Sofia Resnick

Sofia Resnick

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Sofia Resnick covers reproductive rights for Stateline. She has been a journalist for 20 years, covering reproductive health policy and politics for more than a decade, specializing in stories about how the religious right has manipulated science to change policy and tracking the long tail of the fall of Roe v. Wade. Before coming to States Newsroom in 2023, Sofia worked as a freelance reporter and editor, as an investigative reporter for Rewire News Group and the American Independent, and as a copy editor for the Austin Chronicle. She was a 2019-2020 congressional journalism fellow for the American Political Science Association. Her work has appeared in numerous national publications, including the Daily Beast, HuffPost, Mother Jones, New York Magazine, and Reveal. She has a master's degree in journalism from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and lives in Washington, D.C.

False birth control claims are proliferating, survey says
More than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are harmful, and about 4 in 10 have been exposed to the false idea that hormones in contraceptives limit your ability...
Lindsay Clancy case could spur legislative action on postpartum depression, psychosis
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places...
Misinformation, hesitancy could blunt impact of new cancer vaccines
Nearly five years ago, Chase Johnson was cured of breast cancer — but not of the profound anxiety that it would return. When Johnson was originally diagnosed in 2021, the resident of Cary, North Carolina, was only 31 — nearly...
Federal appeals court to consider Louisiana’s arguments for banning telehealth abortion
Next week, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider Louisiana’s arguments for tightening federal policy around a common abortion and miscarriage drug. The primary target of Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration and similar lawsuits against mifepristone is...
More college students will have access to abortion medication
When college students head back to campus for the fall semester, more of them will have guaranteed access to abortion medication. Colorado recently joined states including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York in requiring public colleges and universities...
‘I wanted the pregnancy. It was just so scary.’
Hailey Allred and Jessica Perigo don’t know each other, but last year they were both financially insecure and living in abortion-ban states, where reproductive health clinics and maternity wards have closed in recent years, when they unexpectedly became pregnant. Both...
Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight
The auditors trying to learn how a dozen crisis pregnancy centers in Louisiana had spent nearly $1.2 million ultimately could not figure it out. Despite a new law , the state had failed to establish a process for the centers...
Red and blue states pass laws to protect contraception access
The Trump administration has rolled back teen pregnancy prevention grants and repurposed a program designed to reduce unintended pregnancies so that it promotes childbearing. But several states, including Republican-led ones, have protected or expanded access to contraception in recent months...
Miscarriage management remains muddled four years after Dobbs
Mylissa McNeill never expected to be a mother. But when she learned she was pregnant in the spring of 2022, at age 41, she and her partner were happy and excited at the prospect of parenting a little girl they...
Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing
A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul. Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to...
New medical guidance affirms Tylenol safety during pregnancy months after Trump sows doubt
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine published new clinical guidance this week affirming that acetaminophen, better known by its brand Tylenol, should be the “first-line” defense against pain and fever during pregnancy. The directive contradicts the Trump administration’s notice to physicians...
Lawsuit challenging IVF embryo disposals could be duplicated in other states
An anti-abortion group last month sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the in vitro fertilization process violates the state’s wrongful death law. The ministry Voice for the Voiceless believes it has a strong...