A Frustrating Year of Reporting on Black Maternal Health By Danielle Jackson Feature Stories of women of color dying of childbirth have dominated headlines — but little has been done to change postpartum care.
Black Women’s Maternal Mortality Rates in the US are Staggeringly High By Danielle Jackson Highlight Shalon Irving was educated, insured, and well-supported by family and friends. She still became a casualty of missed opportunities and neglect by healthcare providers.
I Think, Therefore I Am Getting the Goddamned Epidural By Rebecca Schuman Feature On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
Donald Trump’s War On African Women By Annie Hylton Feature Under the Global Gag Rule, medical professionals cannot counsel a woman to seek an abortion — even in cases where it will save her life.
The Case for Believing Women Who Are In Pain By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Sixteen percent of women suffer from a condition you’ve probably never heard of.
The Diagnosis and Surgery I Had to Fight For By Sari Botton Feature A series of doctors made it harder for Sari Botton to learn about her severe uterine condition, and receive the hysterectomy she needed for it.
RAWR! What’s Happening to Me? The Truth is Out There (About Menopause) By Krista Stevens Highlight Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel speak frankly about perimenopause and menopause to destigmatize the flow and ebb of the female reproductive cycle.
‘A Uterus Gone Rogue’: Diagnosing Endometriosis By Michelle Weber Highlight A raw look at the discomfort, confusion, and anger of being diagnosed and dealing with endometriosis, a painful reproductive disorder with mysterious origins, and no cure.
