How a Small County Sparked a Statewide Legal Abortion Battle

Melanie Lauren Luh ’28 –

At 18 weeks pregnant, Tamesha Means’s water broke, an event that generally results in a stillbirth or the baby’s death. Means lived in a rural area, much like Humboldt, where she had access to one hospital: Mercy Health, a Catholic institution. The hospital sent Means home despite her dangerous condition,…