Payton Gannon
@paytongannon.bsky.social
Researcher studying abortion policy and implementation @GeorgetownLaw | @Fulbrightprgrm | @BrownUniversity
Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WYPcycUAAAAJ&hl=en
Research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WYPcycUAAAAJ&hl=en
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“If the Congress won’t act, and if somebody else won’t act, then veterans ourselves will stand up and say, ‘fine, we will act, we will fight for our country and for our people the way that we have always done,’” Lindsay Church of Minority Veterans of America, the petitioner in the suit, told me.
❗SCOOP: The first lawsuit over the Trump administration’s abortion ban for veterans & their dependents was just filed.
Minority Veterans of America says one of its members w/ chronic health issues + a history of pregnancy complications is currently being impacted.
More from me at @ms.now:
Minority Veterans of America says one of its members w/ chronic health issues + a history of pregnancy complications is currently being impacted.
More from me at @ms.now:
Veterans group sues Trump administration over VA abortion ban
Minority Veterans of America is bringing the lawsuit on behalf of its members, including one who is pregnant and unable to access abortion care.
www.ms.now
May 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“If the Congress won’t act, and if somebody else won’t act, then veterans ourselves will stand up and say, ‘fine, we will act, we will fight for our country and for our people the way that we have always done,’” Lindsay Church of Minority Veterans of America, the petitioner in the suit, told me.
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NEW: Minority Veterans of America, repped by @nwlc.org and @democracyforward.org, is suing the Trump administration over its ban on abortion care and counseling at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Here's the complaint:
Here's the complaint:
nwlc.org
May 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
NEW: Minority Veterans of America, repped by @nwlc.org and @democracyforward.org, is suing the Trump administration over its ban on abortion care and counseling at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Here's the complaint:
Here's the complaint:
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NEW: On behalf of Minority Veterans of America & their members, we joined @democracyforward.org in suing the Trump administration over their cruel, extreme abortion ban for veterans.
Veterans group sues Trump administration over VA abortion ban
Minority Veterans of America is bringing the lawsuit on behalf of its members, including one who is pregnant and unable to access abortion care.
www.ms.now
May 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
NEW: On behalf of Minority Veterans of America & their members, we joined @democracyforward.org in suing the Trump administration over their cruel, extreme abortion ban for veterans.
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❗SCOOP: The first lawsuit over the Trump administration’s abortion ban for veterans & their dependents was just filed.
Minority Veterans of America says one of its members w/ chronic health issues + a history of pregnancy complications is currently being impacted.
More from me at @ms.now:
Minority Veterans of America says one of its members w/ chronic health issues + a history of pregnancy complications is currently being impacted.
More from me at @ms.now:
Veterans group sues Trump administration over VA abortion ban
Minority Veterans of America is bringing the lawsuit on behalf of its members, including one who is pregnant and unable to access abortion care.
www.ms.now
May 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
❗SCOOP: The first lawsuit over the Trump administration’s abortion ban for veterans & their dependents was just filed.
Minority Veterans of America says one of its members w/ chronic health issues + a history of pregnancy complications is currently being impacted.
More from me at @ms.now:
Minority Veterans of America says one of its members w/ chronic health issues + a history of pregnancy complications is currently being impacted.
More from me at @ms.now:
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NEW: 113 Republican members of Congress asked the Supreme Court to end telehealth prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone. They say the FDA rule change was improper *and* that it violates the federal Comstock Act
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
May 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
NEW: 113 Republican members of Congress asked the Supreme Court to end telehealth prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone. They say the FDA rule change was improper *and* that it violates the federal Comstock Act
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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By all that is holy, if and when SCOTUS decides that birthright citizenship is protected in the Constitution, don't let the 3-3-3 numpties tell you this is a moderate, centrist court. Rejecting an a-textual stupid Hail Mary doesn't cash out to a push when it comes to eviscerating the VRA today.
April 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
By all that is holy, if and when SCOTUS decides that birthright citizenship is protected in the Constitution, don't let the 3-3-3 numpties tell you this is a moderate, centrist court. Rejecting an a-textual stupid Hail Mary doesn't cash out to a push when it comes to eviscerating the VRA today.
Death, taxes, and the Supreme Court desperately trying to undo the progress of reconstruction and the civil rights movement.
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
April 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Death, taxes, and the Supreme Court desperately trying to undo the progress of reconstruction and the civil rights movement.
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Well, the Reconstruction Amendments were nice while they lasted.
April 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Well, the Reconstruction Amendments were nice while they lasted.
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"I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent."
Second (and last) #SCOTUS ruling is the big one, Louisiana v. Callais.
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
www.supremecourt.gov
April 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent."
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Table setting: More than 100 studies have found mifepristone is safe and effective. It's safer than continuing a pregnancy. The only way to claim it's unsafe is if you believe abortion is murder, which is what we're going to hear today.
Are Abortion Pills Safe? Here’s the Evidence. (Published 2023)
The Times reviewed 101 studies of medication abortion, spanning continents and decades. All concluded that the pills are a safe method for terminating a pregnancy.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Table setting: More than 100 studies have found mifepristone is safe and effective. It's safer than continuing a pregnancy. The only way to claim it's unsafe is if you believe abortion is murder, which is what we're going to hear today.
