Rebecca Grant

How Doulas and Dog Trainers Help Find Oregon’s Dead People Using donated placentas, local cadaver dogs train for search and rescue missions.

Finally found a way to report a story on the reproductive health beat that allowed me to spend an afternoon hanging out with dogs
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Announcing the 2026 Oregon Book Awards Finalists Thirty-five titles from Oregonians across seven genre categories were chosen as finalists by panels of out-of-state judges, from a total of 200 submitted titles.

Honored, delighted and thrilled that ACCESS is a finalist for the Oregon Book Award in nonfiction!
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When I Tried to Have an Abortion, My Friends Had Me Arrested First came the texts. Then the ambush. Then the EMTs, the police, and the possibility of the psych ward. For one former anti-abortion influencer, getting the health care she needed become a real-life ...

First came the texts. Then the ambush. Then the EMTs, the police, and the possibility of the psych ward. For this former anti-abortion influencer, getting the healthcare she needed become a real-life nightmare.

My latest feature for Cosmopolitan:

Access made the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction longlist 🤩🤩🤩

Rebecca Grant’s Access

New Short Takes! @rhartholder.bsky.social, Katrina Kimport, and @kellyodonn.bsky.social discuss @rebeccaggrant.bsky.social's Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the 60-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom!

Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom

And I'll just leave the Bookshop link here:
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A History of Abortion Undergrounds—and a Guide to Starting One Journalist Rebecca Grant shifts the abortion conversation away from laws and morals to focus on access: getting people the care they seek.

“Based on a decade of work as a reporter, Grant offers an immensely readable and deeply researched history, equal parts enraging and moving . . . Grant’s book should be required reading for every American.”

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Notes from the Abortion Underground Rebecca Grant's latest book, "Access," explores America's 60-year battle for reproductive freedom. Clara Bingham reviews.

"Journalist Rebecca Grant in her riveting new book tells the epic tale of women’s struggle to obtain their bodily sovereignty. Through daring reporting and copious research, Grant has written a monumental masterpiece of feminist outrage, ingenuity, and perseverance."

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I'm not always great at the whole promoting-my-own-book thing, so I'll let the reviewers say it for me 🤩☺️🤯

Notes from the Abortion Underground Rebecca Grant's latest book, "Access," explores America's 60-year battle for reproductive freedom. Clara Bingham reviews.

Don’t miss this epic tale of the daring underground abortion rights movement by @rebeccaggrant.bsky.social

Inside the Underground: Rebecca Grant Chronicles the Past, Present, and Global Future of Abortion Access In her new book Access, journalist Rebecca Grant explores the legacy of underground networks, the modern-day resurgence of self-managed care, and the global forces shaping abortion.

From Mexico to Poland to the U.S., abortion care transcends borders. Rebecca Grant’s new book shows how international activists are shaping the fight for reproductive freedom. reprorights.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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Inside Mexican Feminists’ Fight For Safe and Legal Abortion Abortion had been a federal crime in Mexico since 1931, but every state within the country permitted abortion for pregnancies that resulted from rape, and others allowed it if the life of the mothe…

@rebeccaggrant.bsky.social‬ chronicles how Mexican feminists fought for reproductive freedom at home and throughout the world.

How Activists Are Working to Protect Abortion 3 Years After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned From mobile clinics to the high seas.

📚 Publication Day!

ACCESS is out TODAY.

This book contains years of reporting across continents and generations. It's full of stories that surprised me, challenged me, and stayed with me, and I’m so excited to finally share it 🤩

Read an excerpt in @TeenVogue:
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📚 Book Tour Dates ✈️
New York! DC! Portland! I’ll be doing in-person bookstore events to celebrate the release of Access over the next couple weeks. Come say hello, grab a signed copy, and listen to me discuss the book with some amazing fellow repro journalists ✨
Full schedule below 👇

New York friends, please join me and Rebecca Grant in NYC on June 25 for a discussion of her new book, Access!

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Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom

Preorder now:
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“A clear and compelling blend of history and journalism… Those seeking a well-researched, galvanizing narrative about abortion access should look no further than this engrossing account.” - Booklist

“A richly detailed account of the long struggle for women’s right to choose.” - Kirkus

“A roving, keenly reported account… With an inspiring focus on ordinary people who risk their livelihoods, freedom, and safety to help others, this rivets.” - Publishers Weekly

📚 Early reviews for Access are in! I’m floored and deeply grateful for all the kind words and can’t wait for the book to be out in the world on June 24.🧵

Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom

For my first post on here, I’m thrilled to announce that Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom is officially available for preorder!!!

In honor of Indie Bookstore Day, here’s the link to buy on Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/acce....