Sarah McCammon
Sarah McCammon worked for Iowa Public Radio as Morning Edition Host from January 2010 until December 2013.
Activists look ahead to what could be the 'last anniversary' for Roe
By Sarah McCammon • 2 hours ago
Each year in late January, activists from around the country who want abortion to be illegal come to Washington, D.C., to march, often in bracingly cold temperatures, to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Organizers of this year's March for Life hope it will be the final year before the Court reverses itself, and overturns decades of precedent on abortion rights.
Three white men were sentenced to life in prison for killing jogger Ahmaud Arbery
By Sarah McCammon • Jan 8, 2022
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Omicron causes record-breaking COVID cases in the U.S. and globally
By Sarah McCammon & Michaeleen Doucleff • Dec 30, 2021
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For kids who survived tornadoes, Santa comes 'a little bit differently' this year
By Sarah McCammon • Dec 23, 2021
After their home was destroyed by tornadoes, Tammy McKinney's 9-year-old son, Sammy, was afraid that Santa wouldn't know where to find him.
For tornado survivors, 'Cowboy' offers a listening ear
Dave Graham is standing beside the ruins of a gas station...just down the street from one of the hardest-hit parts of town.
"You can do it!" he shouts to people in cars passing by – many hauling what's left of their belongings. "You can do it! You guys will rebuild, you will!"
Graham is tall, with graying hair and a beard, wearing a cowboy hat and jean jacket. He cheers people on as they drive in and out of a neighborhood that's has been reduced to piles of debris.
"You can see it - if you start watching, you can see it on their faces," he says.
FDA relaxes restrictions on abortion pill
FDA relaxes controversial restrictions on access to abortion pill by mail
The Food and Drug Administration has announced it will relax controversial restrictions on a heavily regulated medication used to induce abortions — easing access to the drug at a time when abortion rights are being increasingly restricted nationwide.
'Trigger laws' are abortion bans ready to go if 'Roe v. Wade' is overturned
By Sarah McCammon • Dec 6, 2021
This Mississippi clinic is at the center of the case that could end Roe v. Wade
Outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Mississippi on a typical morning, there's a steady stream of protesters trying to persuade women not to go inside.
"We're here to help y'all," one young woman called to patients on a summer morning this year. "Please don't do this."
An issue dividing Catholics: Should abortion rights supporters be denied communion?
By Sarah McCammon • Nov 15, 2021
Author Jeff Chu on completing the book Rachel Held Evans started before she died
By Sarah McCammon, Elena Burnett & Justine Kenin • Oct 29, 2021
After the Rust shooting, one expert unpacks how people cope with accidental killings
By Amy Isackson, Mallory Yu & Sarah McCammon • Oct 28, 2021
The death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust is a double tragedy.
It is an unthinkable loss for her family and for the film community in which she was a rising star.
And it has weighed on Alec Baldwin, who held the prop gun that fired the fatal shot during a rehearsal.
In hurricane-wrecked Southern Louisiana, longtime residents consider calling it quits
By Jonaki Mehta, Lauren Hodges & Sarah McCammon & Shalina Chatlani • Oct 28, 2021
Just a few blocks away from a stretch of busy highway in LaPlace, La. — about 30 miles northwest of New Orleans — Donald Caesar Jr., 49, walks down the street he grew up on and has lived his entire life. Even a month after Hurricane Ida pummeled Louisiana as a Category 4 storm, this street and many others in the hardest-hit areas of the state are still completely unrecognizable.
How people may cope with causing unintentional deaths
By Sarah McCammon, Mallory Yu & Amy Isackson • Oct 27, 2021
It's a double tragedy - the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust" and the weight it's placed on Alec Baldwin, who held the revolver that fired the fatal shot. By his own words, he's gripped by grief and sorrow.
Benny watched his house drift away. Now, his community wants better storm protection
By Jonaki Mehta, Lauren Hodges & Sarah McCammon • Oct 27, 2021
At the moment, Tammy and Benny Alexie are staying in a cream-colored house that overlooks the Mississippi River delta. The house survived the flooding of Hurricane Ida with minimal damage because it stands on stilts. An expansive deck in the back is covered with an insect net on all four sides, a long wooden table in the middle, and a propane grill in the corner where the Alexies have been making their meals for the past six weeks. Their three children and two grandchildren are staying with them.
Author Kati Marton explores Angela Merkel's impact on the world in 'The Chancellor'
By Sarah McCammon, Elena Burnett & Courtney Dorning • Oct 26, 2021
Baseball's battle between 'good' and 'evil'
By Sarah McCammon, Gabe O'Connor & Justine Kenin • Oct 26, 2021
'Remain in Mexico,' the Trump era policy that haunts the Biden administration
By Sarah McCammon, Miguel Macias & Justine Kenin • Oct 22, 2021
Black children make up more than half of the incidents of police using force on kids
By Sarah McCammon, Gabe O'Connor & Ashley Brown • Oct 21, 2021
Everything old, new and AWOL in the NBA
By Sarah McCammon, Gabe O'Connor & Christopher Intagliata • Oct 19, 2021
An Unlikely WNBA Champ
By Sarah McCammon, Gabe O'Connor & Sarah Handel • Oct 18, 2021
Basically no one picked the Chicago Sky to win the WNBA title when the playoffs started last month. The Sky barely broke even in the regular season, so they were a long shot, to say the least. But last night on ESPN, the Chicago Sky wrapped up a month of proving just about everyone wrong.
Fewer cars on the road during lockdowns was good news for frogs and salamanders
By Sarah McCammon, Ari Shapiro, Alejandra Marquez Janse & Christopher Intagliata • Oct 18, 2021
Wildlife biologist Greg LeClair has been obsessed with amphibians since he was a kid, when one rainy day, a black and yellow spotted salamander stumbled into his driveway in Maine.
Anthology 'The Matter of Black Lives' reflects on America's past to guide its future
By Sarah McCammon, Justine Kenin & Jason Fuller • Oct 15, 2021
A controversial abortion ban in Texas is back in effect
By Scott Simon & Sarah McCammon • Oct 9, 2021
A Louisiana clinic struggles to absorb the surge created by Texas' new abortion law
By Sarah McCammon, Lauren Hodges & Jonaki Mehta • Oct 7, 2021
The day before a federal judge blocked enforcement of Texas' restrictive new abortion law, the parking lot of Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., was filled with Texas license plates. Women held the door open as the line spilled out onto the sidewalk and into the grass.
Supreme Court Does Not Block New, Restrictive Abortion Law In Texas
By Rachel Martin & Sarah McCammon • Sep 2, 2021
What the Texas abortion ban does — and what it means for other states
By Sarah McCammon • Sep 1, 2021
Editor's note: On Friday, the Supreme Court allowed challenges to the Texas law to move forward, without halting the law in the meantime. Read about the latest court opinion on the abortion law here.
As Nonprofit Disburses Rent Relief, Leader Says Government Can Make It Easier
By Sarah McCammon • Aug 8, 2021
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Advances To The Final Four At The Olympics
By Sarah McCammon & Russell Lewis • Jul 30, 2021
Infrastructure Agreement Advances, But It's Not A Done Deal
By Sarah McCammon & Susan Davis • Jul 29, 2021
A bipartisan infrastructure package cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate last night after 17 Republicans, along with 50 Democrats, voted to begin debate on the bill. President Biden praised the vote.