Caroline Kitchener

Washington, D.C.

National reporter covering abortion

Education: Princeton University, BA in History

Caroline Kitchener is a national reporter covering abortion at The Washington Post. She won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for her coverage of the fall of Roe v. Wade, along with a 2023 duPont-Columbia award. Before joining the national staff, Caroline wrote about women and gender for The Lily. Her nonfiction book, "Post Grad: Five Women and Their First Year Out of College," follows the lives of five women in their first year after their college graduation.
Latest from Caroline Kitchener

Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban

The largest state with an abortion ban, Texas can offer broader insight into the impact of abortion laws than any other state in the country.

November 26, 2024
A patient holds her hands while getting an ultrasound at Houston Women's Reproductive Services in February.

Antiabortion groups plan new crackdowns, emboldened after election

Distressed by rising use of abortion pills, activists devise aggressive new action now that Republicans will be in charge.

November 20, 2024
Antiabortion demonstrators rally outside of the Supreme Court ahead of opinion announcements in Washington.

She hoped her pregnancy story would matter. Then came election night.

A Georgia woman who experienced a delay in care because of an abortion ban shared her experience in hopes of influencing her friends and family.

November 6, 2024

These women are all in for abortion rights — and for Donald Trump

Harris is making abortion part of her closing argument. But some voters say they aren’t worried about what a Trump presidency would mean for abortion.

October 30, 2024
Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday.

She said she miscarried. Then she was arrested.

Patience Frazier said she had a miscarriage in April 2018. A month later, police were at her door, asking about a Facebook post and a cross in her backyard. Today, the story of Frazier, and what happens when someone is prosecuted under an abortion law.

October 29, 2024

She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law

The 1911 Nevada statute is one of a wide variety of laws that have been used in rare cases across the country to prosecute women for trying to end a pregnancy.

October 29, 2024
Patience Frazier at home with her 2-year-old son, in her new hometown of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, in September.

Texas man abandons suit against women he claimed helped ex-wife get abortion

The first-of-its-kind case, decried by abortion rights advocates as an attempt to deter the use of abortion pills, was dropped after a judge refused to compel the women to provide additional information.

October 11, 2024
Amy Carpenter and Jackie Noyola said they were shocked to hear they were being sued for helping a friend obtain abortion pills.

States where abortion is legal, banned or under threat

More than a dozen states have laws that criminalize abortion when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Here’s a look at abortion laws by state.

October 7, 2024

Supreme Court declines to intervene in Texas emergency abortion case

The Supreme Court rejected a Biden administration request to block a lower court ruling barring emergency abortions that would conflict with Texas state law.

October 7, 2024
Sunset at the Supreme Court building.

Vance peddles Trump agenda in softer tones, misleading ways during debate

The Republican vice-presidential nominee used the prime-time slot to try to repackage MAGA for the political middle, his latest well-timed reinvention.

October 2, 2024
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks during the vice-presidential debate Tuesday in New York.