Sophia Levin

Emily McGahey, DM, MSN, CNM, FACNM, and clinical director at The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's Health, stands for a portrait at the center on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in the Strip District. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

As the region integrates midwifery into health care, midwives want to expand training, services

by Sophia Levin February 16, 2023February 17, 2023

A Pitt program to train midwives and a desire to help mothers with opioid-use disorder are among key facets of an effort to modernize midwifery.

A person in a top with horizontal black and white stripes stands to the left, and a person wearing an orange sweater, black pants and a patterned scarf stands to the right, framing a sign that reads "Vote! For Reproductive Freedom" in Carnegie Mellon University's student health services office.

How Pittsburgh universities are quietly protecting abortion access

by Sophia Levin November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

ABORTION ACCESS

4 abortion advocates explain how the Dobbs ruling exacerbates health disparities

by Sophia Levin October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

SELVES NEWSLETTER

By women, for women: The romance genre takes on abortion advocacy

by Sophia Levin September 23, 2022October 5, 2022

illustration of a mailbox on a road in front of a stop sign and the street names are "in clinic "surgical" and "pills", there is a small RX pill bottle sitting on the lip of the open mailbox

GENDER & IDENTITY

Telehealth abortions could ‘offload’ Western PA surge in demand — if they were widely offered

by Sophia Levin August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

(From right) Jae Sturnick, 29, of Greensburg and Kelly Victor, 32, of Pittsburgh, at the downtown rally in opposition to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, overturning Roe v. Wade.

Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision nixing Roe spurs protests in Pittsburgh

by Sophia Levin and Quinn Glabicki June 24, 2022September 7, 2022

pink letters that say "...doctors have been killed." on a black background

GENDER & IDENTITY

This Pittsburgh psychiatrist risked his reputation to help hundreds receive safe abortions in the ’60s. Now, he doesn’t feel safe talking about it.

by Sophia Levin June 17, 2022September 7, 2022

Original photo by Sally Maxson for Carnegie Mellon University. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource)

GENDER & IDENTITY

After realizing they were the only ones being asked, four Pittsburgh women published a book about how to say no.

by Sophia Levin June 3, 2022June 2, 2022

People gather to rally in support of Ukraine in downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday, February 27, 2022.

News

Crossing the bridge from Pittsburgh to Ukraine

by Sophia Levin May 2, 2022May 3, 2022

Delays, misinformation and pandemic fatigue. Key info on COVID vaccines for kids under 5.

by Katelyn Vue and Sophia Levin February 21, 2022February 21, 2022