Hope Pierce-Jackson

Black+Queer+Recovering Lawyer & Deputy Director of Programs & Policy @URGE_org. Love tiny homes, & coffee. RTs are not endorsements & tweets are my own.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to an abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. The outcome adds to a string of wins for abortion rights advocates in numerous states since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
https://t.co/jzBGyd4xtu

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

"You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life."

Tina Turner: 1939-2023

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

You were simply the best. Rest in Rock to one of the greatest, Tina Turner. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.

[URGE @URGE_org]

After weeks of chaos & confusion, finally some clarity! We are grateful for any additional time that access to medication abortion is protected, and we are fighting until that protection is permanent.

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

@jemelehill

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

@TheKalenAllen Whew! This just sent my blood pressure skyrocketing. To this day, I'm still mad at Charity Greenleaf!!! I know her real name but that doesn't stop the generational trauma she has caused in the Greenleaf Family!

[Halle Berry @halleberry]

😂😂

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

BREAKING: The House has passed the first nationwide bill prohibiting transgender kids from participating in school sports teams that match their gender identity.

Instead of resolving real issues, lawmakers choose to attack trans kids. Where are their priorities?

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

An excerpt from my new book:
It was the year of utter chaos, 2023.
There was a live filming of extremism caught on tape and we were all in it.
Everyone we looked there were bans on human rights, dramatic tears from white men in suits & blue checks disappearing in the night.

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

@CthrynOkly I stan AND the color coordination!!!🤌🥰🔥💄

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

This policy change makes Twitter more unsafe for trans and non-binary users and paves the way for outright discrimination.

Twitter has an obligation to protect people on the platform, not expose them to hate and vitriol.

[Halle Berry @halleberry]

His name is #RalphYarl and I’m sick and tired of this feeling…my heart completely broke when I learned this precious 16-year-old, who accidentally rang the door of the wrong address in an attempt to pick up his siblings, was shot in the head… (1/3)

[URGE @URGE_org]

Latest update on #Mife: no restrictions will go into effect today, SCOTUS has issued a stay until Wednesday. #Mife remains on the market. But our fight for abortion access is far from over, we will do what we have always done: take care of each other.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

One for the history books.

[Chris “Law Dork” Geidner @chrisgeidner]

BREAKING: Alito issues administrative stays halting Kacsmaryk’s mifepristone order from going into effect at all tonight.

His administrative stay is in effect through April 19. A response to DOJ/Danco’s applications are due by noon Tuesday.

Background: https://t.co/lglDcpEmqF

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

#BREAKING: Justice Alito has issued an administrative stay of Judge Kacsmaryk's ruling in the #mifepristone case until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

Bottom line: No part of Kacsmaryk's ruling will go into effect at midnight tonight.

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

@inaribriana Met in an @Uber after being paired up for airport rides by @ignitekindred at the SONG conference. Our driver was doing the most so we shared messages on our phones and slid them across to each other in the backseat. Stayed connected & boom= we married now! https://t.co/wqIsN31Vks

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

TN just gave scholars & advocates another real-life case study on the connective tissue of racism, white supremacy, misogyny & extremism. I can see the data and thesis statements already...you can't make these things up.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

⚡️NEW LEAKED AUDIO: TN House Republicans infighting over #TennesseeThree votes.

CEPICKY: “You gotta do what’s right even when you think it might be wrong.”🤔

Leadership says Barrett made them look racist, Cepicky says they're at "war", etc. must-listen.

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

BREAKING: The Missouri Attorney General is trying to ban ALL gender-affirming care in the state regardless of one’s age.

This isn’t just an overreach of authority — it’s an outright attempt to endanger and ultimately erase transgender people statewide.

[Hope Pierce-Jackson @HopeLJackson]

In my mind, I imagine this back & forth as one confusing conversation between judges:

TX: We're suspending Mife in 7 days.
WA: Mife stays but y'all chill on expanding access.
5th Cir: Mife stays but let's go back to the year 2000
WA: Nah, I said what I said.
#Mifepristone

[Chris “Law Dork” Geidner @chrisgeidner]

BREAKING: Judge Rice in Washington says that his injunction — requiring continued availability of mifepristone under the January 2023 REMS (allowing mailed prescriptions) in the 17 plaintiffs states + DC in the lawsuit — applies “irrespective” of the Tex/5th Cir ruling.