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Women Shared Their Abortion Stories with the Supreme Court. Their Goal? To Defend Access to Abortion Pills.

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A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.

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The Rise of the Abortion Cowboy

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“What Can I Even Say Without Having to Go to Jail?”

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Louisiana miscarriage patient who had to cross state lines for critical care wants answers

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Texas’ restrictive abortion law sends Houston teen on cross-country odyssey for help

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A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.

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She Voted for Trump. Then She Had Two Terrifying Miscarriages in Texas.

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Una mujer de Texas murió después de que el hospital dijera que sería un “delito” intervenir en su aborto espontáneo

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A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital

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They shared their abortion stories on the campaign trail. They’re not done fighting.

The 19th

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A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

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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

Abortion in America

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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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