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Carrie Baker

Massachusetts, Northampton

Contributing Editor at Ms. Magazine

Columnist at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Professor @SmithCollege| Contributing Editor @MsMagazine| Columnist @DailyHampGaz https://t.co/QTVMS2Fb74

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Articles

  • Plan C’s Road Trip Takes Abortion Access to the People

    2 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Carrie Baker

    In the wake of sweeping state-level abortion bans and restrictions, one defiant campaign is truly taking a different route—literally. For the second year in a row, Plan C, the intrepid grassroots campaign for abortion pill access, is hitting the road on a cross-country trip to spread the word about abortion pills: that they are safe, effective and available to everyone, everywhere.

  • Illinois Lawmakers Pursue Creative Path to Protect Mifepristone Access-Even if FDA Revokes Approval

    2 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Carrie Baker

    While antiabortion extremists work to eliminate mifepristone from the shelves—and the FDA faces mounting antiabortion political pressure to revoke its approval—Illinois lawmakers are fighting back with a legal firewall: a first-of-its-kind bill to keep abortion pills on the market, even if the Trump administration bans them.

  • Four States Urge FDA to Follow Science and Remove Abortion Pill Restrictions

    3 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Carrie Baker

    Attorneys general of four states—Massachusetts, California, New Jersey and New York—asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday, June 5, to lift long-standing restrictions on the medication mifepristone. The drug is used in approximately two-thirds of abortions in the United States. In a 54-page citizen petition, attorneys general Andrea Joy Campbell of Massachusetts, Rob Bonta of California, Matthew J.

  • One-Two Punch: Trump Administration Blocks Lifesaving Abortion Care and Announces Mifepristone Safety ‘Review’-All in One Day

    3 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Carrie Baker

    After the Supreme Court terminated the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued guidance clarifying that hospitals must still follow the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This law requires hospitals receiving federal funds to provide health-saving and lifesaving abortion care to patients experiencing medical crises, even when state law bans abortion. On Tuesday, June 3, the Trump administration rescinded this guidance.

  • Rest in Power: Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Abortion Pill Inventor and Women’s Rights Advocate

    3 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Carrie Baker

    Millions of women around the world gained safety, dignity and autonomy over their bodies thanks to Étienne-Émile Baulieu. The visionary biochemist, feminist and fearless innovator—best known for developing and championing “RU-486,” now known as mifepristone—died at his Paris home on May 30 at the age of 98.

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Carrie N. Baker @CarrieNBaker
3 Jun 25

In 28 states, if you’re pregnant, the government can ignore your end-of-life wishes—no matter what you’ve written. @MsMagazine @smithcollege @SSNScholars https://t.co/N65fDJOHfU

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Carrie N. Baker @CarrieNBaker
3 Jun 25

I hope you can join me at Forbes Library in Northampton, Mass on June 12! https://t.co/83sQVECEcN

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Carrie N. Baker @CarrieNBaker
1 Jun 25

RT @SSNScholars: .@CarrieNBaker (@smithcollege) joined @MSNBC to discuss how the #Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill" restricts reproductive…