48 newyork| november11–24, 2019
MAY 17
After passing
a fetal-
heartbeat bill,
members of
the Missouri
House throw
papers in the
air to mark
the end of the
legislative
session.WE’LL PERFORM
ABORTIONS AT HOME
By Irin CarmonW
HENLEANAWENINTRODUCEDHERSELFtoAmericaasthenew
presidentofPlannedParenthoodlast fall,shehada storyshelikedtotell—onethat showedexactlywhy abortionaccessmattered.It wasa sad taleof“ayoungwomanlying onastretcher, pulseless andunresponsive,because ofa homeabortion.” Wen, an emergency physician who had beenpluckedfromBaltimore’sHealthDepartmenttotake overthecentury-oldinsti-
tution,saidtheyoungwomanhadarrivedatherERin“apoolofblood” because“shedidn’t haveaccesstohealthcare, soshehadhercousinattemptanabortiononherathome.We dideverything we could to resuscitate her, but she died.” PHOTOGRAPH: NICK SCHNELLE/THE NEW YORK TIM