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Post-Roe America

Abortion Access Divides the Nation

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection for abortion, some states began enforcing strict abortion bans while others became new havens for the procedure. ProPublica is investigating how sweeping changes to reproductive health care access in America are affecting people, institutions and governments.

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Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

The new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to do our jobs.”

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Ziva Branstetter,

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

by Amy Yurkanin,

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

by Kavitha Surana,

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

by Ziva Branstetter,

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

by Kavitha Surana,

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

by Jeremy Kohler,

Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can’t Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

by Kavitha Surana,

Severe Complications for Pregnant Veterans Nearly Doubled in the Last Decade, a GAO Report Finds

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

The Year After a Denied Abortion

by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica and Kavitha Surana,

Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn’t.

by Kavitha Surana,

Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.

by Audrey Dutton,

Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere

by Cassandra Jaramillo,

Maternal Deaths Are Expected to Rise Under Abortion Bans, but the Increase May Be Hard to Measure

by Kavitha Surana,

Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.

by Kavitha Surana,

How South Carolina Ended Up With an All-Male Supreme Court

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

How Abortion Bans Are Impacting Pregnant Patients Across the Country

by Ziva Branstetter,

Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.

by Kavitha Surana, photography by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica,

Minnesota May Chart Its Own Path Dealing With Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban

by Kavitha Surana,

Here’s What States Are Doing to Abortion Rights in 2023

by Megan Rose,

Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google

by Jennifer Gollan,

She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide.

by Lizzie Presser, photography by Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt for The New York Times,

“We Need to Defend This Law”: Inside an Anti-Abortion Meeting With Tennessee’s GOP Lawmakers

by Kavitha Surana,

Do U.S. Border Officials Ask Travelers if They’ve Had Abortions?

by Kavitha Surana,

Are You in a State That Banned Abortion? Tell Us How Changes in Medical Care Impact You.

by Kavitha Surana and Adriana Gallardo,

Minnesota Set to Become “Abortion Access Island” in the Midwest, but for Whom?

by Jessica Lussenhop,

Her Ex-Husband Is Suing a Clinic Over the Abortion She Had Four Years Ago

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

How Missouri Helps Abortion Opponents Divert State Taxes to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

by Jeremy Kohler,

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

by Ken Armstrong,

“This Was Not a Surprise”: How the Pro-Choice Movement Lost the Battle for Roe

by Alexandra Zayas,