LAST CHANCE TO SAVE HER CHILD, US

Catrina Rainey and James Packwood at home, one month before her due date. Weeks before the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade and abolish the constitutional right to abortion, Catrina learned that one of her twins had a severe birth defect of the brain, was unlikely to live past six months outside the womb and could threaten the viability of the other fetus. Her reduction — the termination of an unhealthy fetus to protect a healthy sibling — was one of the last such procedures performed in Ohio, after the state made them illegal.

In July, a 10-year-old Ohio girl who became pregnant as a result of rape captured the nation's attention as a flashpoint in the debate over abortion rights when she had to travel to Indiana to terminate her pregnancy. For decades, young people have faced major barriers to abortion because of state laws requiring parental involvement in the decision to terminate a pregnancy. Now access is even more complex for adolescents. 2022.

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair has used her images to put faces to some of the world’s most serious gender and human rights issues. Her multimedia series, Too Young to Wed, which Sinclair also shepherded into a global nonprofit, addresses the deeply troubling practice of early, forced and child marriage around the world today.

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Catrina Rainey and James Packwood at home, one month before her due date. Weeks before the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade and abolish the constitutional right to abortion, Catrina learned that one of her twins had a severe birth defect of the brain, was unlikely to live past six months outside the womb and could threaten the viability of the other fetus. Her reduction — the termination of an unhealthy fetus to protect a healthy sibling — was one of the last such procedures performed in Ohio, after the state made them illegal.<br />
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In July, a 10-year-old Ohio girl who became pregnant as a result of rape captured the nation's attention as a flashpoint in the debate over abortion rights when she had to travel to Indiana to terminate her pregnancy. For decades, young people have faced major barriers to abortion because of state laws requiring parental involvement in the decision to terminate a pregnancy. Now access is even more complex for adolescents. 2022.<br />
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Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair has used her images to put faces to some of the world’s most serious gender and human rights issues. Her multimedia series, Too Young to Wed, which Sinclair also shepherded into a global nonprofit, addresses the deeply troubling practice of early, forced and child marriage around the world today.