Mingson Lau
Mingson Lau ming-sun la-oww (he/his/him)
Buffett Foundation Fellow

Mingson Lau is a multimedia reporter and graduate student at Arizona State University. Through visual storytelling, Lau aims to tell impactful stories that can inform, elucidate and engage audiences. He has completed several internships and worked as a research aide.

‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ face new regulations – but also gain support – after Roe

So-called “crisis pregnancy centers,” which often work to persuade pregnant people not to have abortions, are facing new regulations but also getting an infusion of money after the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

‘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.
Anti-abortion advocate Mark Lee Dickson speaks at a Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn meeting at Vineyard Church of Prescott Valley in Arizona on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Mingson Lau/News21)

‘Abortion-free America’: Initiative seeks more ‘sanctuary cities for the unborn’ across U.S.

Texas pastor Mark Lee Dickson travels the country working to create more “sanctuary cities for the unborn” – with a goal of banishing abortion from America.
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.