I’m Pregnant in a Post-Roe America and Terrified to Travel to Trigger Ban States

I usually look forward to work trips with an excitement bordering on giddiness. Several nights in a hotel room without children, falling asleep alone watching a bad movie on cable is a middle-aged mother’s dream. And yet I’m dreading my work trip next month. Maybe dread isn’t strong enough. I’m terrified to go on this reporting road trip through South Dakota and Wisconsin at a time when I’ll be 18 weeks pregnant with my third child at the age of 41. It’s a high-risk surprise pregnancy, the kind doctors in our very eloquent and woman-loving country refer to as “geriatric”… Read Full Article