Rachel Fabi Ph.D.

Rachel Fabi Ph.D.

@fabioethics.bsky.social

associate professor of bioethics • immigration, public health ethics, crosswords • she/her • http://abortionpuzzles.com • views my own

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Austin Kocher, PhD
@austinkocher.com

Kids are spending longer than ever in ORR custody, and attorneys have turned to habeas petitions to get them out. Jill Williams of Acacia and Becky Wolozin of the National Center for Youth Law explained the strategy to me. https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-child-should-need-a-habeas-petition

Jacob Soboroff@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

"In the past, most unaccompanied minors in ORR custody were children who had recently crossed the US-Mexico border by themselves—not kids who arrived with a parent and had been living in the country for years." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com“You kidnapped my son”ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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Kayte Spector-Bagdady
@kaytesb.bsky.social

Alas but not surprising. You can still find all of our (archived) materials here: library.georgetown.edu/collection/d... thanks @georgetownuni.bsky.social!

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Lilia Cervantes
@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social

Today the American Society for Clinical Investigation published an open letter to NIH leadership on proposed changes to K awards, co-signed by 30 professional societies and foundations. Thank you to the ASCI working group and every society and foundation that signed beta.the-asci.org/news/advocac...

beta.the-asci.orgOpen letter to the NIH regarding proposed changes to K awards - The American Society for Clinical InvestigationRead more about Open letter to the NIH regarding proposed changes to K awards at The American Society for Clinical Investigation
Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

So excited to be part of this absolutely STACKED lineup for the Boswords Fall Themeless League (with Rebecca, my Stormy Division pairs solving partner 4ever!)

John Lieb@boswords.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the constructing roster for the Boswords 2026 Fall Themeless League! The folks below are currently crafting vibrant grids for you to enjoy weekly in October and November. Registration opens on Saturday, September 5.

Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

My new First Opinion piece in @statnews.com discusses the forthcoming birthright citizenship decision in Trump v. Barbara (and gives a little preview of one chapter of my still-being-written book about immigration and reproductive justice!) www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/b...

statnews.comEnding birthright citizenship could be a public health disasterIf the Supreme Court upholds the executive order ending birthright citizenship, it could “have stark consequences at the intersection of bioethics and public health.”
Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

I'm so proud of our These Puzzles Fund Abortion team and the puzzles we put out and the community that rallies around the abortion funds we support! Please consider donating to support this important cause — the fundraiser ends on Sunday! fund.nnaf.org/tpfa6

These Puzzles Fund Abortion@tpfa.bsky.social

✨Editor* Spotlight✨ @fabioethics.bsky.social (she/her) is a crossword constructor and a professor of bioethics. She created TPFA as a form of praxis, putting her scholarly interest in reproductive justice into practice through fundraising for abortion access. (1/2)

Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

I've had the privilege of working alongside Seçil for the past month at the Brocher Foundation in Switzerland as she's been putting the finishing touches on this book. I have learned so much from her about syphilis in the Ottoman Empire, and the history of Ottoman medicine in general!

Christos Lynteris@visualplague.bsky.social

Something to look forward to: Seçil Yılmaz's book on the history of syphilis in the Ottoman Empire @stanfordpress.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/middle...

sup.orgAnatomy of Empire | Stanford University PressSyphilis had existed in Ottoman society since the sixteenth century, but it became an alarming public health problem in the nineteenth century. As the epidemic raged with population movements across p...
Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

Really grateful for the experts over at @scotusblog.com and their community of commenters — at least we don't have to go through today's oral arguments alone <3 www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/oral...

scotusblog.comOral argument live blog for Wednesday, April 1On Wednesday, April 1, we will be live blogging as the court hears argument in Trump v. Barbara, on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. […]

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Sean Marotta
@smmarotta.bsky.social

April Fools' pranks are getting and less and less believable. Like I'm seeing websites claiming that the government of the United States is going to argue in court today that the Fourteenth Amendment denies birthright citizenship to kids born here just because their parents didn't enter lawfully.

Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

For those who have asked, I'm spending my sabbatical working on a book project on reproductive justice, immigration, and bioethics in the U.S. My book explores (among other things) advocacy against this long-standing and intentional pattern of inhumane treatment, abuse, and neglect. 1/5

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Pregnant women who have been swept up in President Trump’s immigration crackdown have been held in detention centers as late as eight months into their pregnancies without adequate food or medical care, a New York Times examination found. nyti.ms/40QJ7wD

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Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

(My book also has a chapter on family separations, which have not ended: bsky.app/profile/prop...)

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

propublica.orgTrump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen KidsA ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

For those who have asked, I'm spending my sabbatical working on a book project on reproductive justice, immigration, and bioethics in the U.S. My book explores (among other things) advocacy against this long-standing and intentional pattern of inhumane treatment, abuse, and neglect. 1/5

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Pregnant women who have been swept up in President Trump’s immigration crackdown have been held in detention centers as late as eight months into their pregnancies without adequate food or medical care, a New York Times examination found. nyti.ms/40QJ7wD

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Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

One chapter of my book examines the implications of ending birthright citizenship (SCOTUS oral args in Trump v. Barbara set for 4/1/26) for policies that support undocumented pregnant people. What would it mean for these advocacy coalitions if the fetus is no longer a future citizen? 3/5

Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

And what does it tell us that unlikely allies can agree that incarcerating and neglecting pregnant people is wrong, but disagree when the person in question is a non-pregnant parent? Or a minor? Or a single adult without kids? 4/5

Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

For those who have asked, I'm spending my sabbatical working on a book project on reproductive justice, immigration, and bioethics in the U.S. My book explores (among other things) advocacy against this long-standing and intentional pattern of inhumane treatment, abuse, and neglect. 1/5

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Pregnant women who have been swept up in President Trump’s immigration crackdown have been held in detention centers as late as eight months into their pregnancies without adequate food or medical care, a New York Times examination found. nyti.ms/40QJ7wD

Rachel Fabi Ph.D.
@fabioethics.bsky.social

Buried about halfway into this NYT article, we learn about the "unlikely coalition of advocates, including antiabortion leaders eager to protect undocumented pregnant women and their babies." (I've written about this sort of coalition previously, here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) 2/5

onlinelibrary.wiley.comState Policymaking and Stated Reasons: Prenatal Care for Undocumented Immigrants in an Era of Abortion RestrictionPolicy Points States can create policies that provide access to publicly funded prenatal care for undocumented immigrants that garner support from diverse political coalitions. Policymakers have ...

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Margaret R. Eby
@margaretrutheby.bsky.social

absolutely terrifying but not unexpected given the recent DHS proposed rule to expand collection and storage of biometric data.

NPR@npr.org

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data. n.pr/4lyzEDy

n.prICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrestedPeople arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.