Steph Herold
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New York, United States
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Abortion storytellers and the harassment they face
How much vitriol and emotional abuse should we expect people to suffer for trying to protect their right to a safe and common health care procedure? → Read More
Study: Abortion Rates Are in Decline, But There's No Single Reason Why
Until we have more insight about the reasons for the 25 percent decrease in the national abortion rate, the abortion rate is just that: a number. → Read More
Study: Abortion Pills Ordered Online Were Safe, But None Came With Instructions
This is the first study to test the potency of the pills themselves. → Read More
Moms Get Real About Their Abortions
When I talk to people about the work I’ve done around abortion‚ as an activist, clinic worker, and social scientist—they often ask me if I like children. Underneath this flippant comment lies a com… → Read More
Moms Get Real About Their Abortions
When I talk to people about the work I’ve done around abortion‚ as an activist, clinic worker, and social scientist—they often ask me if I like children. Underneath this flippant comment lies a com… → Read More
Moms Get Real About Their Abortions
When I talk to people about the work I’ve done around abortion‚ as an activist, clinic worker, and social scientist—they often ask me if I like children. Underneath this flippant comment lies a com… → Read More
People Have Multiple Abortions—and Stigmatizing Them Is Counterproductive
As researchers note in a new study, “the ability to access abortion care when needed—even if more than once—should be prioritized.” → Read More
'Birthright' Film Offers Incomplete Look at the War on Abortion
We need documentaries that go further, by challenging the notion that women are just victims of the state, that abortions are primarily a sad and tragic affair, and that the only reason to care about abortion restrictions is because they affect “respectable” women who want to pursue motherhood. → Read More
What It’s Like for Jewish Moms Who Are Abortion Providers
Lisa Harris received her first piece of hate mail when she was in medical school in the early 1990s. A pamphlet with the words “bottom feeder” arrived in her mailbox, and she was so shocked by it t… → Read More
'Our Patients Aren't Stupid': New Study Finds Mandatory Waiting Periods, Counseling Don't Work as Intended
While these restrictions provide logistical and financial obstacles to obtaining an abortion, they often do not achieve the desired emotional obstacle of forcing a patient to reconsider their abortion decision. → Read More
"I'll Never Forgive Bill O'Reilly for What He Did to Me"
When the Fox News host criticized my work on his show, I got over a hundred death threats. → Read More
Yes, taxpayer dollars should fund abortions
OPINION | Denying abortion coverage to people already facing these burdens is a tax on people struggling to make ends meet. → Read More
Ilyse Hogue on Abortion Storytelling, Fighting Trump — and Being a Jewish Mom
Last year, Ilyse Hogue became the first woman to share her abortion story on stage at the Democratic National Convention. Hogue, the President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, is no stranger to being b… → Read More
What It’s Like to Be a Jew of Color—& Abortion Activist—In the Trump Era
The first time Anise Simon talked about her abortion with someone was at a mikveh in Los Angeles. The attendant asked her what she was hoping to get out of her ritual bath experience, and her story… → Read More
The GOP health plan dismantles vital safety net programs for Americans
OPINION | If Republicans are actually committed to improving American healthcare, they should listen to their constituents and champion Obamacare instead of recklessly seeking to dismantle it. → Read More
When Allies Stigmatize: Nick Kristof, Family Planning, and Abortion
In a recent column, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist distinguishes abortion from other types of health care—a common false dichotomy but a peculiar stance from a global health advocate. → Read More
'Dirty Dancing' Led the Way in Depicting Abortion—If Only Other Media Would Follow
A new study shows how today's TV doesn't measure up to past depictions, often exaggerating abortion risk and how easy it is to get care. → Read More