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Two doulas on how Louisiana’s abortion ban has affected pregnancy care — and why they still find joy in their work

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Two Louisiana advocates discuss friendship, trauma, and the fight for survivors’ rights

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Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

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Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old mother, died after she couldn’t access legal abortion care in Georgia. The state’s maternal mortality review committee found that her death was preventable and said a delay in care had a “large” impact. Credit:Photo Illustration by Andrea Wise/ProPublica. Photo by Nydia Blas for ProPublica.

Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old mother, died after she couldn’t access legal abortion care in Georgia. The state’s maternal mortality review committee found that her death was preventable and said a delay in care had a “large” impact. Credit:Photo Illustration by Andrea Wise/ProPublica. Photo by Nydia Blas for ProPublica.

Pregnancy loss in America has long been a lonely experience. Abortion bans have made it perilous.

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Ann Carver and her husband are photographed at home in Atlanta, Georgia in November 2023. She is pregnant again for the third time after suffering through two previous losses, one before Roe was overturned and the second after. (MELISSA GOLDEN FOR THE 19TH)

Ann Carver and her husband are photographed at home in Atlanta, Georgia in November 2023. She is pregnant again for the third time after suffering through two previous losses, one before Roe was overturned and the second after. (MELISSA GOLDEN FOR THE 19TH)

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.

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Why this Nevada mom is fighting to protect abortion rights in Nevada’s constitution

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Laura Campbell and her family

Laura Campbell and her family

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What it’s like to be a pregnant trans man in America

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Sam Guido hadn’t wanted to give birth in a hospital at all — he was afraid to be there. As a transmasculine and nonbinary person, they had faced the same ignorance and discrimination in medical institutions that many trans people in the United States experience. (Jamie Kelter Davis for The 19th)

Sam Guido hadn’t wanted to give birth in a hospital at all — he was afraid to be there. As a transmasculine and nonbinary person, they had faced the same ignorance and discrimination in medical institutions that many trans people in the United States experience. (Jamie Kelter Davis for The 19th)

The 700-Mile Journey to Get an Abortion

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A remote area of land from the window of Clyde's plane.

A remote area of land from the window of Clyde's plane.

Minnesota Set to Become “Abortion Access Island” in the Midwest, but for Whom?

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An ultrasound machine in one of the patient rooms at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minnesota. Treating travelers from other states is nothing new for the facility or the other abortion providers around the state. Credit:Jenn Ackerman, special to ProPublica

An ultrasound machine in one of the patient rooms at WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minnesota. Treating travelers from other states is nothing new for the facility or the other abortion providers around the state. Credit:Jenn Ackerman, special to ProPublica

An 18-year veteran of Planned Parenthood in New Orleans talks with her daughter about her life and work

Abortion in America

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Two Louisiana journalists discuss the challenge and urgency of covering issues that affect their lives

Abortion in America

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For birth workers and advocates Latona Giwa and Tasia Stewart, supporting pregnant people means embracing abortion care

Abortion in America

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“They don’t realize how many choices they’re taking away from us”: One Florida mom on being forced to travel out of state for an abortion

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“Obviously I’m going to keep doing this”: Two advocates for reproductive freedom in Louisiana on what keeps them going

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“I fear for other women out there in Florida”: Deborah Dorbert shares a story of grief, injustice, and determination

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“Women will find a way”: Two friends and reproductive health experts examine Louisiana’s abortion ban from an anthropological and medical perspective

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Nancy Davis and Shedric Cole on being denied abortion care in Louisiana

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