Merritt Tierce Merritt Tierce is a writer and reproductive rights activist. Her first novel, Love Me Back (Doubleday), will be published this fall. She lives near Dallas with her husband and children.
Dallas Teenager Deserves Compassion, Not Prosecution Merritt Tierce The real crime scene in this scenario isn't a high school bathroom stall; it's Texas' rigid and discriminatory reproductive health-care system.