Mary Tuma
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Freelance Journalist, Texas Reproductive Rights | Bylines @GuardianUS @theintercept @TheNation @MotherJones @nytopinion @TexasMonthly | Email [email protected]
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2 months ago |
sacurrent.com | Mary Tuma
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and X. Dr. Damla Karsan lives in fear for her patients — and for all pregnant Texans. The Houston OB-GYN has spent the last four years painfully navigating the state’s draconian abortion bans, oftentimes for patients who face severe complications.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
tspantx.com | Mary Tuma
Dr. Damla Karsan lives in fear for her patients—and for all pregnant Texans. The Houston OB-GYN has spent the last four years painfully navigating the state’s draconian abortion bans, oftentimes for patients who face severe complications. With vaguely defined exceptions for medical emergencies, the law has forced doctors to either delay or deny life-saving care out of worry they could face lawsuits or prison time for performing pregnancy termination.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
texasobserver.org | Mary Tuma
Dr. Damla Karsan lives in fear for her patients—and for all pregnant Texans. The Houston OB-GYN has spent the last four years painfully navigating the state’s draconian abortion bans, oftentimes for patients who face severe complications. With vaguely defined exceptions for medical emergencies, the law has forced doctors to either delay or deny life-saving care out of worry they could face lawsuits or prison time for performing pregnancy termination.
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Mar 19, 2025 |
thenation.com | Mary Tuma
Society / March 19, 2025 Texas Charges Midwife in First Arrest Under State’s Abortion Ban Local advocates say the arrest is an attack on not just abortion care but on immigrant communities. Ad Policy Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017.
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Jan 31, 2025 |
motherjones.com | Mary Tuma
In the frenetic days following the November election, longtime abortion provider Amy Hagstrom Miller spent a lot of time in meetings—some in person, some on Zoom—rallying her troops.
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Takeaways for the repro rights movement from my conversations w/ @AmyHM for @MotherJones: -> Listen to abortion providers in the South, they've lived it! -> National repro groups need to better invest in local orgs in banned states -> "Do not comply in advance" under Trump
She championed abortion rights in Texas and Amy Hagstrom Miller is ready for the next fight. https://t.co/jk639HedDp
NEW Texas anti-abortion bill filed would make abortion equal to criminal homicide and could outlaw birth control: HB 2197 meant to "protect the lives of preborn children with the same criminal and civil laws protecting the lives of human beings born alive" https://t.co/eOoShjZFY5
My latest for @GuardianUS: As the Texas Legislature convenes, Republicans have filed a slew of bills aimed at stopping the flow of abortion pills. And anti-abortion activists are recruiting men to sue people who helped their partner obtain those pills: https://t.co/8IGQptDCRg
For @MotherJones, I talked to longtime independent abortion provider @AmyHM about how she's planning to pushback during the Trump era, including *expanding* services amid the anti-abortion administration. "Do not comply in advance," she stresses. https://t.co/jvF2e0fovU
