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In her own words: Why this Texas physician now helps women in Virginia

Dogwood

Many physicians have left Texas for states like Virginia to serve patients without the restrictions of abortion bans. Getty Images/The Good Brigade

A Mom Fled Texas for an Emergency Abortion. One Year Later She Had a Son and Gave Him Initials R.O.E.

PEOPLE

An Abortion Saved My Life After I Got Leukemia

Your Body Your Choice

The Mom Whose Out-of-State Abortion Allowed Her to Have a Healthy Pregnancy

The Cut

Illustration: Palesa Monareng

Woman accused of flushing baby down Whataburger toilet has charge dismissed

San Antonio Express-News

A man touches the casket of "Baby Mary" at a funeral service on San Antonio's Northwest Side. The mother had been accused of flushing the baby down a Whataburger toilet, causing injuries to her head. Authorities later determined that the woman had a miscarriage, not a live birth, and had not tried to flush the fetus down the toilet. Credit: Jessica Phelps

Texas’ first abortion arrests stem from monthlong attorney general investigation

The Texas Tribune

A nurse speaks with a patient at a clinic in Houston on Aug. 2, 2013. Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune

Louisiana mother, New York doctor indicted for allegedly giving minor abortion pills

Louisiana Illuminator

A Louisiana district attorney is prosecuting a New York doctor and West Baton Rouge Parish mother who allegedly provided abortion pills to her minor daughter. (Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Woman’s arrest after miscarriage in Georgia draws fear and anger

NBC News

Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty Images

South Carolina Miscarriage Patient Turned in to Child Protective Services

Abortion, Every Day

Texas man sues California doctor over medication abortion

Courthouse News Service

A patient prepares to take the first of two pills for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 12, 2022. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

Galveston man drops wrongful death claims against women who allegedly helped his ex-wife get an abortion

The Texas Tribune

Woman Forced to Carry Fetus for Weeks Despite No Heartbeat: ‘Your Womb Becomes a Tomb’

People

An Arkansas mother’s near-death experience with ‘pro-life’ abortion ban

Arkansas Times

Kayla Moore, her husband and daughters. Credit: Kayla Moore

The pregnancy she couldn’t end in South Carolina

Abortion in America

Why Jessica Valenti says abortion made her life possible

Abortion in America

How an abortion helped her create a safer life

Abortion in America