How do the new—and not-so-new—abortion bans affect the real lives of patients, providers, and families?
United States of Abortion sets out to answer that question, state by state. This video series—a collaboration with the doctors of Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice and the cultural organizing group Firebrand—tells the stories of Americans navigating brutal barriers to lifesaving care; devastating criminal charges; and the very real impact of extreme laws on their most personal decisions. United States of Abortion gives space and dignity to the stories of people living in a post-Roe landscape.
United States of Abortion is a project of the Meteor Fund.
ALABAMA
That’s the attitude Tamara Costa encountered in Alabama, when doctors refused to give her the abortion she desperately needed…or even to give her information about where to go for help. Julianne Escobedo Shepherd reports.
TEXAS
Eighteen weeks into her pregnancy, Amanda Zurawski felt something “off”—and learned from doctors that her child could not survive. Miscarriage was inevitable—“but what happened next was not,” she writes.
SOUTH CAROLINA
All over the country, in the aftermath of Dobbs, pregnant people are being prosecuted for their behavior. This is the story of one woman, Lauren Smith, who’s facing a ten-year prison sentence—and fighting back.
How do we help each other heal after a year of so much pain? For poet Hala Alyan, the first step is simple.
Dawn Porter reminds us that the opposition to abortion access has not always been as pervasive as people assume.
