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Elisha Brown

Elisha Brown

Elisha Brown is the Reproductive Rights Today newsletter author at States Newsroom. She is based in Durham, North Carolina, where she previously worked as a reporter covering reproductive rights, policy, and inequality for Facing South. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, and Vox. She attended American University in Washington, D.C. and was raised in South Carolina.

A bipartisan push to make air travel easier for new parents packing breast milk and formula
By: - May 27, 2024

As the summer travel season approaches, new parents may be navigating airports with their babies — and the complexities of keeping them fed. Despite federal guidelines for airport agents laying out how to treat nursing moms, stories about problem encounters with security sometimes go viral. In 2023, actress and singer Keke Palmer said she was […]

Religious views on abortion more diverse than they may appear in U.S. political debate
By: - May 7, 2024

A recent report shows that Americans of various faiths and denominations believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

Postpartum Medicaid expansion is the first step to maternal health equity, experts say
By: - March 29, 2023

Extending Medicaid for new mothers for 12 months could reduce maternal mortality rates, experts say.

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