Amy Littlefield
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Boston, MA, United States
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A Teenager in Mexico Needed an Abortion After Being Raped. Getting One Was Legal, but Nearly Impossible.
Abortion bans throughout Mexico include exceptions for rape. Activists say despite some recent improvements, survivors still confront obstacles to accessing abortion care. → Read More
An Anti-Choice Group Misspent $50,000 on Religious Material. North Carolina Wants to Give It $400,000 More.
Amid a budget showdown, legislators have allocated a record amount of at least $2.64 million in state funds to anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers in North Carolina. → Read More
For Women of Color on Medicaid, Health-Care Options More Likely to Include Catholic Hospitals
Women using Medicaid, particularly those who are Black or Latina, may be disproportionately funneled into Catholic facilities by their insurance plans, a new paper in the journal Contraception found. → Read More
Less Than a Third of Catholic Hospital Websites Note Religion’s Impact on Reproductive Care
One possible reason is that Catholic facilities don’t want the religious restrictions known to patients. → Read More
There's Almost No Data About What Happens When Catholic Hospitals Deny Reproductive Care
That's partly because Catholic institutions may not want it known. → Read More
New York Times Omitted Key Fact About Rural Hospital: Its Catholic Rules Could Endanger Women
It’s the latest example of a media outlet reporting on a Catholic hospital while failing to inform readers about the potential consequences of seeking care there. → Read More
Amid Chaos, Bethany Christian Services Raises Money Off Child Separations
Email and phone records between Bethany Christian Services and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights reveal disarray in handling of separated children. → Read More
Catholic Hospitals Offer a Preview of Life Without 'Roe.' And Bishops Just Tightened the Rules.
Reproductive health advocates worry changes approved this month will inspire a crackdown by Catholic bishops charged with interpreting rules on abortion, sterilization, and contraception. → Read More
Bethany Christian Services Is Fostering Migrant Kids. It Also Has a History of Coercive Adoptions.
Media outlets have largely overlooked the troubling record of Bethany, a well-connected powerhouse of the anti-choice movement, even as reporters have interviewed the agency’s leaders on the plight of migrant kids. → Read More
Is Your Hospital Catholic? Many Women Don't Know.
Patients seeking care in Catholic facilities have been turned away while bleeding and made to wait until they sicken to receive miscarriage treatment. → Read More
Anti-Choice Centers in North Carolina Use Federal Funds to Buy Programs Crafted to 'Share Christ'
These centers, aimed at convincing "abortion-minded" women to continue their pregnancies, purchase videos from the "Earn While You Learn" program with federal funds intended to address maternal health and infant mortality. → Read More
These Trans Women Are Fighting for Insurance Coverage as Trump Unravels Their Right to Care
The Trump administration has moved to roll back protections for transgender patients—leaving them reliant on federal courts and a patchwork of state policies. → Read More
The Couple Working to Fill the Trans Health-Care Gap in Indiana
Part of what drew Dr. Katie Bast to transgender health care was that she could relate to what her trans patients said about wanting to live a more authentic life. → Read More
When Their Doctor Disappeared, Transgender Patients Scrambled to Find Care in Pence's Indiana
“I’m appearing calmer than I am. But on the inside, I’m freaking out. What if I can’t get my prescriptions renewed? What if I can’t find another doctor?” → Read More
Women of Color More Likely to Give Birth in Hospitals Where Catholic Beliefs Hinder Care
Women of color bear the brunt of Catholic hospital restrictions on abortion, sterilization, contraception, gender-affirming procedures, and other care under religious directives. → Read More
Catholic Hospital Merger That Threatened Reproductive Care in Gary, Indiana, Falls Through
The merger would have brought Methodist's hospitals in Gary and neighboring Merrillville under Catholic rules that generally restrict access to contraception, sterilization, abortion, certain fertility treatments, and end-of-life care. → Read More
Indiana Denies Abortion Clinic License for 'Incredibly Offensive' Reason
“Every single thing they have asked of us we have complied with and responded to promptly and accurately.” → Read More
Meet the Trans Law Student Suing His Doctor for Canceling His Gender Affirmation Surgery
Health care for transgender people has been under threat amid the proliferation of Catholic hospitals guided by religious doctrine. → Read More
Merger Could Make Catholic Health Giant 'Too Big to Fail,' Threatening Reproductive Health
“These systems will have even greater financial and political clout and it will become more and more difficult for people to suggest that denying women reproductive health care is not appropriate." → Read More
Hartford Weighs Ordinance to Stop an Anti-Choice Clinic From Tricking Abortion Patients
“Location, location, location,” St. Gerard's board chair and medical director, Dr. Judith Mascolo, said. “It’s all about business. We go where the women are.” → Read More