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Emily Crockett

Emily Crockett

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Emily Crockett

    Criminal Justice
    Attacks on abortion providers have increased since the Planned Parenthood videosAttacks on abortion providers have increased since the Planned Parenthood videos
    Criminal Justice

    Threats, vandalism, and violence against abortion providers and clinics have escalated since this summer, when anti-abortion activists released videos accusing Planned Parenthood of “selling baby parts.”

    By Emily Crockett
    Abortion
    3 dead in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting3 dead in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
    Abortion

    A five-hour standoff leaves three dead and nine wounded.

    By Sarah Kliff and Emily Crockett
    archives
    Suffragists once used cookbooks to build political powerSuffragists once used cookbooks to build political power
    archives

    The kitchen has always been a fraught place when it comes to gender roles, but women once used cookbooks in their fight to win the right to vote.

    By Emily Crockett
    Politics
    The case against anti-abortion “admitting privileges” laws, in one court rulingThe case against anti-abortion “admitting privileges” laws, in one court ruling
    Politics

    A federal appeals court just struck down Scott Walker’s 2013 law that would close half of Wisconsin’s abortion clinics.

    By Emily Crockett
    archives
    This sexist job posting asks women to apply because they’ll be filling in as receptionistThis sexist job posting asks women to apply because they’ll be filling in as receptionist
    archives

    “Please note that the position requires filling in the responsibilities of a receptionist, so female candidates are preferred.”

    By Emily Crockett
    Politics
    How one lawmaker and one university left Missouri with just one abortion clinicHow one lawmaker and one university left Missouri with just one abortion clinic
    Politics

    The story of Planned Parenthood at the University of Missouri is also the story of how anti-abortion legislators are restricting abortion access nationwide.

    By Emily Crockett
    Health Care
    At least 100,000 Texas women have resorted to inducing their own abortionsAt least 100,000 Texas women have resorted to inducing their own abortions
    Health Care

    Abortion has gotten a lot harder to access in Texas. We now have some basic data about how many Texas women take abortion into their own hands.

    By Emily Crockett
    2016 Presidential Election
    Bernie Sanders: People are “shouting” about guns, but “not you, Secretary Clinton”Bernie Sanders: People are “shouting” about guns, but “not you, Secretary Clinton”
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    2016 Presidential Election

    At the second Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders jokingly repeated a talking point about guns and “shouting” that helped spark a controversy over sexism.

    By Emily Crockett
    archives
    Even famous women economists get no respect. This online quiz shows why.Even famous women economists get no respect. This online quiz shows why.
    archives

    Accomplished women in economics often get less public recognition than their male colleagues. There’s a reason for that.

    By Emily Crockett
    Donald Trump
    Donald Trump put Carly Fiorina down for “interrupting everybody” in GOP debateDonald Trump put Carly Fiorina down for “interrupting everybody” in GOP debate
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    Donald Trump

    Singling out Fiorina for interrupting, when she was the only woman on a stage full of men who had been interrupting each other all night, was not a good look for Trump.

    By Emily Crockett