Scholar, Lawyer,
Journalist, Activist.
THE LATEST!
Orwell’s '1984' Is Now—Thanks to Trump's Playbook of Reversal, Gaslighting and Control
No Kings Rally Speech in Springfield, Massachusetts
‘Behind Every Ban Is a Body’: Idaho Activists Bring Abortion Truths to NYC Theater, Ms., June 17, 2025.
Plan C’s Road Trip Takes Abortion Access to the People, Ms., June 12, 2025.
Illinois Lawmakers Pursue Creative Path to Protect Mifepristone Access—Even if FDA Revokes Approval, Ms., June 10, 2025.
Four States Urge FDA to Follow Science and Remove Abortion Pill Restrictions, Ms., June 6, 2025.
Rest in Power: Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Abortion Pill Inventor and Women’s Rights Advocate, Ms., June 4, 2025.
New book!
New book!
“Baker has written an incredibly comprehensive look at the political fight over abortion medication—one that sheds light on the anti-abortion tactics we’re seeing today.”
“An enraging story about the decades-long struggle to bring abortion pills—mifepristone and misoprostol—to the U.S.”
“This book is written with a rare combination of academic rigor and journalistic flair, and I know my students will enjoy reading it.”
Talks and Media Appearances
The War on Women Just Got Darker, Legal AF, June 16, 2025.
Abortion Pills: US History and Politics, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA, June 12, 2025.
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC, May 27, 2025.
How Reproductive Freedom Advocates Outsmarted the Anti-Abortion Movement, Washington Monthly, April 25, 2025.
Abortion Pill History and Politics, The Public Morality, January 15, 2025.
The Forgotten--and Incredibly Important--History of the Abortion Pills, Mother Jones, February 7, 2025.
Abortion Pills–What You Didn’t Know, Women’s Media Center Live with Robin Morgan, March 9, 2025.
Abortion Pills: US History and Politics, New Books in History, December 3, 2024.
Radio interview on WHMP’s Talk the Talk, March 18, 2025.
The Future of Abortion Access is Already Here, The Hill, February 9, 2025.
FDA's “Belt and Suspenders” Approach to Mifepristone Approval, The Regulatory Review, January 13, 2025.
Abortion Pills Are Here to Stay, Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 26, 2024.
Resisting Reproductive Coercion: US Abortion Pill History and Politics, Politics and Rights Review, December 16, 2024.
Book Details Past, Present, Future of Abortion Pills, Words of Choice, December 9, 2024.
