April Pierdant
April Pierdant aY-pruhl pEI-er-duhn (she/her)
Gray Television Fellow

April Pierdant is an undergraduate student at the University of North Texas, majoring in both broadcast journalism and Spanish. She has worked for the North Texas Television as a multimedia journalist and has produced a variety of bilingual shows. She has also done freelance work for digital creators helping them with video editing and graphic design.

Las redes mexicanas de píldoras abortivas cruzan la frontera de EE. UU. para ayudar a inmigrantes sin acceso al aborto

México despenalizó el aborto justo antes de que Estados Unidos hiciera lo contrario y pusiera fin a casi 50 años de derechos federales al aborto. Desde entonces, activistas han ayudado a personas del lado estadounidense a obtener píldoras abortivas, especialmente a las poblaciones inmigrantes vulnerables a las que se les ha impedido el acceso.

Mexican abortion-pill networks reach across U.S. border to help immigrants without access

Mexico decriminalized abortion just before the United States went the opposite way and ended federal abortion rights. Now activists are helping people in the U.S. get abortion pills to those in need via cross-border underground networks.

‘How sick is sick enough?’ Abortion bans leave providers and patients questioning when care is OK

While the abortion debate often centers on elective procedures, many happen because of medical emergencies or to end a pregnancy where a baby would not live long, if at all. Yet post-Roe, pregnant individuals have been unable to get needed care because of bans that have left doctors unsure of what procedures they can perform.

‘This is a long game’: A year after Roe, abortion access fight moves to blue states like New Mexico

As more states pass abortion bans, providers and patients have flocked to New Mexico, a sanctuary for abortion rights. The anti-abortion movement has followed.