Maternal Dispatches with Hollie McKay

Maternal Dispatches with Hollie McKay

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What I Experienced Inside Afghanistan As It Fell
Five years ago, I was living in Afghanistan when it fell to the Taliban. Here's what happened.
 • Hollie McKay
The Leading Killer of Pregnant Women in America Isn't What You Think
I’ve spent years reporting from places where pregnant women die in ways the world too often doesn’t bother to count — conflict zones, displacement…
 • Hollie McKay
Who Has the Right? Inside One Surrogate's Fight After Refusing Parents'Abortion Request
The debate comes down to one question nobody in this case agrees on. When a contract, a diagnosis, and a due date all collide, who gets to determine…
 • Hollie McKay
They Had the Drug. They Had the Test. The Babies Still Died.
Congenital syphilis was nearly gone. Then we dismantled everything that made that possible.
 • Hollie McKay
Child Marriage Is Child Rape. Why Has It Been Normalized?
On one occasion in Khost, Afghanistan, several years ago, I sat on the floor sipping tea with brave-faced older women and widows who spoke passionately…
 • Hollie McKay
The Body Count Behind the Victory Lap: America's Shadow War in Nigeria
The United States Africa Command announced that more than 200 terrorists had been killed in coordinated operations with Nigerian forces against Islamic…
 • Hollie McKay
The Birth Crisis No One in Washington Will Fix
How a broken legal system is driving obstetricians out of the delivery room — and leaving millions of American women with nowhere to give birth
 • Hollie McKay
Maternal Dispatches with Hollie McKay
Maternal Dispatches with Hollie McKay
Frontline reporting on maternal health, conflict, and human rights — from the mother's lens.
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