What: A photographer from the New Yorker made regular visits to an abortion clinic in Maryland, one of the few dozen in the country to provide late-term abortions. She captured the health care providers at work, and the stories of the women who had traveled hundreds of miles to be there.
Why it matters: The photos are not the gory stuff of anti-abortion crusaders. Instead, they are of the human beings simply practicing medicine. They could be from any OBGYN office.
Source: The New Yorker
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