Jessica Mason Pieklo
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Boulder, CO, United States
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Exclusive: Lawmakers Push Ahead With Protecting Birth Control Access
On #ThxBirthControl Day, a Democratic coalition of lawmakers reintroduced the Access to Birth Control Act. → Read More
Editor's Note: Reimagine Motherhood
Imagine if we talked more about how abortion makes parenting possible. → Read More
Anti-Abortion Activist Abby Johnson Is Speaking at Tonight's RNC. So Who Is She?
From lies about abortion to pretending to help women's rights, here are five of Abby Johnson's outrageous claims. → Read More
Don't Let the Sex Fool You: The Jerry Falwell Jr. Scandal Is About Power
The best way to fight back against his inevitable attempt at political resurrection is to keep the story firmly grounded in its origins of power. → Read More
Democrats Love Abortion and Care About the Courts—or So I'm Told
Democrats couldn't bring themselves to say "abortion" or talk about the federal courts during their convention this week. → Read More
What Is Going On With Congress, the Budget, and Abortion Access? A GIFsplanation
House Democrats have re-upped the Hyde Amendment—but Rep. Ayanna Pressley and others are fighting back. → Read More
One of These Cases Could Be the Next Big Fight for Abortion Rights
On Monday the Supreme Court delivered a win for abortion rights. On Thursday they could roll that win right back. → Read More
Will This Supreme Court Term Ever End?
Supreme Court decision days have become another spectacle during the Trump years. → Read More
While You Protest, the Supreme Court Is Poised to Pummel Your Rights
The Supreme Court is set to radically alter immigration, abortion rights, and employment discrimination law—all in a matter of weeks. → Read More
This School Keeps Fighting to Discriminate Against Trans Kids
Gavin Grimm has been challenging a policy at his former high school that requires transgender students to use separate bathroom facilities. On Tuesday, the case landed in federal appeals court. In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo break down the arguments and explain why the school's pleas to keep discriminating are so horribly misguided. → Read More
Arkansas Created a Pandemic Catch-22 to Block Abortions
On April 27, Arkansas officials issued a directive requiring anyone seeking elective surgery to obtain a negative COVID-19 test 48 hours prior to an abortion. Can you guess which elective procedure those officials were primarily targeting? Yep, that's right: procedural abortion. On this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo explain everything happening in Arkansas. → Read More
Aimee Stephens, Transgender Woman at Heart of Supreme Court Battle, Dies
Aimee Stephens was a trailblazer for transgender rights. But her legacy could reach even further. → Read More
Anti-Choice Activists Say Abortion Isn't 'Essential,' but Clinic Protests Are
While the rest of us stay at home, anti-choice protesters will keep performing their "vital service" outside abortion clinics during the COVID-19 outbreak. → Read More
Coronavirus and the Courts
The coronavirus crisis has forced the U.S. Supreme Court to hit pause. What will happen to cases that have been argued, like June Medical Services v. → Read More
Joe Biden Says He Would Make 'Roe' Federal Law. Sort Of.
Did Biden announce his support for a strong statutory protection of abortion rights, or something else entirely? → Read More
Mandatory Ultrasounds. Abortion Bans. Utah, Are You Okay?
Utah anti-choice lawmakers are passing a bevy of abortion restrictions over the objections of voters. Why? → Read More
Joe Biden Says He'll Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court. Here Are 6 Options.
A look at Black women who former Vice President Joe Biden could nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court if he wins the presidency. → Read More
Rapid Reaction to 'June Medical Services v. Russo' Arguments
Jessica Mason Pieklo was inside the Supreme Court for arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo. Then she literally ran across the street to record this podcast with co-host Imani Gandy so she could bring the rest of us up to speed on the most important and surprising moments of the day. → Read More
June Medical Services
On March 4, 2020 the Supreme Court will hear the first major abortion rights case since Brett Kavanaugh joined the bench. In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo preview what's at stake and explain the sleeper issue that could upend abortion rights law as we know it. → Read More
Supreme Court Confirms There Is No Fifth Vote to Protect Abortion Rights
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a court decision that dismissed as immaterial doctors' ethical concerns and equated an embryo with a person. → Read More