Special Report: Reimagine Motherhood

59 percent of abortion patients have already given birth. What would happen if we reimagined motherhood to center this fact?

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Imagine if we talked more about how abortion makes parenting possible.

Imani Gandy

The more I thought about this offensive origin story I had created for myself, the angrier I got. So I started to do something about it.

Maleeha Aziz

This Mother's Day, I'll be celebrating all that my abortions gave me: my daughter, motherhood on my terms, and freedom from harm.

"I didn't actually know that many other people who had abortions," Renee Bracey Sherman said in a conversation on the value of abortion storytelling.

Shalini Raichur & Dawn Godbolt

Congress needs to mandate postpartum Medicaid coverage for at least one year. It would be just one step in addressing maternal health inequities.

What would it take to improve conditions for pregnant and parenting teens?

Ashley Underwood

Inaccessible reproductive health care and a lack of supportive policies for parents have left them all in a choiceless vacuum.

Kay Winston

I knew I wanted to be a parent—but not until I felt fully ready and had the support I needed to thrive.

Paige Alexandria

Mother's Day or not, society will always "celebrate" my decision to continue a pregnancy. My decision to have an abortion? Not so much.

Cynthia Gutierrez

I didn’t always want to be a mother. It’s a truth I don’t feel like I need to continue to hide.

Regina Mahone

This is something worth celebrating—it’s also reproductive justice, actualized.