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Life After Roe

In June 2022, the Supreme Court officially dismantled Roe v. Wade. These are the stories of what came next.

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Nebraska Mom Gets Two Years in Prison in Abortion-Pill Case

 The woman was accused of helping her daughter self-manage an abortion, which in itself is not illegal, and disposing of the remains. By Andrea González-Ramírez
  • life after roe Appointments Fill Up As Abortion Returns to Wisconsin Planned Parenthood clinics are once again offering abortions while a legal challenge to the state’s feticide law plays out. By Andrea González-Ramírez
  • life after roe Find an Abortion An exhaustive guide to the clinics still open in each state, how to reach them, and the services they offer. By the Cut

More on Life After Roe

  1. An OB/GYN on What It’s Like Working With Pregnant Children“The whole world crumbles, and it’s just really tough.”
    As told to Katie Heaney
  2. What to Do If a Pharmacy Denies You Meds Linked to AbortionPatients are having trouble accessing some drugs that may end pregnancy, both in states with abortion bans and where the procedure remains legal.
    By Hanna Kozlowska
  3. ‘Medicine Is Not Black and White’A Kentucky OB/GYN explains how abortion bans threaten the health of all pregnant patients.
    By Claire Lampen
  4. A Bunch of Democrats Were Arrested While Protesting For Abortion RightsIncluding AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Cori Bush.
    By Claire Lampen
  5. Birth Control That Doesn’t ExpireWithout Roe, patients are telling doctors they want their tubes tied.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  6. A 10-Year-Old Survivor Shouldn’t Be the Face of This FightThe way to winning abortion rights isn’t by retraumatizing survivors.
    By Lux Alptraum
  7. Joe Biden’s Dobbs Response Has Been Breathtakingly AwfulWhy can’t the president show some fight?
    By Rebecca Traister
  8. At Least Joe Biden Did Something About AbortionThe president announced an executive order to protect access, though many details remain unclear.
    By Claire Lampen
  9. The Challenging Road Ahead for Abortion FundsAbortion funds are used to operating under duress, but the post-Roe landscape is especially daunting.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  10. ‘I Was Adopted by Forced Birthers’An adoptee wishes their birth mother had been given a choice.
    As told to Bindu Bansinath
  11. Why Are We Restricting the Abortion Pill to First-Trimester Pregnancies?According to a number of experts and studies, it’s still safe and effective after those first 12 weeks.
    By Lux Alptraum
  12. The Abortion Clinic at the Center of Dobbs Has ClosedJackson Women’s Health, Mississippi’s last clinic, performed its final abortion this week.
    By Olivia Luppino
  13. What Exactly Does SCOTUS Consider a Conflict of Interest?A new report suggests certain justices prayed with anti-abortion lobbyists involved with their cases.
    By Claire Lampen
  14. Are Social-Media Platforms Censoring Information About Abortion?Facebook and Instagram have been restricting and removing posts intended to help people seeking reproductive care.
    By Danielle Cohen
  15. The Abortion Stories We Didn’t TellHow decades of silence left us unprepared for the post-Roe fight.
    By Rebecca Traister
  16. What Makes People Change Their Minds About Abortion?Pro-choice evolutions can take years, a timeline that feels painfully slow in this post-Roe moment.
    By Claire Lampen
  17. The Uphill Battle to Codify Roe v. WadePresident Biden has called on Congress to make an exception to the filibuster rule so it can reinstate federal abortion protections.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  18. Some Hospitals Have Already Stopped Providing Plan BA health system in Missouri says it has stopped providing emergency contraception until the state’s abortion ban is “better defined.”
    By Bindu Bansinath
  19. Meghan Markle Calls On Men to Be Vocal About the End of RoeIn a new conversation with Vogue, she spoke about the devastating impact of the SCOTUS ruling.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  20. Major Retailers Are Rationing Morning-After PillsPurchase limits on Plan B are the latest ripple effect of the SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  21. Laura Prepon Recalls Her Choice to Terminate a Pregnancy“Everyone has their own story for seeking out this medical procedure.”
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  22. How to Protect Yourself When Seeking an AbortionLearn your legal risks and take control of your digital privacy.
