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Promotional graphic for Twitter Space reads: Abortion bans don't scare us. Southern abortion workers on what's next if Roe falls. Photos of all five speakers are included with Twitter handles.

Q&A: Abortion providers on what the media is doing wrong

Recent coverage of Roe v. Wade reaffirms what providers have been saying for years: Journalists need to change the way we cover abortion.  Last week, Scalawag hosted a Twitter Space with abortion workers across the South to unpack the performative nature of abortion coverage, share paths toward refocusing the reporting, and explain the intersections between […]

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