Mexico Has Become a Haven for Americans Seeking an Abortion
Mother Jones illustration; YangYin/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One last-minute round-trip flight from Biloxi, Mississippi, to Cancún, Mexico, runs about $171 USD; three nights at a three-star hotel there can cost as little as $129. A three-day car rental in the resort town…
From Emergency Room to Prison: Health Care Providers Are Most Likely To Report Pregnant People
Alejandro Alvarez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As a new report shows, Patel isn’t alone: Even before the fall of Roe, women were reported by doctors to law enforcement for conducting self-managed abortions, or SMAs. While only one state, Nevada, outright criminalizes SMAs,…
Pregnant Gazans Are Miscarrying and Struggling to Access Care
Palestinian women at Al-Aqsa hospital mourn relatives killed in an Israeli strike. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thousands of pregnant people in Gaza are being forced to forgo necessary medical care, and some are miscarrying as a result of living in a…
The Rise of the Abortion Cowboy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The doctor wants a pair of boots. Not just any boots, either. A specific brand of cowboy boot, handcrafted in Texas. Boots that adorn the feet of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, for instance, and singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton. We’re at…
The FDA Has Approved the First-Ever Pill for Postpartum Depression
PeopleImages/iStock/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill specifically designed to treat postpartum depression, a common condition affecting mothers that can make it harder to bond with a new baby by causing severe despair, anxiety, shame,…
What Abortion Funds Saw After Dobbs
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It took more than a month to pin down Megan Jeyifo, the executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF), for an interview. She’s been understandably busy, growing CAF from an organization that served roughly…