Jordan Smith

Jordan Smith is a state and national award-winning investigative journalist based in Austin, Texas. She has covered criminal justice for more than 20 years and, during that time, has developed a reputation as a resourceful and dogged reporter with a talent for analyzing complex social and legal issues. She is regarded as one of the best investigative reporters in Texas. A longtime staff writer for the Austin Chronicle, her work has also appeared in The Nation, the Crime Report, and Salon, among other places.

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The Coronavirus CrisisExecutions Are On Hold, but States Are Still Pushing for Death Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith — Apr. 5

As the virus spreads, the criminal justice system is going out of its way to increase the death toll.

The Coronavirus CrisisCourts Put the Brakes on Politicians’ Efforts to Ban Abortion Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

Jordan Smith — Mar. 31

Federal judges in Alabama and Ohio granted temporary orders protecting access to abortion. A similar order in Texas was halted by the 5th Circuit.

The Coronavirus CrisisAbortion Providers File Emergency Lawsuit Challenging Texas Coronavirus Restrictions

Jordan Smith — Mar. 26

The lawsuit condemns Texas’s “blatant effort to exploit a public health crisis to advance an extreme, anti-abortion agenda.”

The Coronavirus CrisisAnti-Abortion Politicians Are Exploiting the Coronavirus Outbreak to Shutter Health Clinics

Jordan Smith — Mar. 24

Anti-abortion crusaders in Ohio and Texas are trying to further their ideological cause in the midst of a pandemic.

The Coronavirus CrisisWhen It Comes to Coronavirus and Pregnancy, “We Just Don’t Know a Whole Lot Yet”

Jordan Smith — Mar. 20

Data on Covid-19 and pregnancy is limited, but medical experts say pregnant people should be considered an at-risk group.

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