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Maddy Keyes mad-de kees

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Inasmuch Foundation Fellow

Maddy Keyes is an undergraduate student at the University of Oklahoma, majoring in journalism with a minor in international studies. She works as a senior news reporter at The OU Daily, where she focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion reporting.

DakotaRei Frausto, who is Mescalero Apache and lives in San Antonio, was 17 years old when they learned they were eight weeks pregnant. Because of Texas’ six-week abortion ban, they had to travel to New Mexico for the procedure. (Photo by Kevin Palomino/News21)

17 and pregnant in Texas: One Indigenous teen tells their story

DakotaRei Frausto was 17 when they drove over 700 miles from Texas to New Mexico for an abortion. Now, they're using their experience to advocate for others.

Sandy Harris, left, and Jonnette Paddy, right, with Indigenous Women Rising talk about abortion care and reproductive health with attendees at the “Women Are Sacred” conference on June 27, 2023 in Albuquerque, N.M. (Photo by Noel Lyn Smith/News21)

Indigenous communities navigate abortion after Roe

Abortion was never readily available to Indigenous women, and the reversal of Roe v. Wade made it worse. States with some of the largest Indigenous populations also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion.

People walk by the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on June 27, 2023. Other states are watching Ohio's dueling efforts to make it harder to pass amendments to the state constitution and to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution. (Photo by Mingson Lau/News21)

Ohio special election, proposed constitutional amendment illustrate broader battles on abortion

A year after the reversal of Roe v. Wade, activists are facing off at the ballot box. In Ohio, voters are deciding whether to make it harder to amend the state constitution. That election comes just months before they consider an amendment to protect abortion rights.