No OB-GYNs Left in Town: What Came After Idaho’s Assault on Abortion
Co-published with The Guardian. In Sandpoint, Idaho, the maternity ward closed down. Within months, medical care for women in the rural community was hollowed out.
The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi’s Maternal Health Crisis
Co-published with USA Today. With our support, Mona Iskander travels to the Mississippi Delta to understand how a surge in births is playing out in a state that is already one of the riskiest places in the country
How the ‘Magna Carta of AIDS Activism’ Sparked A Revolution
Co-published with National Geographic. In 1983, AIDS hysteria was sweeping the country. This is the story of how a Denver conference empowered a generation—and helped shape a new era of advocacy.
Wrecking Women’s Healthcare
Co-published with Texas Observer and The Nation. Low-income Texans depend on family planning clinics. The clinics depend on a program that's in trouble.
What It’s Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs
Co-published with In These Times. Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray. Lationna Halbert’s is one of the first.
The Clitoris Has Been Lost to Science for Centuries, but It’s Making a Comeback
Co-published with Scientific American. The vulva has long been ignored in anatomical study. But scientists are making strides in mapping the clitoris and improving sensation for survivors of genital cutting.
Endometriosis Is Common and Debilitating. Why Do We Know So Little about It?
Co-published with Scientific American. Compared with other diseases with similar economic burdens, research on endometriosis is severely underfunded, in large part because we don’t talk about periods.
Abortion Clinic in North Dakota Relocated to Minnesota to Continue Providing Care
Co-published with Teen Vogue. For the past 20 years, the Red River Women’s Clinic was the state’s only abortion provider.
A Black Mother’s Loss Explains Why U.S. Maternal Health Care Is Broken
Co-published with Scientific American. The U.S. has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates among developed countries. Researchers from North Carolina to the West Coast are working with parents like Vu-An Foster to understand why.
How Medicine’s Fixation on the Sex Binary Harms Intersex People
Co-published with Scientific American. “Normalizing” infants’ and children’s genital appearance to match a sex assigned in early age isn’t medically necessary and can negatively impact quality of life.
Traumatic Pregnancies Are Awful. Dobbs Will Make That So Much Worse.
Co-published with The Washington Post. Some pregnancies and births are difficult enough to give mothers PTSD. When a pregnancy is unwanted, the physical and psychological strains will be even more severe.
Abortion and College Admissions: Roe v. Wade Decision Makes Students Reconsider School Choices
Co-published with Teen Vogue. “I would not consider going to school in a state where abortion is against the law."