Cassandra Jaramillo
Cassandra Jaramillo is a reporter with ProPublica.
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Cassandra Jaramillo is a reporter at ProPublica. She joined the newsroom in 2022, covering reproductive health and voting rights. Her investigation on True the Vote, a nonprofit that has peddled misinformation about election fraud, was a finalist for the Livingston Award, which honors exceptional reporting by journalists under 35. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and is based in Texas.
Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.
At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.
by Kavitha Surana,
Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.
Two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Texas leads the nation in funding for crisis pregnancy centers. The system is meant to help growing families, but it’s riddled with waste and lacks oversight, a ProPublica and CBS News investigation found.
by Cassandra Jaramillo, Jeremy Kohler and Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and Jessica Kegu, CBS News,
Severe Complications for Pregnant Veterans Nearly Doubled in the Last Decade, a GAO Report Finds
The report, which notes that Black women have a higher rate of complication, recommends that the VA collect more data on mental health, race and ethnicity to understand the reasons for the disparity.
How the GOP Is Undermining Citizen-Led Abortion Ballot Initiatives Across the Country
Abortion advocates say opponents are increasingly matching their efforts with an assortment of legal and political challenges that have stalled or blocked their ability to introduce initiatives.
Here’s How Ohio Doctors Are Trying to Get Reproductive Rights on the November Ballot
Ohio is among at least five states where physicians have mobilized to protect reproductive rights. Here’s what doctors in the state are doing to protect abortion.
True the Vote Leadership Accused of Using Donations for Personal Gain
The conspiracy-peddling nonprofit made loans to founder Catherine Engelbrecht and issued contracts to longtime director Gregg Phillips that may have violated state and federal law, a watchdog complaint filed with the IRS alleges.
Promoters of Election Lies Also Hyped a Hospital for Ukraine. That Never Happened Either.
True the Vote, a group that spread discredited election conspiracy theories, “abandoned” The Freedom Hospital in April 2022, according to its lawyers. Yet board member Gregg Phillips continued to seek donations for the project for months afterward.
by Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica, and Lauren McGaughy and Allie Morris, The Dallas Morning News,
They Were Trying to Help Run Elections. Then They Got Criminally Investigated.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.
by Cassandra Jaramillo and Joshua Kaplan,