Shefali Luthra is a health reporter at The 19th covering the intersection of gender and health care. Previously, she was a correspondent at Kaiser Health News, where she spent six years covering national health care and policy.
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Kentucky Is Latest to Test Whether Red States Will Keep Voting for Abortion Rights
An anti-abortion constitutional amendment identical to one Kansas voters rejected this summer is on Kentucky’s November ballot.
Shefali Luthra, The 19th