel, a department official said.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Amidst so many alarming developments, please also remember that the Trump administration has been deeply restricting reproductive autonomy both in the United States and throughout the world. Two important, awful updates to pay attention to in reproductive justice and reproductive rights
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NWSL season is the best season 😌
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
These cuts would be pretty devastating for D.C. residents.
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Submit comments on the government's horrific policies about trans people and passports. Deadline is in 8 days! It's easy - can be as short or as long as you want. Online form. Do it now!
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30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we a...
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Jocelyn Samuels is a dedicated civil rights attorney and public servant, with more than three decades of experience. Trump appointed her to the EEOC in 2020. Her current term was set to expire in 2026, but Trump unceremoniously fired her last night. This is unprecedented and horrifying.
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Trump Fires EEOC Democratic Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels
Democratic EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels was fired by President Donald Trump in an unprecedented move that undercuts the Democrats’ voting majority on the board, she confirmed in a statement Tuesd...
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I cannot express enough gratitude to Cecile Richards for her incredible leadership. Rest in power. 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant women in the United States. Access to abortion is a critical safety valve for pregnant women who are facing violence and death from an intimate partner.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This is horrifyingly common.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Justice Kagan: "The whole thing is imbued with sex [classification]. You may think there are reasons here for this law, and courts can consider those reasons. But it's a dodge to say this is based on medical purpose, when the entire medical purpose is based on sex."
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Justice Jackson is really excellent here--she points out that boys and girls will receive different treatment for the same exact medical conditions.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Justice Jackson notes that the state in Loving argued that there are lots of scientific arguments and the Court should not make a judgment and just trust the legislature. As she notes "I'm worried that we are undermining the foundations of one of our bedrock equal protection cases."
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Justice Jackson points out that the "concerns" in this case by opponents of gender-affirming care sound very familiar to those supporting antimiscegenation laws like the one the Court struck down in Loving v. Virginia to ensure that states could not prohibit interracial marriage.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Justice Kavanaugh suggests that this case could "constitutionalize the whole area." That strikes me as very, very disingenuous, considering that Prelogar is just asking the Court to hold that the TN law is a sex-based classification--because the law classifies on the basis of sex.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
In Skrmetti, Prelogar expertly pointed out that "part of what the State here was trying to do is make sure that adolescents conform their bodies to what male and females are 'supposed' to look like," highlighting the impermissibility of discriminating based on nonconformance with sex stereotypes.
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Gemma Donofrio @gemmadonofrio.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Abortion bans kill women. Texas is killing women. Porsha Ngumezi’s death was preventable, and the lack of medical care she received is unconscionable. www.propublica.org/article/pors...
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A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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