In late summer, a small band of midwives gathered beneath Montgomery, Ala.’s towering Mothers of Gynecology monument and a sky that threatened rain. The monument’s […]
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We’re spending the rest of the year reporting on Alabama’s mothers. Join us.
I’ve launched a project at AL.com about how Alabama treats its mothers, from healthcare to workplace discrimination to public policy and beyond. Follow along at […]
‘One of the worst abusers’: An Alabama case highlights the state’s physical child abuse problem
Serenity Renfroe, not quite 2, spilled her cereal. It scattered across the floor of the little house on Rail Splitter Road where Serenity lived with […]
Alabama’s highest abortion rates are mostly in the Black Belt, where healthcare options are few
The flashing sign outside the Sumter County Health Department advertises family planning services every Wednesday. That means birth control and STD testing. It’s one of […]
Alabama doctor recruited prostitutes as patients, feds say
Around dinner time on November 15, 2018, Huntsville police arrived at a quiet cul-de-sac in Hampton Cove to find a 20-year-old woman, scantily clad, who […]
Injections at men’s clinic caused irreversible damage, lawsuits claim
Michael Forkner, 51, walked into the exam room at the Alabama Men’s Clinic in Birmingham and sat down in front of an employee named Tony. […]
A boy’s death + the law that left his daycare unlicensed
On Monday morning, Jasmyn Johnson dropped off her 5-year-old son Kamden at the Community Nursery & Preschool Academy in west Mobile, according to the day […]