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Allison Carmen

Allison Carmen is Chief Financial Officer, Chief Business Operator, and General Counsel of the Motherhood Center of New York. Learn more at themotherhoodcenter.com and Carmen's website allisoncarmen.com

Lost wallet lying on ground. (Westend61 / Getty Images)

How the “wallet test” shows our need for a social safety net

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Clara Sharp, left, and Sonja Watley, right, both doulas and co-directors of the company Ahavah Birthworks, visit expectant mother Claire Littleton, center, who is on Medicaid, at her home in north Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. (Photo by Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Slashing Medicaid while forcing birth is a maternal health disaster in the making

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Money falling from one hand to another (Getty Images/Jitalia17)

Women might not be safe without the penny

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The examination room in A Woman's Choice of Jacksonville clinic, which provides abortion care on April 30, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Beyond abortion: A timeline of reproductive health care and the true impact on women and society

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Parents and baby girl in bedroom, man holding head (Getty Images/Noel Hendrickson)

Stress from parenting is finally recognized as a crisis. Maybe it’s time to stop blaming parents

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A patient waits to recieve an abortion at a Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 14, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

States with restrictive abortion laws will suffer long-term economic harm from forced childbirth

Allison Carmen