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TV: Scripps News in 2023 & in 2013, I had the honor of talking about abortion access on the  Melissa Harris-Perry Show. You can watch the segments here and here.

Podcasts:

Quoted:

2024:

How TV Tackled Abortion in the First Full Year Post-Roe (The Mary Sue)

The Website Abortion Onscreen Keeps Track Of Shows And Films That Address Abortion (Bust)

2023:

2023 Was a Big Year for Medication Abortion on TV (Jezebel)

Study: Abortions on TV remain unrealistic — but ‘Morning Show’ treatment was nuanced (NPR)

This Is How TV Shows Took On A Post-Roe America This Year (Huffington Post)

And Just Like That’s Abortion Cop-Out Is So Disappointing (Scary Mommy)

‘And Just Like That’ Took on Unwanted Pregnancy This Week, and It Feels Like a Regression (Jezebel)

‘And Just Like That’ Weirdly Tiptoed Around An Important Issue (Huffington Post)

At-Home Abortions Should Be Featured In TV And Movies As Often As They Occur IRL (Women’s Health Magazine)

2022:

2021:

2020:
This year we will fight for abortion. Here’s how. (Lilith)

2019:
TV Shows are Talking about Abortion More than Ever — And They’re Still Getting Some Things Wrong (MTV)
2019 Was a Terrible Year for Abortion Rights. TV Did Better – Kind Of (Rolling Stone)
Queer POC Who Need Abortions Are Rarely Represented On TV, A New Report Shows (Bustle)
The Pro-Choice Movement Has Won the Culture War (The Nation)
How Shondaland Shows Changed the Way We View Abortion on TV (Shondaland)
‘Orange Is The New Black’ Abortion Scenes Spark Questions About The Procedure, Experts Says (Bustle)
How to help protect abortion access in states where it’s most threatened (Mashable)

2018:

The TV Shows That Addressed Abortion In 2018 Highlighted The Experiences Of Women Of Color (Bustle)
No, Post Abortion Syndrome Isn’t A Thing (HelloFlo)
Here Are 5 Ways You Can Combat Abortion Stigma (HelloFlo)

2016:

The Moral Case for Abortion (The Establishment)
Should Women Perform Their Own Abortions? (Cosmopolitan.com)
Hillary and Bernie are trapped by how much ground Democrats have lost on abortion rights, (Quartz)
Carafem’s ‘spa-like’ abortion clinic part of new U.S. trend (CBC News)

2015:

Cecile Richards: Grace Under Fire at Planned Parenthood (The Prospect)
Shout Your Abortion founder Amelia Bonow criticises LA Times for sensationalist death threat article (International Business Times)
No, Stress Isn’t The Cause Of Miscarriages (ThinkProgress)
New Year, Same as the Old Year? 2015 Reproductive Rights Preview (TruthOut)

2014 & Before:
Can Storytelling Help Destroy Abortion Stigma? (Pacific Standard)
Wendy Davis Reminds Us Who Exactly Is Allowed To Talk About Their Abortions (ThinkProgress)
Bravo for Wendy Davis, but women’s abortions are none of your business (The Guardian)
It’s OK to tell your abortion story. Some women just don’t want to be pregnant (The Guardian)
Jimmy Connors Shouldn’t Be Talking About Chris Evert’s Abortion (The Atlantic)
What Choice? (Time magazine)
Dear Pro-Choice Women of Means (The Nation)
How to Help a Friend Through an Abortion (Jezebel)
Democrats Are Still Compromising Away Women’s Rights — What’s Wrong with the Pro-Choice Movement’s Strategy? (Alternet)
The Lowlights of 2011’s ‘War on Women’ (In These Times)
Young Feminists Keeping Movement Alive (USA Today)

Full Interviews:

Mad Moms newsletter interview

All-Options Donor Spotlight: Steph Herold
Talking Abortion, Stigma, and Storytelling
Saying Abortion Aloud
Young Sexuality Activists: Steph Herold
Coming Out of the Abortion Closet
Against the tide: Alumnae reflect on the risks and rewards of going their own way
KPFA Radio, about 7 minutes in
The Line Campaign
Persephone Magazine
The Big Jewcy
The Daily Femme
Loose Garments
Red Dress Conversations
Reality Cast (July 2012)
Reality Cast (Nov. 2010)
Reality Cast (April 2011)
Jewcy: Social Justice