Sarah Varney

Anti-abortion protesters stand outside of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July. Wisconsin reverted to an 1800s abortion ban when Roe was overturned. The courts have since reinstated some abortion access in Wisconsin.

Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. Patients often don't know when or if a procedure or abortion pills are covered, and the proliferation of abortion bans has exacerbated the confusion.

Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. Patients don’t know when or if a procedure or abortion pills are covered.

Her life was at risk. She needed an abortion. Insurance refused to pay. Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first child.

Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first child. But bleeding had plagued Ashley from the beginning of her pregnancy, and in July, at seven weeks, she began miscarrying.

En el país, la cobertura para la atención del aborto es laberíntica. A menudo, los pacientes no saben cuándo un procedimiento, o las píldoras abortivas, están cubiertas, si es que lo están; y la proliferación de prohibiciones ha exacerbado la confusión.

The percentage of people who say they've tried to end a pregnancy without medical assistance increased after the overturned Roe vs. Wade.

Six weeks after an emergency cesarean section, with her newborn twins still in neonatal intensive care, Maya Gobara went to a pharmacy in West Little Rock, Arkansas, to fill a prescription.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at the Republican National Convention in July. She said Arkansas does not need "a duplicative program" to address its maternal mortality problems.

Federal law requires states to provide pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage through 60 days after delivery. Arkansas has not expanded what’s called postpartum Medicaid coverage, an option that gives poor women uninterrupted health insurance for a year after they give birth.