Megan Ranney MD MPH
@meganranney.bsky.social
Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
Difficult to know as data systems in much of the world do not specifically capture domestic violence homicide during pregnancy.
Cf www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cf www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Femicide during pregnancy and postpartum period by an intimate partner: An integrative review
Femicide, the most extreme expression of gender-based violence, is perpetrated primarily by intimate partners, and it also victimizes women during pre…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Difficult to know as data systems in much of the world do not specifically capture domestic violence homicide during pregnancy.
Cf www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cf www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(That was 6/6)
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
(That was 6/6)
5. SPEAK UP: If you are worried about a friend or family member, please ask, and know that help is available.
🫂 The time of leaving is the time of greatest risk
‼️ DVROs w/ firearm removal make a difference
📞 Good resources include  www.thehotline.org
🫂 The time of leaving is the time of greatest risk
‼️ DVROs w/ firearm removal make a difference
📞 Good resources include  www.thehotline.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline
24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free...
www.thehotline.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
5. SPEAK UP: If you are worried about a friend or family member, please ask, and know that help is available.
🫂 The time of leaving is the time of greatest risk
‼️ DVROs w/ firearm removal make a difference
📞 Good resources include  www.thehotline.org
🫂 The time of leaving is the time of greatest risk
‼️ DVROs w/ firearm removal make a difference
📞 Good resources include  www.thehotline.org
3. Make sure DV perpetrators can't buy firearms.
4. Address the systemic factors that put too many of us at risk.
And most important:
(5/x)
4. Address the systemic factors that put too many of us at risk.
And most important:
(5/x)
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
3. Make sure DV perpetrators can't buy firearms.
4. Address the systemic factors that put too many of us at risk.
And most important:
(5/x)
4. Address the systemic factors that put too many of us at risk.
And most important:
(5/x)
🫡 What do we do with this?
1. Make sure we continue to track data: without it, we can't know whether things are getting better. (We suspect that things will get worse when women lose reproductive choice.)
2. Make sure DV restraining orders are accompanied by removal of firearms
(4/x)
1. Make sure we continue to track data: without it, we can't know whether things are getting better. (We suspect that things will get worse when women lose reproductive choice.)
2. Make sure DV restraining orders are accompanied by removal of firearms
(4/x)
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
🫡 What do we do with this?
1. Make sure we continue to track data: without it, we can't know whether things are getting better. (We suspect that things will get worse when women lose reproductive choice.)
2. Make sure DV restraining orders are accompanied by removal of firearms
(4/x)
1. Make sure we continue to track data: without it, we can't know whether things are getting better. (We suspect that things will get worse when women lose reproductive choice.)
2. Make sure DV restraining orders are accompanied by removal of firearms
(4/x)
* Bc we don't have good metrics of firearm ownership, they (like most of us) used proxies: the ratio of firearm suicide to total suicide.
* Sadly, young, Black women had the highest risk ratio.
(3/x)
* Sadly, young, Black women had the highest risk ratio.
(3/x)
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
* Bc we don't have good metrics of firearm ownership, they (like most of us) used proxies: the ratio of firearm suicide to total suicide.
* Sadly, young, Black women had the highest risk ratio.
(3/x)
* Sadly, young, Black women had the highest risk ratio.
(3/x)
* Data sources were primarily from the CDC: National Violent Death Reporting System (
looks in detail at the circumstances related to violent deaths); WISQARS (looks at injury); WONDER (tracks many many vital statistics including birth rates)...will these data sources remain available?
(2/x)
looks in detail at the circumstances related to violent deaths); WISQARS (looks at injury); WONDER (tracks many many vital statistics including birth rates)...will these data sources remain available?
(2/x)
a woman is standing in a kitchen with her hands on her hips and says `` i wonder '' .
ALT: a woman is standing in a kitchen with her hands on her hips and says `` i wonder '' .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
* Data sources were primarily from the CDC: National Violent Death Reporting System (
looks in detail at the circumstances related to violent deaths); WISQARS (looks at injury); WONDER (tracks many many vital statistics including birth rates)...will these data sources remain available?
(2/x)
looks in detail at the circumstances related to violent deaths); WISQARS (looks at injury); WONDER (tracks many many vital statistics including birth rates)...will these data sources remain available?
(2/x)
Oh Colin I’m so sorry
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oh Colin I’m so sorry
Not. At. All.
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Not. At. All.
Reposted by Megan Ranney MD MPH
"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4
➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4