    By Bindu Bansinath and Katie Heaney
  23. How to Get Help for Your AbortionThe abortion mutual-aid network getting patients the funds, travel, and child-care assistance they need.
    By Lauren Rankin
  24. Don’t Trust the DIY Abortion Advice You See on TikTokThese are the risks involved.
    By Julia Craven
  25. How to Have a Medication AbortionWhere to find the pill and what to expect.
    By Rebecca Grant and Elizabeth Isadora Gold
  26. The Crisis Pregnancy Center TrapAnd how not to fall for it.
    By Claire Lampen
  27. Jazmine Sullivan Wants Men to Talk About Abortion TooPresenters at the BET Awards were outspoken about the loss of Roe — but the men were noticeably silent.
    By Danielle Cohen
  28. Celebrities, Activists, and Politicians React to the End of RoeThe Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has, as expected, overturned our constitutional right to abortion.
    By Danielle Cohen
  29. Rage, Fear, and Hope Outside the Supreme Court“We understand that poor women and women that are Black and brown are going to pay the most for this repeal. That’s why we’re here.”
    By Sofia Resnick
  30. Scenes From Friday’s Abortion-Rights Protest Outside the Supreme Court“I deserve access to health care. My daughter deserves access to health care.”
    By the Cut
  31. ‘Get in the Streets and Stay in the Streets!’Abortion-rights protesters channel their rage in Washington Square Park.
    By Sarah Jones
  32. Overturning Roe Is Just the BeginningConservatives are already floating a national abortion ban and the overthrow of other privacy-based rights.
    By Claire Lampen
  33. What to Know About Stocking Up on the Abortion PillEven if you aren’t pregnant, some providers will let you buy the medication in advance.
    By Lux Alptraum
  34. God Help My Friendship With White Evangelicals After DobbsForced reproduction cannot mean anything other than slavery to Black women.
    By Brittney Cooper
  35. The Necessity of HopeThings are bad. They will get worse. But despair has never been an option.
    By Rebecca Traister
  36. With Roe Gone, This Abortion Clinic Is Running Out of Time“We were all just crying and angry. Then the phone rang and I had to make an appointment with a patient.”
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  37. How to Protest for Abortion RightsFollowing the SCOTUS Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, demonstrators are making their voices heard.
    By Bindu Bansinath, Mia Mercado, and Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  38. Life After Roe Starts NowThe Supreme Court decision ensures a health-care crisis that will ripple out across the country.
    By Claire Lampen
  39. Dianne Feinstein, the InstitutionalistShe fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century. Where did it all go wrong?
    By Rebecca Traister
  40. The Women of Jane Risked It All. Will You?A documentary on the group that helped Chicagoans obtain illegal abortions 50 years ago pushes viewers to consider how far they’d go to do the same.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  41. The Hostess Who Kept Their SecretGrace Faison — the 97-year-old Brooklyn Heights fixture — opens up about secretly housing women seeking illegal abortions in the late ’60s.
    By Eliza Gray
  42. 10 Women on Getting an Abortion in the End Days of Roe“It felt like an insult to have to read that my fetus is the size of corn.”
    As told to Alice Markham-Cantor and Megan Paetzhold
  43. The Future of Abortions in AmericaAn access map.
  44. It’s Too Late to Be ‘Civil’ About Abortion RightsDemocrats scolding people for protesting ignore just how much is at stake.
    By Claire Lampen
  45. ‘I Mean, Who Hasn’t Had an Abortion?’A night with breakout stand-up comic Alison Leiby.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  46. The Woman Who Killed RoeMarjorie Dannenfelser’s single-minded pursuit of an end to abortion.
    By Kerry Howley
  47. The Limits of Privilege in a Post-Roe WorldThe new abortion regime is going to affect everyone
    By Rebecca Traister
  48. ‘I Feel Like We’re Going Back to the Stone Age’Talking fear, rage, and hope with abortion-rights protesters in Foley Square.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  49. Democratic Leaders Are Getting the Abortion Story Wrong — AgainWith Roe at death’s door, will the party finally change its tune?
    By Rebecca Traister
  50. The Most Infuriating Lines in the Supreme Court Draft That Would Overturn RoeRead them and weep for the state of abortion rights.
    By Angelina Chapin
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