Sarah McCammon📻

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Also from @pewresearch, a majority of Americans continue to support Roe and believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases, and a majority also believe that gestational age is a relevant consideration when setting abortion policy. https://t.co/W0WZkxFyr4 — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

This one too: believing that human life begins at conception does not automatically mean that a person opposes abortion rights. https://t.co/dxeYeJRWIG — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

@kiotewoman What specifically are you referring to? We don’t use the terms “pro-life” or “pro-choice” as a matter of style @npr. — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

So much here, but I was surprised how much support their appears to be for penalizing women who have abortions. Not long ago, that idea was mostly taboo, even among ardent abortion rights opponents. Think of reaction to Trump’s statement in 2016: https://t.co/DDGwOsoqDA https://t.co/7exTsmNRMw — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Brand new data from @pewresearch on public opinion on #abortion. Lots to sift through here: https://t.co/RQXADIGO8v — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

@PeakOmisery @NPR Please point me to where my reporting is inaccurate or unfair. — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

@deegunther for sure! — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

This should have come next but of course I messed it up. Need more ☕️: 7/ https://t.co/BdP9JmcAJ5 — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

There’s much much more, but I wanted to share some of the highlights, and shout out my employer @npr for devoting a beat reporter to this subject long before *this* moment arrived. If you believe this coverage matters, please support your local member station. 🙏🏼/ — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

I also covered the Trump campaign in 2016, and I think a lot about this comment that he had to walk back, that women should be punished for having abortions: 16/ https://t.co/DDGwOsoqDA — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

And Biden’s longstanding support for the Hyde Amendment prohibiting federal funding for most abortions – a position he reversed while running for the 2020 Democratic nomination – had brought him criticism from the left: 15/ https://t.co/FEtjbpozBa — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Biden’s support for abortion rights has been a focus of controversy among some conservative U.S. Catholic leaders: 14/ https://t.co/xC8tL8oRso — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

I've also reported on the politics surrounding abortion, and President Biden’s complicated history with the issue. As a Roman Catholic, his personal faith has sometimes appeared to come into conflict with his public positions: 13/ https://t.co/2jID8TCE2L — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

At that time, neighbors of restrictive states – like Texas – got an early preview of what was to come as patients crossed state lines for abortions: 12/ https://t.co/UY373kNNdE — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Going back to the early days of the pandemic, I tracked how patients in some red states were being turned away as Republican governors tried to shut down abortion facilities: 11/ https://t.co/JHg2uX8qVs — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

For more on abortion pills, here’s my Gracie Award-winning piece from 2019, as I was hearing more conversations about self-induced abortion using pills – which I expect to be a growing battleground. Pills are much harder to regulate than clinics: 11/ https://t.co/ah2k5BYssG — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Then in December, the Biden administration permanently relaxed some rules for the abortion pill mifepristone – but some repro rights advocates hoped the FDA would go further: 10/ https://t.co/ZJ5DQFoXF4 — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

During the height of the pandemic, I reported on challenges patients in some states with rules against using telehealth to prescribe abortion pills were facing: 9/ https://t.co/nAVyiMPGjr — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Now, let's talk about abortion pills - which now account for more than 1/2 of US abortions. In March, I reported that Republican lawmakers are taking notice and trying to restrict them: 8/ https://t.co/CMVTeHnXQY — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

that's 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

In January, the 49th anniversary of the Roe decision, I reported with a team from @NPRWeekend about anti-abortion rights activists eagerly anticipating the end of Roe – and how some clinics in blue states were preparing for an influx of patients https://t.co/qOefZw0oTT — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Here’s a profile from my trip last year to the Mississippi clinic at the center of the current Dobbs case before SCOTUS – the last clinic in the state: 6/ https://t.co/ZjFCHeyR4c — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

BTW, that same clinic in Shreveport, LA, that has been treating TX patients was at the center of another big abortion case a couple of years ago – and won. Here’s my profile from 2019: 5/ https://t.co/pSbpTVZzgn — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Earlier this year, I went to TX to meet a woman and her OBGYN and tell her story of being refused termination during a miscarriage at 19 wks under SB8. Another OB told me about a rape victim she treated who rushed to get an abortion before the cutoff: 4/ https://t.co/43ATu3IQQN — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

After the Supreme Court shocked many observers by refusing to block SB 8, I went with a team from @npratc (hi @jojom8ah @Laur_npr) to report on how one clinic in Louisiana was struggling to absorb patients from Texas. 3/ https://t.co/Dvo6Y4Ss8T — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

A year ago, we were reporting on SB 8 – the Texas law that uses a novel legal strategy to ban abortion after about six weeks – before it was on many folks' radar: 2/ https://t.co/gPKRPQTjGl — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Hi, I’m (slightly) coming up for air after spending nearly every waking moment covering the SCOTUS leak, and I want to take a second to highlight some of the work I’ve been able to do in 5+ years as a beat reporter covering abortion and reproductive rights for @NPR. 🧵1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

@terri_rupar @EmGusk @titonka same — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

@deegunther They taught that the earth is 6,000 years old! — PolitiTweet.org

Sarah McCammon📻 @sarahmccammon

Thanks for having me! — PolitiTweet.org