Laura Gottesdiener

Laura Gottesdiener

Laura Gottesdiener is an award-winning freelance journalist whose work has been published in Al Jazeera, Playboy, Mother Jones, The Nation, Guernica, and other outlets. A former news producer for the global TV/radio newshour Democracy Now!, she has won first-place awards from the Society for Professional Journalists, the United Nations Correspondents Association, and the Tribeca Film Festival.

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A Teenager in Mexico Needed an Abortion After Being Raped. Getting One Was Legal, but Nearly Impossible.

Amy Littlefield & Laura Gottesdiener

Abortion bans throughout Mexico include exceptions for rape. Activists say despite some recent improvements, survivors still confront obstacles to accessing abortion care.

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Meet Christus, the US Catholic Health Chain Restricting Access to Reproductive Care in Mexico

Amy Littlefield & Laura Gottesdiener

As Mexico's largest Catholic health-care system, Christus restricts a range of reproductive health services, including contraceptives, sterilization, abortion, and in vitro fertilization.