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Roe v. Wade

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Life Inside July 14
While Doing Time in a California Prison, I Was Given a Hysterectomy Without My Consent
Moonlight Pulido believed she was having surgery to remove growths from her uterus. In a brutal bait-and-switch, she was sterilized.
By Moonlight Pulido as told to
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Life Inside July 7
A Texas Jail Delayed My Prenatal Care to Keep Costs Down. Then I Had a Miscarriage.
Collin County Jail failed to send a bleeding, cramping Lauren Kent to an outside OB-GYN. In a lawsuit, she blames their “cost-containment” strategy.
By Lauren Kent as told to
Life Inside June 30
I Survived Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression in Jail. Now I Guide Others Like Me.
As a doula in Georgia prisons and jails, Tabatha Trammell supports incarcerated clients through pregnancy, childbirth — and giving up their newborns.
By Tabatha Trammell, as told to
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Life Inside June 30, 2023
Reproductive Healthcare Behind Bars Was Dismal Even Before Roe Ended
Abortion is just one part of a greater story about how indifferent — and even cruel — reproductive healthcare can be in prisons and jails.
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Two older White tourists stand behind the bars of a jail cell to be photographed by a woman holding a camera phone.
Inside Story February 16, 2023
Changing Perceptions of Prisons and Policing
We explore prison tourism and the balance between glorification and education, and meet two detectives trying to change the image of policing.
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Two White people are shouting, standing in the foreground of a protest. A woman on the left holds a sign that says "Abortion is our right. We won't stop fighting." In the background, several individuals hold signs with phrases such as, "Bans off my body" and "My body, my choice."
Closing Argument July 23, 2022
How Criminalizing Abortion Is Causing a “Bewildering Patchwork” of Enforcement
In our revamped “Closing Argument” newsletter, this week we unpack the confusing legal landscape following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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