Ayesha Roscoe

Thanks for having us. That's NPR's Jenna McLaughlin and Stephen Fowler. You can find more details of their reporting on the NLRB at NPR.org. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Kim Naderfane-Petersa and Andrew Mambo. It was edited by Liana Simstrom, Irene Noguchi, and Brett Neely. The mix engineer for this episode was Jimmy Keeley.

Thanks for having us. That's NPR's Jenna McLaughlin and Stephen Fowler. You can find more details of their reporting on the NLRB at NPR.org. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Kim Naderfane-Petersa and Andrew Mambo. It was edited by Liana Simstrom, Irene Noguchi, and Brett Neely. The mix engineer for this episode was Jimmy Keeley.

Thanks for having us. That's NPR's Jenna McLaughlin and Stephen Fowler. You can find more details of their reporting on the NLRB at NPR.org. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Kim Naderfane-Petersa and Andrew Mambo. It was edited by Liana Simstrom, Irene Noguchi, and Brett Neely. The mix engineer for this episode was Jimmy Keeley.

The Sunday Story team includes Justine Yan and Jenny Schmidt. We always love hearing from you, so feel free to reach out to us at thesundaystoryatnpr.org. I'm Ayesha Roscoe. Up First is back in your feed tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week. Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.

The Sunday Story team includes Justine Yan and Jenny Schmidt. We always love hearing from you, so feel free to reach out to us at thesundaystoryatnpr.org. I'm Ayesha Roscoe. Up First is back in your feed tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week. Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.

The Sunday Story team includes Justine Yan and Jenny Schmidt. We always love hearing from you, so feel free to reach out to us at thesundaystoryatnpr.org. I'm Ayesha Roscoe. Up First is back in your feed tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week. Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.

I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is The Sunday Story, where we go beyond the news of the day to bring you one big story. You're probably familiar with the baby boom. After World War II, there was a huge spike in fertility rates. But not all of those babies were wanted. At the time, abortion was mostly illegal in the U.S.

I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is The Sunday Story, where we go beyond the news of the day to bring you one big story. You're probably familiar with the baby boom. After World War II, there was a huge spike in fertility rates. But not all of those babies were wanted. At the time, abortion was mostly illegal in the U.S.

I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is The Sunday Story, where we go beyond the news of the day to bring you one big story. You're probably familiar with the baby boom. After World War II, there was a huge spike in fertility rates. But not all of those babies were wanted. At the time, abortion was mostly illegal in the U.S.

And so that baby boom, it also led to something that people have called the baby scoop era. Yes, that's actually what they called it. Before Roe v. Wade, there was a period from 1943 to 1973 when many unmarried women and girls were forced to give birth and put their babies up for adoption.

And so that baby boom, it also led to something that people have called the baby scoop era. Yes, that's actually what they called it. Before Roe v. Wade, there was a period from 1943 to 1973 when many unmarried women and girls were forced to give birth and put their babies up for adoption.

And so that baby boom, it also led to something that people have called the baby scoop era. Yes, that's actually what they called it. Before Roe v. Wade, there was a period from 1943 to 1973 when many unmarried women and girls were forced to give birth and put their babies up for adoption.

The exact numbers are hard to know because these births often happened in secret in places called maternity homes. Grady Hendrix is an acclaimed horror writer, and he made this tragic history the setting of his latest novel, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. It's a book that in some ways reverberates with the present. Today, things are obviously different from the years before Roe v. Wade.

The exact numbers are hard to know because these births often happened in secret in places called maternity homes. Grady Hendrix is an acclaimed horror writer, and he made this tragic history the setting of his latest novel, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. It's a book that in some ways reverberates with the present. Today, things are obviously different from the years before Roe v. Wade.

The exact numbers are hard to know because these births often happened in secret in places called maternity homes. Grady Hendrix is an acclaimed horror writer, and he made this tragic history the setting of his latest novel, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. It's a book that in some ways reverberates with the present. Today, things are obviously different from the years before Roe v. Wade.

Abortion is still a protected right in 21 states and the District of Columbia, and there are abortion pills now that can cross state lines. But with the fall of Roe and the resulting abortion restrictions, some of this history, it echoes. Hendrix's novel is a spellbinding work that explores what happens when people who have been stripped of power suddenly gain it.

Abortion is still a protected right in 21 states and the District of Columbia, and there are abortion pills now that can cross state lines. But with the fall of Roe and the resulting abortion restrictions, some of this history, it echoes. Hendrix's novel is a spellbinding work that explores what happens when people who have been stripped of power suddenly gain it.

Abortion is still a protected right in 21 states and the District of Columbia, and there are abortion pills now that can cross state lines. But with the fall of Roe and the resulting abortion restrictions, some of this history, it echoes. Hendrix's novel is a spellbinding work that explores what happens when people who have been stripped of power suddenly gain it.

My conversation with Grady Hendrix when we come back. Stay with us. Grady, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Okay, so set this up for us. The story starts in the early 1970s with a pregnant 15-year-old girl, her very angry father at the wheel. They're speeding from Alabama to Florida.

My conversation with Grady Hendrix when we come back. Stay with us. Grady, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Okay, so set this up for us. The story starts in the early 1970s with a pregnant 15-year-old girl, her very angry father at the wheel. They're speeding from Alabama to Florida.