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When Politics Drives You From Home: 5 Americans Who Uprooted Their Lives Because of the State of the Nation

Architectural Digest

According to Leilah Zahedi-Spung, MD, seen here at her new home in Colorado, she was the only person at her Chattanooga, Tennessee, practice trained to do abortions in the second trimester. “I found my calling: bridging the two fields of high-risk OB and complex family planning. Sometimes abortion care is the only way to build families.” Photo: Jimena Peck

A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks

The 19th

‘I almost died trying to get an abortion in Iowa’—a mother of 4 speaks out

Iowa Starting Line

Jess, Miljan, and two of their children when she was pregnant for their now-2 year old. COURTESY PHOTO: Jess Djukanovic

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

The 19th

Theresa Van tried to grow her family in Arkansas. She was forced to carry a pregnancy that could not survive.

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Chelsea Stovall didn’t think she’d ever need an abortion—then Arkansas forced her to flee the state for one.

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Emily Waldorf’s pregnancy was life-threatening, and no one in Arkansas, not even the Governor, would help her

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Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow

The 19th

Freestanding birth centers like Maple Street Birth Center in rural Okanogan County, Washington where Sarah Simmons (left) is a midwife and co-owner, are facing mounting financial and regulatory pressures. (Courtesy Sarah Simmons)

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.

ProPublica

Ciji Graham and her son, SJ Courtesy of the Graham family

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

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She needed an abortion but KY’s ban prevented it. “Somebody is going to die,” doctors warn.

Lexington Herald Leader

Stephen Montgomery and Genevieve Postlethwaite are photographed in Murray, Ky., on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2025. in July, Postlethwaite had a severe complication in her pregnancy that made it nonviable. But because of Kentucky’s abortion laws, they had to hastily go to Illinois to get an abortion Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com

Baptist pastors Fred Smith and Errol Domingue take on misconceptions about abortion and faith

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Baptist pastors Fred Smith and Errol Dominuge take on misconceptions about abortion and faith

Two Louisiana women denied miscarriage treatment reflect on their friendship and the importance of speaking out

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

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“A huge lack of trust of the medical community”: An OB/GYN and medical student discuss the consequences of Louisiana’s abortion ban for the field of health care

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Wisconsin mom exposes painful reality of abortion laws after tragic pregnancy loss

Up North News