Megan Kearney

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Digital Producer at The 19th News

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For many rural women, finding maternity care outweighs abortion access concerns

Dec 18, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Megan Kearney

Published BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border. For Shyanne McCoy, 23, that meant the closest hospital with an obstetrician on staff when she was pregnant was a 45-mile drive away over a mountain pass.
The Black women at the center of the maternal homicide crisis

Dec 15, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Megan Kearney

Published This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Adrienne Rodriguez held her head high as she walked to the front of the courtroom. On her right, her friends and relatives filled the three wooden pews in the back of the room. To her left, the rows on the defendant’s side sat empty. Rodriguez was at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Georgia on that muggy Wednesday morning in August to give a victim impact statement.
Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises to qualify for child care assistance

Dec 15, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Megan Kearney

Published This story originally appeared in The Hechinger Report. NEW YORK — To keep working, Amy Lee Funes desperately needed help paying for child care. Funes loved her job at a New York City-based child and family nonprofit, but she earned only $35,000 a year. In a city where child care can easily consume more than half of that, Funes was optimistic that she would qualify for a government-funded subsidy to help her afford the cost.
Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider

Dec 13, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Megan Kearney

Published Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other.
A VP policy cheat sheet: Where JD Vance and Tim Walz stand on these key issues

Sep 30, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Megan Kearney

Published Your trusted source for contextualizing Election 2024 news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. As elected officials, Tim Walz and JD Vance have a record of policy positions and legislative actions that can help shape voters’ perceptions of them and offer hints as to the type of vice president they might be.
The 19th opens applications for its third Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort

Apr 15, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Megan Kearney

* Please read before republishing * We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license as long as you follow our republishing guidelines, which require that you credit The 19th and retain our pixel. See our full guidelines for more information. To republish, simply copy the HTML at right, which includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to The 19th.
Join The 19th at events featuring Meghan Markle, Brooke Shields, Katie Couric

Mar 4, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Megan Kearney

* Please read before republishing * We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license as long as you follow our republishing guidelines, which require that you credit The 19th and retain our pixel. See our full guidelines for more information. To republish, simply copy the HTML at right, which includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to The 19th.
In Missouri, one abortion rights initiative petition is ending as another kicks into gear

Feb 9, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Anna Spoerre |Megan Kearney

Published One of two campaigns hoping to amend the state constitution to roll back Missouri’s abortion ban is giving up its push to reach the 2024 ballot. Jamie Corley, a longtime GOP Congressional staffer, is withdrawing an initiative petition she helped craft that would have added rape and incest exceptions to Missouri’s abortion ban and legalize the procedure up to 12 weeks. It also would have protected doctors and pregnant patients from prosecution.
How 3 Indigenous women are leading the way on climate change

Jan 9, 2024 | 19thnews.org | B. Oaster |Anna Smith |Joaqlin Estus |Megan Kearney

Published All over the world, conversations about climate change and solutions to it are happening, at conferences, in documentaries, in offices, even over coffee. Climate scientists, government officials, tech entrepreneurs and others all have opinions about how humans should address the crisis, but many of them are leaving out something important: the experience and knowledge systems of the land’s original stewards — Indigenous peoples.
California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion training

Jan 2, 2024 | 19thnews.org | Laurie Udesky |Megan Kearney

Published Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to abortion care. Her commitment to becoming a maternal health care provider was sparked early on when she witnessed the discrimination and judgment leveled against her older sister, who became a mother as a teen. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

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