Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Actually, the FDA has reviewed the gold standard scientific evidence on mifepristone many times over the years, and it has always reached the same conclusion: Medication abortion is very safe, and serious complications are extremely rare. 131
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Well, this is certainly a. . . creative. . . disinformation strategy from the anti-abortion politicians who will try anything to restrict abortion access. No, the scientific evidence does not support claims that mifepristone poses an environmental risk.19thnews.orgNo, your drinking water isn’t contaminated by abortion pillsAnti-abortion advocates, including Republican lawmakers and state officials, want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant. 153
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Methodologically flawed and unreproducible reports published by anti-abortion organizations do not outweigh decades of rigorous peer-reviewed research that overwhelmingly demonstrates the safety of medication abortion. 022
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHMs. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 10/06/2026For second-trimester abortions, taking two mifepristone means needing less misoprostol, which eases painful contractions and shortens the time to uterine expulsion.msmagazine.comLatin American Feminists Train U.S.-Based Doulas on New Mifepristone Protocol for Second-Trimester AbortionsAs Republicans create ever higher barriers to abortion that push abortion seekers later into pregnancy, U.S.-based activists are learning from Latin American feminists who have developed protocols to… 0205
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026“The FDA’s review is a politically motivated farce. Mifepristone is safe and effective. We know it, the FDA knows it, and the more than 7.5 million people who’ve used mifepristone for abortion and miscarriage care over the past 25 years know it too.” 001
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHLisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026One point I think deserves more attention: In addition to worrying about grants cut or never funded based on ideology, we probably also ought to worry about outside groups (like, @shobitap.org points out in my piece, big tech) gaining influence over research priorities and individual grants.bloomberg.comTrump’s War on Science Is Being Waged in the Fine PrintA fresh attack on the US scientific infrastructure could be the most damaging yet. 0169
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026This research lends further evidence to the reports we have heard from health care providers across the country — many patients are facing substantial barriers to evidence-based miscarriage care in states with abortion bans.sciencenews.orgAfter Dobbs, miscarriage care looked different in states with abortion bansStates with abortion bans are trending away from evidence-based miscarriage treatment that includes mifepristone, compared with states without bans. 1198
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The decision to conduct this review is based on politics and ideology, not science. Decades of gold-standard scientific evidence have overwhelmingly demonstrated the safety of mifepristone, including when it is provided using telehealth. 099
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warnscientificamerican.comReport: FDA just launched a study on the abortion pillThe FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warn 62616
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026The Trump administration is using this sham review to tee up baseless, nationwide restrictions on medication abortion. Mifepristone is safe and effective — just ask the millions of patients who have used it.wsj.comExclusive | FDA Launches Study of Abortion Pill Safety as Opponents Push for LimitsThe effort is expected to take about six months, meaning its results would come after the midterm elections. 11435151
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Ectopic pregnancies, which occur when an embryo implants somewhere other than the uterine lining, are never viable and can be life-threatening. Despite this, doctors in Arkansas and Oklahoma attempted to discharge a patient with an ectopic pregnancy without treatment.theguardian.com‘Am I going to die?’: more women join challenge to Arkansas abortion banCase argues law violates state constitution’s guarantee to life, liberty, equality and the pursuit of happiness 042
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 15/05/2026There’s nothing “science-based” about this FDA review. There are 100+ high-quality studies demonstrating the safety of mifepristone. There’s no conflicting evidence about health or safety — it’s a clown report from anti-abortion orgs that’s not peer-reviewed & has about 48 internal validity errors. 1169
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 14/05/2026BREAKING (again, sorry) the order is in: The Fifth Circuit's ruling is again blocked. Mifepristone remains available via telehealth. Alito and Thomas dissent. Thomas' dissent mentions the Comstock Act, the 1873 anti vice law conservatives want to use to ban mailing abortion pills. 12453160
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Good news! The stay granted by SCOTUS isn’t a victory, per se. It never should have gotten this far, and these pro-Comstock dissents are stomach churning. But this does mean that abortion access in the U.S. won’t get WORSE today, and I’ll take that. 040
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Decades of gold-standard scientific evidence have overwhelmingly demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of medication abortion. Anti-abortion attacks on access to medication abortion are about politics and ideology, not health. 065
