“Florida abortion ban includes exception for fatal fetal abnormalities. But her doctors told her they could not act.”
reproductive rights
Posted inNonfiction
Best of 2022: Profiles
A great profile accomplishes the nearly impossible by making you feel like you truly know someone you’ve never met. It’s a feat of empathy and insight, the kind of alchemy that turns reporting into rapport. The five examples here span all manner of tone and subject, from victims of gun violence to digital charlatans, but […]
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The Disinformation Campaign Behind a Top Pregnancy Website
The American Pregnancy Association is often cited by hospitals, government agencies, and major publications as a neutral source for reproductive health information. But, as Kiera Butler investigates, it’s far from it. Founded by anti-abortion activist Brad Imler, the APA website hawks products, is full of medically questionable advice, and is a “softer, user-friendly approach to […]
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The Last Summer of Roe v. Wade
“Young people don’t remember life when abortion was illegal. Now they’re grappling with the erosion of a national right.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Story
Faith and Reproductive Justice Are Not in Opposition
Black women face outsized threats if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Unapologetic Women
Preparing for a Post-Roe America
Activist and author Robin Marty says the biggest threat facing women in a post-Roe America would be arrest, not death.
Posted inHighlight, History, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Thank You for Not Being Afraid, Pat Maginnis
Compromise and political reform only take you so far; sometimes you need to shake the whole system.
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The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
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Whatever’s Your Darkest Secret, You Can Ask Me
A feature on a growing secret network women who — bucking the law and the medical establishment — are getting trained to offer abortions, safely and inexpensively, in the privacy of women’s homes.
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Rivers of Babylon: The Story of a Third-Trimester Abortion
A bracing essay on late-term abortion, and how American politics have made an impossibly difficult situation even more painful and dangerous for women.