Summer 2022. Alabama : "STOP" -- Washington : "women are not without electoral or political power" -- Maryland : "what am I going to do about it?" -- Fall 2022. Arizona : "you must stand up" -- Louisiana : "it's up to you to decide whether that is a risk you're willing to take" -- Kentucky : "which way do I need to vote to support women's rights?" -- Winter 2023. Washington : "we are at a total stalemate in Congress" -- Maryland : "that's the whole purpose of the clinic existing" -- Alabama : "I want to be the safety net" -- Massachusetts : "we had to meet their really hellacious creativity" -- Spring 2023. Wisconsin : "we need to dig in and really hold the line" -- Ohio : "the mental gymnastics here have been really interesting to watch" -- Arizona : "are they going to put everyone in jail?" -- Summer 2023. Washington : the "Pandora's box" of fetal personhood -- Alabama : "we haven't let go of the fight" -- Afterword : spring 2024

"The inspiring, on-the-ground story of the rising grassroots leaders in the abortion rights movement during the pivotal first year after Dobbs. When the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization -- overturning the constitutional right to abortion care -- the country was thrown into chaos. Abortion providers and their patients faced sudden closures, new restrictions, and rapidly changing rules as nearly half of the states moved quickly to ban or severely curtail abortion access. Against this backdrop, an army of health care providers, lawyers, activists, and everyday people mobilized to protect what a majority of Americans want: legal abortion. In You Must Stand Up, Nieman Fellow Amanda Becker provides a real-time portrait of the creative resistance that unfolded in America's first year without the protections of Roe v. Wade. Amidst daily shifts in health care access, new legal battles coming before partisan courts, and up-for-grabs state constitutions, Becker follows the leaders rising to meet these challenges -- doctors and staffers turning to new financial and medical models to remain open and provide abortions, volunteers campaigning against antiabortion ballot initiatives, and medical students fighting to learn to provide what can be lifesaving care. By depicting the splintered reality of post-Dobbs America, and by capturing how Americans have developed new ways to best protect their constitutional rights, Becker ultimately shows how outrage can beget hope, and give rise to a new movement." --