Abortion USA

I began photographing abortion stories in 2018. This was a world before the Dobbs decision, and yet, one where the costs – financial and emotional – already were so widely disparate that it seemed women in red states lived in a different world than those in blue states.

Now, of course, they truly do. These photos show a moment in the war on women that continues today.

The anti-abortion movement uses incredibly manipulative imagery — often showing something that looks like a newborn baby inside a woman’s stomach along with text about murder. I wanted my images to show how wildly different these propaganda pictures are from physical reality. Most people don’t know what a fetus looks like, or what the medical reality of the procedure is like.

Most people don't know what a fetus looks like. Abortion takes place behind closed doors — for medical privacy and for safety — but I also believe something is gained by creating visuals for this process.

This work was published by the Guardian, CNN, and BuzzFeed.