Abortion in Data and in Reporting - Resource Guide

​Event Details

​This event was made possible with support from the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, the Barnard Vagelos Computational Science Center (CSC), Milstein Exhibitions, and Barnard + Columbia Architecture

Panelists

Caitlin Myers, Middlebury College

Caitlin Myers is an economist specializing in reproductive policy and data-driven research on abortion access. Her work includes mapping the impact of abortion restrictions and access limitations.

Data

• Abortion Access Dashboard
• Myers Abortion Facility Database

Publications

• From Roe to Dobbs: 50 Years of Cause and Effect of US State Abortion Regulations
• Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the USA, 1960–2020
• The effects of post-Dobbs abortion bans on fertility

Briefs

• The Economists’ Amicus Brief in Dobbs
• The economic harms of restricting reproductive freedom: Written testimony before the Senate Budget Committee

​Caitlyn Ralph, The Pudding

Caitlyn Ralph is the Studio Director at Polygraph, where she manages data creation and visual storytelling for The Pudding, a publication which presents visual essays on issues debated in popular culture

Data Visualization

• How far is too far? An analysis of driving times to abortion clinics in the US.
• Abortion Mazes
• Monthly Abortion Provision Study

Pitch The Pudding a story.

Check out the resources on our site.

And here’s our Github.

Our entire client portfolio is public on the Polygraph website.

​Johana Bhuiyan, The Guardian

Johana Bhuiyan is a former investigative reporter on the Business desk at the Los Angeles Times. She covered the technology industry with a focus on accountability. Bhuiyan, who previously reported on the future of transportation for more than four years, is particularly interested in interrogating how tech impacts real people as well as civil liberties. Based in San Francisco, Bhuiyan previously worked at Recode as a senior editor; prior to that, she worked at BuzzFeed News and Politico NY.

Guardian Articles

• "How expanding web of license plate readers could be ‘weaponized’ against abortion"
• Google promised to delete location data on abortion clinic visits. It didn’t, study says
• Health data privacy post-Roe: can our information be used against us?

• US immigration agency explores data loophole to obtain information on deportation targets

• The new warrant: how US police mine Google for your location and search history

Slate Podcast

• When Meta Tells Law Enforcement About Your Abortion

Resources

• Download your Google data
• Access your Google activity dashboard and change your settings
• Download your Meta data
• Access your Meta activity dashboard
• Google Transparency Report
• Meta Transparency Report
• Track your trackers
• Flock transparency portal: Vallejo

Trigger Planting, 2.0 Exhibition

The exhibition explores the rapidly shifting landscape of reproductive healthcare with a botanical art installation at the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning.

More Information

• Exhibition page
• Barnard Hosts ‘Trigger Planting 2.0’

Upcoming Tour

• Feb 15th Tour of Trigger Planting 2.0