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carrienbaker.bsky.social
Smith College Professor, Ms magazine writer and contributing editor, WHMP host of Feminist Futures. https://msmagazine.com/author/carriebaker/
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A new community-based tracker reveals how quickly the Trump administration is advancing policies that erode civil rights, healthcare access and worker protections. @msmagazine.com #Project2025 msmagazine.com/2025/04/28/t...

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"How Reproductive Freedom Advocates Outsmarted the Anti-Abortion Movement" -- from @carrienbaker.bsky.social in @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/25/h...

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Trump is boundary testing. If you give him an inch, he will take it all, until he has obliterated all resistance — and our democracy. @smithcollege.bsky.social @dailyhampgazette.bsky.social www.gazettenet.com/Columnist-Ba...

A groundbreaking lawsuit and new state law expose the dangerous practices of crisis pregnancy centers and mark a turning point in the fight for reproductive healthcare accountability. @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/04/15/m...

Great to speak with Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg on WHMP this morning to talk about the Trump administration's terrifying attacks on higher education. @smithcollege.bsky.social @harvard.edu @msmagazine.com soundcloud.com/whmp/smith-p...

How did abortion pills become a cornerstone of reproductive health? In this brief, @carrienbaker.bsky.social draws from her new book to explain why understanding the history of medication abortion is essential for shaping effective #abortion policy today. Read more. ⤵️ scholars.org/contribution...

At Smith College!

Great new book by Jackson Katz! Check out my Ms. Magazine interview with him here. @msmagazine.com @jacksonkatz.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2025/04/04/j...

Scholars Strategy Network just published my policy paper on abortion pills. @scholars.org scholars.org/contribution...

They are coming for our contraception ] : msmagazine.com/2025/04/01/t...

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My colleague Andrea Zarafshon Moore and I just published this column in the Daily Hampshire Gazette in defense of higher education and critical thinking, which is under attack by the Trump/Vance crowd. Smith College www.gazettenet.com/Columnist-Ba...

In DC? Join me at Georgetown University on Thursday!!

I spoke with Buz Eisenberg and Bill Newman this morning on Talk the Talk on WHMP about my new book on the history and politics of abortion pills, published by Amherst College Press! on.soundcloud.com/ocD8kaLHmm4J...

I was so thrilled to join Robin Morgan today on Women's Media Center Live to talk about abortion pills. @smithcollege.bsky.social womensmediacenter.com/wmclive/wmc-...

Courts to Trump: No "Trump backs down when he is under public pressure...It turns out that calling our members of Congress and protesting has an impact. And for it to be effective, we need as many Americans as possible engaged in the process." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Join us at the #IWD Democrats Abroad conference Saturday! I’ll be speaking on the history amd future of abortion pills at noon EST! @Ms magazine www.democratsabroad.org/iwd_2025_sch...

Abortion pills now account for the majority of U.S. abortions, transforming reproductive healthcare. @carrienbaker.bsky.social explores their history, politics and the ongoing fight for access in her groundbreaking new book.

Brain drain from abortion ban states. @msmagazine.com @ppfa.org @pplm.org @ppact.org @reproequitynow.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2025/03/05/y...

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📢Calling interested researchers! Join us for a Q&A THIS Thursday, Feb. 27th on the state of reproductive rights research with Fran Linkin of @stateinnovation.bsky.social & @carrienbaker.bsky.social of Smith College! Learn more & register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...

Thousands of people marched in DC in solidarity with Ukraine and against impunity by oligarchs like Trump and Putin. They gathered outside the Russian embassy. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #USprotests #DCprotests #StandWithUkraine

The New York Times has published a shameful takedown of Planned Parenthood, adding fuel the MAGA fire attempting to destroy this critical healthcare organization. @msmagazine.com @nytimes.com @ppfa.org @ppact.org msmagazine.com/2025/02/21/n...

🚨Calling researchers! Join us for a Q&A w/ Fran Linkin of @stateinnovation.bsky.social & @carrienbaker.bsky.social of Smith College about the state of reproductive rights research! They'll offer advice for researchers working on politicized topics. 📅 Thurs, Feb. 27th, 2pm ET 🔗 bit.ly/SSN-QA-FEB-25

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How is it that the number of abortions has risen significantly since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states have banned abortion? For a quick answer, see this piece I recently published in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

How is it that the number of abortions has risen significantly since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states have banned abortion? For a quick answer, see this piece I recently published in The Hill. @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/heal...

For the backstory on the current conflict between Louisiana and New York on medication abortion, see new book, Abortion Pills: US History and Politics, available open access from Amherst College Press. www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

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In this @msmagazine.com OpEd, @carrienbaker.bsky.social writes about Ulipristal acetate, an alternative abortion medication. Daniel Grossman (@ansirh.bsky.social ) says that politicians could misuse findings to restrict Ulipristal for emergency contraception. msmagazine.com/2025/02/03/a...

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Reporting on the resistance! msmagazine.com/2025/02/06/r...

We are rolling up our sleeves and getting to work in creative and groundbreaking ways! @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/02/05/f...

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My favorite quotes from Loretta J. Ross's new book on Calling In! msmagazine.com/2025/02/04/l...

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