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Woman receiving a blood transfusion. (Jochen Sands/Getty Images)

“Striking” new data: Miscarriage is increasingly dangerous under Texas abortion law

Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo
Pro-choice protesters march outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. Texas passed SB8 which effectively bans nearly all abortions and it went into effect Sept. 1. A request to the Supreme Court to block the bill went unanswered and the Court still has yet to take any action on it. (Sergio Flores For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared

Lizzie Presser, Andrea Suozzo, Sophie Chou, Kavitha Surana
Hope and Porsha Ngumezi pose together in a family photo. (Photo by Danielle Villasana/ProPublica)

Doctors reaching for riskier miscarriage treatment as a third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban

Lizzie Presser, Kavitha Surana
Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms

Lizzie Presser, Kavitha Surana
The Texas State Capitol is seen on the first day of the 87th Legislature's third special session on September 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a “crime” to intervene in her miscarriage

Cassandra Jaramillo, Kavitha Surana
Candi Miller with her husband, Alex Cardenas; son Christian; and daughter Turiya, whom she named after her sister. (Courtesy of Turiya Tomlin-Randall)

Afraid to seek care amid Georgia’s abortion ban, she stayed at home and died

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The gravesite of Amber Thurman, at Rose Garden Cemetary in McDonough, Georgia on August, 13th 2024. (Photo courtesy of Nydia Blas / ProPublica)

In Georgia, experts say this mother’s preventable death was caused by abortion bans

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Doctor performs ultrasound examination of a woman (Getty Images/ljubaphoto)

Inside the internal debates of a hospital abortion committee

Kavitha Surana
Abortion rights activists march to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Sha Hanting/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Some GOPers were willing to compromise on abortion ban exceptions. Activists made sure they didn’t

Kavitha Surana
The interior of a women's health clinic. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Doctors warned her pregnancy could kill her. Then Tennessee outlawed abortion

Kavitha Surana
Activists march near the Tennessee State Capital building in Nashville, Tennessee, May 14,2022 as part of a nation wide protest for reproductive rights. (SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images)

Tennessee lobbyists oppose new lifesaving exceptions in abortion ban

Kavitha Surana
Activists march near the Tennessee State Capital building in Nashville, Tennessee, May 14,2022 as part of a nation wide protest for reproductive rights. (SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images)

“Hide behind the skirts of women”: Inside an anti-abortion meeting with Tennessee GOP lawmakers

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((AP Photo/Matt Rourke))

Even in sanctuary cities like Philadelphia, refuge is elusive

David Gambacorta, Kavitha Surana
Immigration rally in Portland, Ore., Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Authorities can deny visa, green card applications without giving applicants chance to fix errors

Kavitha Surana
Children and workers are seen at the Tornillo tent camp which houses immigrant children separated from their parents after they were caught entering the U.S. under the administration's zero tolerance policy. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Here’s what it’s like to work at a shelter for immigrant kids

Kavitha Surana, Robert Faturechi
(Getty/John Moore)

How racial profiling goes unchecked in immigration enforcement

Kavitha Surana