Garnet Henderson

Garnet Henderson is a Wyoming-born, New York-based independent journalist reporting on health and abortion access. Her work has appeared in publications including ELLE, Marie Claire, VICE, WIRED, Glamour, Rewire, Scientific American, and the Guardian. Her guide to abortion care was part of the Tonic Guide to Healthcare, which was recognized with a 2018 Deadline Club Award. In 2020, she created ACCESS: A Podcast About Abortion to challenge dominant media narratives surrounding abortion and present nuanced, unflinching conversations built around first-person stories and expert perspectives. Garnet holds a BA cum laude from Columbia University.

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What This Later-Abortion Story Tells Us About a Post-Roe Future

In October of 2021, Kristyn Smith checked herself out of the hospital in Charleston, W.Va., where she had been denied an abortion. Bleeding and in pain, Smith drove for six hours with her fiancé to…
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15. How Anti-Abortion Doctors and Hospitals Put Pregnant People in Danger

One woman’s story of delays and denials of care reveals how anti-abortion individuals and policies lead to substandard care for pregnant people—and provides a window into our post-Roe future. This reporting was supported by the…