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Welcome to my portfolio site. Check out a selection of my best and recent journalistic work.
Welcome to my portfolio site. Check out a selection of my best and recent journalistic work.
Huffington Post Highline ∙ December 18, 2018
They work in hotel rooms, Airbnbs and secondhand RVs just over the state line, so that women can give birth on their own terms.
The Nation (Print)∙ April 8th, 2019 Issue (Cover)
Laurie Bertram Roberts set out to help women get abortions in the country’s most restrictive state. So why is her house filled with diapers?
The Lily/The Washington Post ∙September 19, 2018
There are 15 former abortion clinics across the U.S. that were purchased by anti-abortion groups and turned into something antithetical to abortion access. I drove 1,500 miles to visit five of them. Here’s what I learned about the state of reproductive rights in America.
Mosaic ∙ December 5, 2017
Kimberly Turbin wasn’t expecting childbirth to be a pleasant experience, but she wasn’t expecting it to be a nightmare either. On 4 May 2013, she was sitting on the couch at a friend’s house when her water broke.
The Nation∙ September 18, 2018
Standing outside McDonald’s on St. Charles Rock Road in St. Louis, Missouri, 61-year old Bettie Douglas joined over 100 people in a chant: “Hold the burgers, hold the fries, keep your hands off our thighs.”
NPR ∙ August 15, 2018
International Women's Media Foundation
Today, over 400 police stations across Tanzania have Police Gender and Children's Desks, including seven of Zanzibar's 20 police stations. As on Law & Order SVU, these units deploy dedicated, specially trained detectives to handle "sexually-based offenses" like rape, sexual assault and domestic violence.
Wired ∙ October 5, 2017
Fatimah Gifford was nervous the day she was scheduled to testify in front of Texas’ Health and Human Services committee. Gifford is the VP of Communications for Whole Woman’s Health, which operates five reproductive healthcare clinics across Texas.
Vice News ∙ June 27, 2018
The International Reporting Project
For three decades, Dr. Cynthia Maung has practiced medicine on the Thai-Burmese border and learned the best way to deliver care to women and babies living through conflict and crisis.
Rewire ∙ January 22, 2019
When Rebecca Terrell took on the momentous task in 2017 of raising $4.2 million for a groundbreaking new reproductive health-care clinic, she didn’t expect the project would be deeply affected by the Trump administration’s steel tariffs.
Vice/Broadly ∙ November 22, 2017
DarbiAnne Goodwin says she was raped off campus during her sophomore year—and when administrators failed to offer her meaningful support following the incident, she felt her only choice was to enroll in an "alternative school."
The New Republic ∙ September 13, 2017
A new slew of state laws are aimed at making sure abortion coverage is banned from private health insurance plans—putting the procedure still further out of reach.
Vice News ∙ March 16, 2017
In March 2004, a 19-year-old Arizona woman was sentenced to four months in Maricopa County jail for a DUI, shortly after discovering she was pregnant. She asked for a delay in her sentencing hearing so she could obtain an abortion, but the prosecutor refused.
Vice/Broadly ∙ October 24, 2016
In 2015, a radical anti-abortion group tried to establish a headquarters in a vacant house next door to the only remaining abortion clinic in Montgomery, Alabama. Their plan backfired—and the building is now a safe haven for patients and pro-choice activists.
Texas Observer (Print)∙ December 2018
The Investigative Fund
How Texas is failing foster kids and contributing to an alarming teen pregnancy rate
Vice News ∙ August 7, 2017
George Delgado made his first attempt at reversing an abortion in 2009. He got a call from Terri Palmquist, a missionary at the evangelical group LifeSavers Ministries who ran in the same California anti-abortion circles he did.
Cosmopolitan ∙ June 26, 2017
Clinic Director Calla Hales was a victim of the extreme violence abortion providers face simply for doing their jobs and helping women.
The Guardian ∙ November 9 2017
International Women's Media Foundation
Promised economic and educational opportunities her parents thought too good to refuse, Rose left home for Zanzibar. But a life of fear and exploitation awaited the 13-year-old – a fate that has become all too familiar to kids in the region.
Vice/Broadly ∙ January 23, 2017
This month, Anna Yocca was released from jail, following over a year of incarceration. Though her case may seem extreme, it's really the most recent high-profile example of a troubling new trend.