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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    2015 is the year America started having a sane conversation about death
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    The United States has — quietly and with little fanfare — begun to do something quite remarkable.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    Why Obamacare premiums are spiking in 2016Why Obamacare premiums are spiking in 2016
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    Many health plans — even those with decades of experience selling insurance — underestimated how sick health law enrollees would be.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Abortion
    The pro-life case against killing abortion providersThe pro-life case against killing abortion providers
    Abortion

    Most mainstream abortion opponents agree that violence is a grossly inappropriate action to protest the termination of pregnancies.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Stat check: No, women couldn’t just “go somewhere else” if Planned Parenthood closedStat check: No, women couldn’t just “go somewhere else” if Planned Parenthood closed
    Health Care

    Researchers have found that when Planned Parenthood clinics close, other clinics do not step up to fill the gap.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Explainers
    Senate takes initial steps to defund Planned ParenthoodSenate takes initial steps to defund Planned Parenthood
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    Explainers

    The abortion-defunding fight wasn’t always waged this way.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Criminal Justice
    Before Colorado, pro-choice groups urged feds to call clinic attacks “domestic terrorism”Before Colorado, pro-choice groups urged feds to call clinic attacks “domestic terrorism”
    Criminal Justice

    A pro-choice group petitioned the Obama administration to categorize attacks on abortion clinics as “domestic terrorism” last Wednesday — two days before the deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood.

    By Sarah Kliff and Emily Crockett
    Criminal Justice
    9 things about Planned Parenthood — and the violence against it — everyone should know9 things about Planned Parenthood — and the violence against it — everyone should know
    Criminal Justice

    Planned Parenthood isn’t just a provider of abortion — it’s the main provider of abortions in America, and it benefits from public funds.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Abortion
    These tweets show how common attacks on abortion clinics really areThese tweets show how common attacks on abortion clinics really are
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    Abortion

    There are dozens of attacks on abortion clinics that don’t get nearly as much publicity as the Colorado shooting.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Abortion
    Shootings at abortion clinics are rare. Violence against abortion clinics isn’t.Shootings at abortion clinics are rare. Violence against abortion clinics isn’t.
    Abortion

    There have been at least 73 successful attacks on American abortion clinics since 1997, according to the National Abortion Federation.

    By Sarah Kliff
    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