Kelly O’Connor McNees

Kelly O’Connor McNees is the author of the forthcoming novel The Myth of Surrender, about two young women assigned as roommates in a maternity home in 1961.

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What History Teaches Us About Women Forced to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term

As the full implications of Texas’s severe abortion law come into view, experts on reproductive rights are justifiably concerned about a potential increase in unsafe abortions. And while the specter of coat hangers may seem...

By Kelly O’Connor McNees
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