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Laura Morel

Saint Petersburg

Covering reproductive health for @reveal / @nytimes 2024-2025 fellow. [email protected]

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  • 1 day ago | motherjones.com | Laura Morel

    Last week, the US Supreme Court lifted an order from a Massachusetts district court that had maintained humanitarian parole protections in place for about 530,000 immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, and Nicaragua who had been living in the United States legally under a Biden-era program. Advocacy groups in South Florida condemned the decision that will inevitably impact scores of immigrants and their families living in the area.

  • 3 days ago | motherjones.com | Laura Morel

    At a recent event in Orlando, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis brushed off reports that Canadians are increasingly not visiting the Sunshine State and pointed to his recent family trip to Legoland as evidence. “I’d say, like, 80 percent of them were Canadians,” DeSantis said, according to Orlando Weekly.

  • 2 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Laura Morel

    In November 2023, while an abortion provider in the South was on vacation, someone broke into their home, shattered the windows, and scribbled “Baby Killer” on a whiteboard. The case is still open. That same year, a man crashed his car into a new abortion clinic in Danville, Illinois, trying to start a fire. A few months after that, someone left a one-star Google review for a Florida clinic that read, “I have a bomb waiting to go off.” The clinic was evacuated and the FBI was called to investigate.

  • 3 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Laura Morel

    On a recent Wednesday morning, a hot pink van emblazoned with the words “Keeping South Florida Babies in Need Clean, Happy & Healthy Since 2013” pulled into the parking lot of the North Miami Beach Library. The van’s side door opened, revealing a shelf packed with diapers and a counter stacked with baby wipe packs. The van belongs to the Miami Diaper Bank.

  • 1 month ago | motherjones.com | Laura Morel

    Earlier this year, Republican lawmakers in Florida passed a slew of immigration bills that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed less than an hour after they were sent to him. “Today, the Florida Legislature has passed the strongest legislation to combat illegal immigration of any state in the entire country,” DeSantis said.

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Laura C. Morel
Laura C. Morel @lauracmorel
24 Jan 25

For 40 years, a Florida law has allowed an association of Christian group homes for children and teenagers to set its own standards and perform its own inspections. My latest story for @nytimes / @reveal: https://t.co/P9TisKAYTg

Laura C. Morel
Laura C. Morel @lauracmorel
23 Dec 24

RT @Longreads: "Taylor is one of hundreds of victims alleging sexual assault who have been charged with false reporting nationwide." @rae…

Laura C. Morel
Laura C. Morel @lauracmorel
23 Dec 24

RT @aurabogado: Deeply moved by my colleagues at @MoJoUnion who organized this fundraiser following my termination at @MotherJones. As I na…