Abortion in the deep south
In the conservative deep south US, a wave of strict anti-abortion laws have been passed, making an already difficult decision for women even harder, especially for the poor and people of color. This four-part series in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana examines various aspects of the new struggle for abortion rights in the region
Inside Tennessee, America’s most stringent anti-abortion state
Tennessee has an abortion ban so strict that even its Republican sponsors are having doubts about it. Stephanie Kirchgaessner reports on the reality of women’s rights in the state nine months after the fall of Roe v Wade
Will Black churches throw their weight behind reproductive rights?
The disproportionate impact of impending bans may dislodge a longstanding ambivalence over abortion
One of the last abortions in Louisiana? Diary of a woman from a clinic under threat of closure
This week, the supreme court will hear a case that if upheld could threaten the constitutional right to an abortion in the US
Inside the 'fake clinics' where women are persuaded to carry pregnancies to term
‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ give counseling, pregnancy tests – and outnumber abortion providers three to one in Georgia
The safe house shielding patients as abortion wars rage outside
The Power House gives women a place of sanctuary as they wait for their procedures at Montgomery’s only abortion clinic
Poverty is a hurdle for women seeking abortions in rural America
In the US south and beyond, getting an abortion is not only logistically and emotionally difficult – it can push someone over the financial edge
The 'escorts' who ward off anti-abortion protesters at Mississippi's lone clinic
‘Clinic escorts’ create a buffer between protesters and women arriving at the clinic as its role becomes ever more important