She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.
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Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

The essays documents the unraveling of a Tennessee family after a denied abortion for a life-threatening pregnancy, especially in a state with meager support for poor mothers.

  • Ben Hur Horse Race
    5•2 months ago

    I read this when it first came out, and I just flipped through it again. Just as affective as the first time

  • @indomara@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2•2 months ago

    Reading this hurts. None of them ever had a chance.

    Going to work 10 hour days installing insulation two weeks after giving birth and having a traumatic c section and hysterectomy?

    Any other country would find this absolutely vile and unbelievable. In the USA it’s a Tuesday.