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Author Archives: Elizabeth Thompson

Elizabeth Thompson is our Report for America corps member who covers gender health and prison health topics. Thompson is a UNC Chapel Hill graduate who has covered Texas politics for The Dallas Morning News’ Washington bureau, she's been a reporter for The Raleigh News & Observer and PolitiFact NC, and worked for GrepBeat, the tech news website.

A woman with brown hair and a blue mask is seated on a couch with giraffes on it. Next to her is a blonde woman with a blue mask. There is a large giraffe stuffed animal on the floor next to them.
Posted inSubstance Use

Supporting mothers through addiction as two public health crises converge

by Elizabeth Thompson October 15, 2021October 14, 2021
Shows a pregnant belly with a pair of black and white baby shoes perched on top of them. This child would be covered by Medicaid expansion.
Posted inChildren's Health

Postpartum Medicaid benefits could be extended to one year in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson October 7, 2021October 6, 2021
In front of a wooden office door we see a table with a pamplet labeled Transmission and poster of the transgender symbol and a genderqueer pride flag. We see some boxes with bananas on them and cat litter.
Posted inGender health

How a trans-led food pantry aims to eliminate food insecurity in WNC

by Elizabeth Thompson October 4, 2021October 12, 2021
trailers with barb wire around them
Posted inPrison Health

Questions about COVID testing in NC prisons cause confusion, fear for inmates

by Elizabeth Thompson September 27, 2021September 26, 2021
shows a woman having a pregnancy ultrasound
Posted inGender health

‘Constant chipping away at our reproductive rights’: Advocates slam funding for crisis pregnancy centers in House budget

by Elizabeth Thompson September 21, 2021September 20, 2021
We see a demonstrator in a tan hat holding a large transgender flag and another person behind them in glasses and a black hat holding two smaller flags, the pride flag and the transgender flag, at a rally for transgender rights on a train platform in Phoenix, Arizona.
Posted inGender health

In HB2’s shadow, advocates fear the consequences of anti-trans bills in NC

by Elizabeth Thompson September 15, 2021September 14, 2021

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