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDr. Daniel Grossman @drdgrossman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Just a reminder as this case continues to move forward: The actual scientific evidence supports *expanding* access to medication abortion, not restricting it.theguardian.comUS supreme court temporarily extends access to mail-order abortion medication mifepristoneLouisiana had sued the FDA last fall, arguing that prescribing mifepristone interfered with state’s ban on abortion 054
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Proud to be one of the 360 reproductive health researchers who just filed an amici curiae brief with SCOTUS in support of medication abortion as this case continues. The science is crystal clear — abortion pills are safe and effective, and we should be making them MORE accessible, not less! 13912
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 02/05/2026This staunchly conservative court’s decision to unnecessarily disrupt medication abortion access nationwide is based on ideology, NOT evidence. Abortion pills are still safe, still effective, and still available by mail through community networks:plancpills.orgPLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every statePlan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online. 1106
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHNational Network of Abortion Funds @abortionfunds.bsky.social · 02/05/2026We want to remind everyone that mifepristone is safe. Mifepristone has been used safely by more than five million people in the U.S., with a safety record better than common drugs like Tylenol or Viagra. 310537
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDana M. Johnson @danamartha.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Mifepristone is not illegal. It is not being taken off the market. LOUDER NOW. Mifepristone is not illegal. It is not being taken off the market. 11511
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHGreer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I haven't been following the birthright citizenship case, but after spending the last year writing about fetal personhood, it strikes me that the right is trying to read birth out of the 14A in both directions. Immigrants born here shouldn't get rights but fetuses not yet born should. 720850
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183446900
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHCenter for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 01/04/2026UPDATE: The Montana Supreme Court has decided to keep several burdensome restrictions on the state’s abortion clinics ❌BLOCKED❌ while our case to get them struck down for good proceeds. 163
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 14/11/2025NEW: Our latest analysis shows that top news outlets frequently vilify people criminalized for allegedly self-managing an abortion in ways that help to legitimize the policing of pregnancy and normalize far-right "fetal personhood" ideology. Open access article ➡️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41090543/ 12412
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Please help support @psabortionfund.bsky.social in covering the $10,000 bail for a South Carolina woman who was recently arrested for the so-called “crime” of disposing of her own pregnancy tissue after experiencing a miscarriage: donorbox.org/legal-fees 2137
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Pssst 🗣️ They’re using abortion to challenge EMTALA (which legally requires ERs to provide stabilizing care regardless of your ability to pay) while kicking 16 million people off health insurance, closing hospitals, and ending medical school loans during a primary care shortage. They want you dead. 0101
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 01/07/2025NEW: The Senate bill "defunding" Planned Parenthood is just one front in the war to ban abortion without explicitly banning it. The right is vying to cut off federal funds, shutter clinics, restrict abortion pills, and let protestors terrorize abortion seekers—and put abortion entirely out of reachautonomynews.coThe Plot to Effectively Ban Abortion Nationwide Is Unfolding Before Our EyesLawmakers and activists are working to shutter clinics and restrict access to abortion pills. The end result would be catastrophic. 519888
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 01/07/2025I hope it’s clear to everyone that this budget bill quite literally defunds every social assistance program in the country to increase funding for ICE, defense contractors, and millionaires. 03622
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Babes I’m gonna be honest we got people being disappeared by ICE and having their corpses used as incubators so I could not possibly care less about however Sabrina Carpenter wants to consensually sexualize herself 0101
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Pay attention to this. Abortion is under attack—but it’s also often a canary in the coal mine. HIPAA *ALREADY* prohibited disclosing health info, just like EMTALA *ALREADY* required hospitals to provide emergency abortions. Biden just reiterated that. The GOP wants to upend HIPAA & EMTALA entirely. 310243
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 19/06/2025Kelcie has been all over this horrifying story Opinion and order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... One page judgement: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com 78153
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHReproMemes @repromemes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025👽😘 #fixyourheartsordie 0177
