Interviews

On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Bill Moyers discusses the fierce challenges facing the reproductive rights movement with Lynn Paltrow, founder and former executive director of Pregnancy Justice (formerly National Advocates for Pregnant Women)

On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Bill Moyers discusses the fierce challenges facing the reproductive rights movement with Lynn Paltrow, founder and former executive director of Pregnancy Justice (formerly National Advocates for Pregnant Women) and Jessica González-Rojas, Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health.

In an 8-part series, based on interviews with Paltrow, the New York Times Editorial Board squarely addressed the issues and intersectional frameworks, core to her work and that of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (Pregnancy Justice).

In an 8-part series, based on interviews with Paltrow, the New York Times Editorial Board squarely addressed the issues and intersectional frameworks, core to her work and that of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (Pregnancy Justice).

Mother Jones interview with Lynn Paltrow: Repro-Rights Advocates Focused on Abortion and Not Pregnancy. That Was a Mistake

Mother Jones interview with Lynn Paltrow: Repro-Rights Advocates Focused on Abortion and Not Pregnancy. That Was a Mistake

When Pregnancy Is the Crime. An exit interview with Lynn Paltrow, who has spent decades representing women jailed for miscarriages and stillbirths. By Irin Carmon, a features writer at New York Magazine

When Pregnancy Is the Crime. An exit interview with Lynn Paltrow, who has spent decades representing women jailed for miscarriages and stillbirths. By Irin Carmon, a features writer at New York Magazine

Democracy Now! Amy Goodman interview with Lynn Paltrow on Fetal Personhood Laws & the Criminalization of Pregnancy

Democracy Now! Amy Goodman interview with Lynn Paltrow on Fetal Personhood Laws & the Criminalization of Pregnancy

Lynn Paltrow interview preceding her 2007 keynote address in at Atlanta at the National Summit to Ensure the Health and Humanity of Pregnant and Birthing Women. The conference was “the first of its kind intended to begin healing the divide between th

Lynn Paltrow interview preceding her 2007 keynote address in at Atlanta at the National Summit to Ensure the Health and Humanity of Pregnant and Birthing Women. The conference was “the first of its kind intended to begin healing the divide between those who advocate for women giving birth and those who advocate for women seeking abortions.”

Lynn Paltrow on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. "Personhood In The Womb: A Constitutional Question. A study examined cases where law enforcement intervened in the lives of pregnant women who were believed to be endangering their fetuses. State laws

Lynn Paltrow on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. "Personhood In The Womb: A Constitutional Question. A study examined cases where law enforcement intervened in the lives of pregnant women who were believed to be endangering their fetuses. State laws are stepping in on behalf of the fetuses' constitutional rights — but what of the mothers' rights? Fresh Air looks at perspectives in the debate.

Motherhood Lost: Conversations, an eleven-part educational television series co-produced by Linda Layne and Heather Bailey at George Mason University Television, Fairfax, VA, hosted by Linda Layne. Premiered at the University of South Carolina Law Sc

Motherhood Lost: Conversations, an eleven-part educational television series co-produced by Linda Layne and Heather Bailey at George Mason University Television, Fairfax, VA, hosted by Linda Layne. Premiered at the University of South Carolina Law School, April 2007. This episode was the winner of a Bronze Telly Award, a Silver Davey Award, a Communicator Award of Excellence, and the 2008 Gracie for “outstanding talk show.”

CAP 20 Interview with Lynn Paltrow: About the importance of Roe v. Wade for not only women who choose to terminate their pregnancies but also for all women nationwide.

CAP 20 Interview with Lynn Paltrow: About the importance of Roe v. Wade for not only women who choose to terminate their pregnancies but also for all women nationwide.

I called up Lynn Paltrow, the executive director of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women (who happens to be my cousin by marriage), and asked her: Why does tremendous outcry over restrictive abortion laws come after a woman dies, rather than bef

I called up Lynn Paltrow, the executive director of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women (who happens to be my cousin by marriage), and asked her: Why does tremendous outcry over restrictive abortion laws come after a woman dies, rather than before? Ms. Paltrow was biting in her response. “The primary impact of the anti-abortion movement has not been to stop abortions. It is to dehumanize,” she said. “It is martyrdom and the visible suffering and death of [an actual] woman that reminds people of their humanity and their right to life.”

CBS NEWS July 27 2025 – Investigating the controversial practice of drug testing pregnant patients in hospitals. [Paltrow appears at 08:06] Thousands of pregnant patients across the U.S. are given routine urine drug tests. A joint investigation betw

CBS NEWS July 27 2025 – Investigating the controversial practice of drug testing pregnant patients in hospitals. [Paltrow appears at 08:06] Thousands of pregnant patients across the U.S. are given routine urine drug tests. A joint investigation between "CBS Sunday Morning" and the Marshall Project has found the percentage of false positive results from urine drug tests to be as high as 50% - an error rate that can have devastating consequences. CBS News' Erin Moriarty reports. [This report was produced in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.]

Joanna Burke Interview: "Wine, 'Fetal Personhood', & Activism: A Discussion with Lynn Paltrow." In an interview with Joanna Bourke, Pregnancy Justice founder Lynn Paltrow reflects on her career supporting pregnant women facing state legal interventio

Joanna Burke Interview: "Wine, 'Fetal Personhood', & Activism: A Discussion with Lynn Paltrow." In an interview with Joanna Bourke, Pregnancy Justice founder Lynn Paltrow reflects on her career supporting pregnant women facing state legal interventions. Paltrow discusses how broad interpretations of fetal personhood and drug policy narratives have increasingly led to the criminalization of various pregnancy outcomes. She highlights how these actions often disproportionately affect Black women and underscores the broader implications for women's citizenship.

Fetal Personhood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - John Oliver discusses how some states in the U.S. that have given rights to fetuses, where the idea came from and where things could be headed next, and why calling someone a “piss lawyer”

Fetal Personhood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - John Oliver discusses how some states in the U.S. that have given rights to fetuses, where the idea came from and where things could be headed next, and why calling someone a “piss lawyer” isn’t necessarily an insult! You’ll see.[Paltrow's segment appears at 10:50]