Robin Marty

Marty is the director of operations at West Alabama Women’s Center and the author of The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America.

Recent Articles

What Nine Months Means to a Pregnant Person

It has now been nine months since abortions were made illegal in the state of Alabama.

By Robin Marty and Leah Torres

An Alabama Clinic Reinvents Itself for a Post-Roe World

On the morning the Supreme Court announced that it had overturned Roe v. Wade, we had 21 patients in our lobby waiting to have an abortion. We cried as we were forced to turn them...

By Robin Marty

If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned, Our Clinic Will Stop Providing Abortions Immediately. But We Won't Shut Down

Today, like most weekday mornings, there will be about a dozen women at various points in early pregnancy patiently waiting for their appointments at West Alabama Women’s Center, where we work. Some of them will...

By Leah Torres and Robin Marty

What We Fear in the Wake of the Texas Abortion Law

On Sept. 1, Texas enacted an extreme law that effectively ended abortion care in the state. Since then, clinics in states on the western and northern borders have seen a dramatic increase in patient visits...

By Robin Marty and Leah Torres

How Anti-Abortion Activists Are Taking Advantage of the Coronavirus Crisis

In just two weeks the novel coronavirus managed exactly what anti-abortion activists struggled for nearly five decades to accomplish: it is the biggest threat to legal abortion in America ever imagined. The entire globe is...

By Robin Marty

Alabama's Abortion Law Won't Change Anything — But Only Because the Reality Was Already Bad

The state of Alabama has now passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law – one with no exceptions for survivors of sexual assault or any medical need less dire than “immediate death or substantial physical...

By Robin Marty

The Case for Starting an Emergency Abortion Fund

You’re always being told to be proactive when it comes to protecting yourself financially for the future. Investment advisors suggest siphoning earnings into company-matched 401(k)s from the moment you start your first job as well...

By Robin Marty
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