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Brace for nonsense: there’s a Senate hearing today that will baselessly question the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone. Expect Josh Hawley to be on his worst behavior
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January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Brace for nonsense: there’s a Senate hearing today that will baselessly question the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone. Expect Josh Hawley to be on his worst behavior
www.youtube.com/live/M3PNge7...
www.autonomynews.co/wyoming-abor... @autonomynews.co
www.youtube.com/live/M3PNge7...
www.autonomynews.co/wyoming-abor... @autonomynews.co
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I’m so glad to see this paper — my first solo-authored one and second from my dissertation — finally published! If you’ve heard me talk about my research in the last couple of years, you know this is the story that started it all for me, and I’m so happy to finally have it out there in the world.
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’m so glad to see this paper — my first solo-authored one and second from my dissertation — finally published! If you’ve heard me talk about my research in the last couple of years, you know this is the story that started it all for me, and I’m so happy to finally have it out there in the world.
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My and @paytongannon.bsky.social 's latest publication on abortion access in Italy came out last week as part of the special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies! This article grew out of our conversations about the interviews we were each conducting in different regions of Italy. 1/
July 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My and @paytongannon.bsky.social 's latest publication on abortion access in Italy came out last week as part of the special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies! This article grew out of our conversations about the interviews we were each conducting in different regions of Italy. 1/
A special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on reproductive rights in developed democracies has been published. It has been a pleasure to work with all the authors and my co-editors @dmpullan.bsky.social and @gmripamonti.bsky.social
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on reproductive rights in developed democracies has been published. It has been a pleasure to work with all the authors and my co-editors @dmpullan.bsky.social and @gmripamonti.bsky.social
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
Read it here: siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/idps
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So happy to see this special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on Steps Forward and Backward on Abortion Rights in Advanced Democracies published today, coedited with @gmripamonti.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social! gendersky reprosky polisky
July 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So happy to see this special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on Steps Forward and Backward on Abortion Rights in Advanced Democracies published today, coedited with @gmripamonti.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social! gendersky reprosky polisky
The 26th Annual Review of Gender and the Law is now in print. It has been a joy to serve as the Editor-in-Chief for the last year. I am so grateful to the entire staff of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law for their hard work. Check it out here: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
Volume XXVI (Annual Review 2025)
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July 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The 26th Annual Review of Gender and the Law is now in print. It has been a joy to serve as the Editor-in-Chief for the last year. I am so grateful to the entire staff of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law for their hard work. Check it out here: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
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With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
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The Supreme Court is as powerful as it is in large part because of a reputation that it earned through fitfully at best furthering racial justice. It has diminished that reputational capital for more than a century. We should in fact respect it less because of that.
June 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Supreme Court is as powerful as it is in large part because of a reputation that it earned through fitfully at best furthering racial justice. It has diminished that reputational capital for more than a century. We should in fact respect it less because of that.
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Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
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🎉 Congratulations to @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 shortlist for their article 'Emergency room abortions in the US: doctors’ objections trump patients’ lives'. #RoeVWade
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Emergency room abortions in the US: doctors’ objections trump patients’ lives
It is now two years since the fall of Roe v. Wade. How has this affected healthcare for pregnant Americans? Payton Gannon and Danielle Pullan explain the most recent Supreme Court cases, and contextua...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 shortlist for their article 'Emergency room abortions in the US: doctors’ objections trump patients’ lives'. #RoeVWade
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Honored to have been considered for this prize for my work with @paytongannon.bsky.social explaining US court decisions on abortion post-Dobbs! Highly recommend publishing quick, contemporary pieces with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — always a great experience and great editorial team!
🏆 Last week we awarded our annual £500 prize for the best Loop blog piece in the previous calendar year, as judged by an independent jury.
📝 Here, Managing Editor Kate Hawkins presents the longlisted pieces — and reveals the very special winner.
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📝 Here, Managing Editor Kate Hawkins presents the longlisted pieces — and reveals the very special winner.
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2024 Best Blog winner — revealed
In 2022, The Loop inaugurated a Best Blog prize to reward a contribution of exceptional value. We have now conferred our third £500 prize on the author of a piece judged by our independent jury to be ...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Honored to have been considered for this prize for my work with @paytongannon.bsky.social explaining US court decisions on abortion post-Dobbs! Highly recommend publishing quick, contemporary pieces with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — always a great experience and great editorial team!
A little life update: I graduated law school and will join the National Women's Law Center in the fall to continue working on repro rights. I will also continue to research abortion law and policy. On that note, I published a new article on Muller v. Oregon: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
Labor and Labor: The Sexism and Legacy of Muller v. Oregon
www.law.georgetown.edu
May 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A little life update: I graduated law school and will join the National Women's Law Center in the fall to continue working on repro rights. I will also continue to research abortion law and policy. On that note, I published a new article on Muller v. Oregon: www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...
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Abortion access works in political-geographic systems: when there is regional regulation, you’ll end up with some sanctuaries, some islands, and some deserts of access — in the US, in Italy, and beyond. So glad my oldest paper with @paytongannon.bsky.social has finally made it online!
Sanctuaries, Islands, and Deserts: @paytongannon.bsky.social and @dmpullan.bsky.social propose a typology of regionalized abortion policy. Comparing the US and Italy, they analyze the impact of regional abortion access on abortion providers and patients.
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
New MPIfG Discussion Paper: s.gwdg.de/p7Ps65
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Abortion access works in political-geographic systems: when there is regional regulation, you’ll end up with some sanctuaries, some islands, and some deserts of access — in the US, in Italy, and beyond. So glad my oldest paper with @paytongannon.bsky.social has finally made it online!