Scholar, Lawyer,

Journalist, Activist.

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.
— Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day
An enraging story about the decades-long struggle to bring abortion pills—mifepristone and misoprostol—to the U.S.
— Eleanor J. Bader, Ms. Magazine
This book is written with a rare combination of academic rigor and journalistic flair, and I know my students will enjoy reading it.
— Professor Jennifer Nye, Department of History, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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.

Abortion Pills:

US History and Politics  

Available now open access and in print.

New Books in History podcast interview here.

Abortion Pill History and Politics, The Public Morality, January 15, 2025.

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Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D., is the Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Chair of American Studies and a professor in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College and a contributing editor for Ms. magazine, writing regularly on women’s legal rights and feminist activism.