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 18/06/2025May Adriana Smith finally rest in peace. What Emory Hospital & Georgia have put her family through is unimaginable. It turns my stomach to see people say someone who died in February just “gave birth.” You can donate to help Adriana’s family with the enormous medical bill and care of her sons here:gofundme.comDonate to Help Adriana's Family During This Heartbreaking Journey, organized by April NewkirkThis journey has been deeply saddening and heartbreaking since F… April Newkirk needs your support for Help Adriana's Family During This Heartbreaking Journey 0116
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/06/2025reposting with alt text bc yikes 719561
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHTiffany Green @tiffanylgreen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Let's be clear: our collective failure to normalize abortion as vital healthcare (including among liberals) leaves abortion providers and pro-abortion legislators uniquely vulnerable. Sending love to Minnesota and especially to the Hortman and Hoffman families. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...cbsnews.comMinnesota Rep. Hortman and husband killed, Sen. Hoffman and wife wounded in politically motivated shootings, Gov. Walz saysMinnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings overnight, Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday. Autho... 010529
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 14/06/2025The Minnesota shooter reportedly had a hit list of almost 70 people, including abortion providers and abortion rights advocates. Just this week, a House committee advanced a bill that would repeal a federal law protecting abortion clinics www.cnn.com/us/live-news... 17467234
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor. 9301916510204
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Status of post-Dobbs abortion bans as of 5/28/25: ❌ Total ban: SD, OK, TX, AR, MS, AL, LA, KY, TN, ID, WV, IN, MO ❌ 6-wk: SC, FL, IA, GA ❌ 12-wk: NC, NE ❌ 18-wk: UT 🚫 Ban blocked but no available clinics: ND ✅ Ban recently blocked and clinics available: WY, AZ 241
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHRHAvote @rhavote.bsky.social · 28/04/2025This one is a must read, especially for folks still evolving on the urgent need to abolish family policing. One part of this infuriating story to highlight is that the only people who fundraised and provided material support to this teen and her baby…was abortion funds. 28446
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social · 09/04/2025No matter your status, you deserve access to care and support. We know people have a lot of questions about their rights around both abortion and immigration. That’s why @ineedana.bsky.social and us along with @immdefenseproject.bsky.social, created a guide: www.ineedana.com/blog/how-can... 11110
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Help support Adriana Smith’s family as they navigate the growing costs of this tragedy:gofundme.comDonate to Help Adriana's Family During This Heartbreaking Journey, organized by April NewkirkThis journey has been deeply saddening and heartbreaking since F… April Newkirk needs your support for Help Adriana's Family During This Heartbreaking Journey 042
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHRHAvote @rhavote.bsky.social · 15/05/2025If this rightfully disgusts you, know that about half of states have pregnancy exclusions for advanced medical directives. 47951
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Adriana Smith was a young mom and Emory Hospital nurse who tragically lost her life in February while nine weeks pregnant. Georgia’s abortion ban is forcing Adriana’s family — against their wishes — to keep her body on a ventilator for 7 months to incubate the fetus. The cruelty is unfathomable.newsweek.comAbortion law forces doctors to keep pregnant brain dead woman alive"This decision should've been left to us," said the mother of a woman who is pregnant and has been brain dead for over 90 consecutive days. 45360225
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHDiane Horvath, MD, MPH @gynandtonic.bsky.social · 13/05/2025The best later abortion reporting I’ve ever read. Thank you @amylittlefield.bsky.social for lifting up our patients and staff in such a tender, respectful way, and for calling out the terrible political decisions that got us viability bans. 14612
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Working on my first syllabus…what’s one classroom policy a professor had (grading, assignments, attendance, etc.) that you actually found really helpful? 942
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025What police and prosecutors are doing to #KarenRead is WILD, but if this is how far they’ll go to frame a rich white woman who was dating a cop and has a world class defense team, imagine what they do to low-income Black and brown folks every day. It’s not just corruption—it’s structural violence. 5339
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025can we get a pimple patch but it’s a full face mask? all this anti-intellectualist authoritarianism is really clogging my pores 020
Reposted by Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPHAlexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The FDA has replaced Dr. Peter Marks, the agency's top vaccines official, with a vocal critic of Marks: Dr. Vinay Prasad Prasad posted in March that his predecessor was "one of the most dangerous, pro-pharma regulators of the 21st century" www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-cri...cbsnews.comFDA picks critic of COVID boosters to be new top vaccines officialDr. Vinay Prasad replaces Dr. Peter Marks, who Prasad had called "dangerous." 21215
Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @mcmisoprostol.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Um no? Trump’s DOJ is NOT defending medication abortion. They’re arguing the same thing SCOTUS previously ruled on standing (not the right plaintiffs) bc they think this lawsuit will fail and look like a big loss. They have easier paths — refile, enforce Comstock, or take internal HHS action. 073