Nina Martin
Nina Martin was a reporter covering sex and gender issues. She joined ProPublica in 2013 and is based in Berkeley, California.
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Nina Martin was ProPublica’s sex and gender reporter, with a special interest in women's health and racial equity. Her "Lost Mothers" project with NPR, examining maternal mortality in the U.S., led to sweeping change to maternal health policy at the state and federal levels; it also won numerous awards, including the 2018 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, a Keck Futures Initiative award from the National Academies of Science, George Polk and George Foster Peabody awards, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
Martin’s other work at ProPublica focused on the criminalization of drug use in pregnancy, the role of religion in health care, and racial and gender disparities in COVID-19 deaths.
Previously, she was the articles editor and executive editor at San Francisco magazine and held staff positions at the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, and Health and BabyCenter magazines. Martin has a B.A. in public policy from Princeton and an MSJ from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
What’s at Stake in the Latest Supreme Court Showdown Over Contraception and Religious Freedom
In oral arguments Wednesday, religious groups contend that just signing a form to facilitate access to birth control violates their rights.
Our Updated Reading List for the Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Case
The justices will decide whether the state’s restrictions on clinics and abortion doctors go too far.
The Most Important Abortion Case You Never Heard About
How we got to this week’s abortion showdown — and how Justice Scalia’s views could help shape the outcome.
A Showdown Year for Reproductive Rights
Two potentially sweeping Supreme Court cases set the stage for a seismic shift in the battle over abortion and contraception.
For Abortion Providers, a Constant Barrage of Personalized Harassment
Shootings like the one at a Colorado clinic are rare. Stalking, hate mail, and intimidating protests are the daily reality.
Alabama Considers a Step Back From Prosecuting Pregnant Drug Users
A task force studying ways to fix the state’s broken health care system takes aim at a law that criminalizes prenatal drug use.
How Some Alabama Hospitals Quietly Drug Test New Mothers — Without Their Consent
As hundreds of Alabama women face child endangerment charges, hospitals are mostly mum on their testing policies – even with the patients.
Alabama's Meth Lab Law, Abortion Rights and the Strange Case of Jane Doe
After a woman is jailed for exposing her fetus to drugs, county officials refuse to release her for an abortion and ask a judge to strip her of parental rights.
Behind Supreme Court’s Obamacare Case, A Secretive Society’s Hidden Hand
For more than 30 years, the Federalist Society has worked behind the scenes to shape Supreme Court outcomes to a conservative agenda. In <em>King v. Burwell</em>, its influence could eliminate health insurance subsidies for millions of people.