Jamie Reed

At one point, I heard a guy in front of me say, horseshit. And at the same time, I saw a parent in the room, crying. There was one woman in particular who was clearly agitated by Jamie's testimony. When Jamie was talking about a medication used at the clinic with the risk of liver toxicity, the woman stood up from her seat and left the room. Azeen gave me a look and then followed her out.

At one point, I heard a guy in front of me say, horseshit. And at the same time, I saw a parent in the room, crying. There was one woman in particular who was clearly agitated by Jamie's testimony. When Jamie was talking about a medication used at the clinic with the risk of liver toxicity, the woman stood up from her seat and left the room. Azeen gave me a look and then followed her out.

Hello, hello.

Hello, hello.

After Jamie's testimony was over and I got my recording equipment from the car, I spotted Jamie standing alone just outside the courthouse.

After Jamie's testimony was over and I got my recording equipment from the car, I spotted Jamie standing alone just outside the courthouse.

As we were talking, we saw Azeen and the woman that she'd followed out of the courtroom heading in our direction.

As we were talking, we saw Azeen and the woman that she'd followed out of the courtroom heading in our direction.

The woman stopped a few feet away from Jamie.

The woman stopped a few feet away from Jamie.

This was the parent whose daughter's case had been misrepresented in Jamie's affidavit. It was a case Jamie had pointed to as one of the most egregious examples of harm she had seen at the clinic.

This was the parent whose daughter's case had been misrepresented in Jamie's affidavit. It was a case Jamie had pointed to as one of the most egregious examples of harm she had seen at the clinic.

She said the teenager had experienced liver damage after being prescribed a drug to block testosterone, and that this parent had then made a kind of threat to the clinic, saying she was not the type to sue, but that, quote, this could be a huge PR problem for you.

She said the teenager had experienced liver damage after being prescribed a drug to block testosterone, and that this parent had then made a kind of threat to the clinic, saying she was not the type to sue, but that, quote, this could be a huge PR problem for you.

In actuality, Azeen had learned, the patient did experience liver damage, but the medical situation had been more complicated than the affidavit had accounted for. And the girl's mother, this parent, had never threatened the clinic. When Azeen went to Jamie with this, Jamie acknowledged that she'd gotten the information secondhand from the clinic's nurse.

In actuality, Azeen had learned, the patient did experience liver damage, but the medical situation had been more complicated than the affidavit had accounted for. And the girl's mother, this parent, had never threatened the clinic. When Azeen went to Jamie with this, Jamie acknowledged that she'd gotten the information secondhand from the clinic's nurse.

But she said it didn't change what she thought was the most important part of the story, that the kid had been harmed.

But she said it didn't change what she thought was the most important part of the story, that the kid had been harmed.

The parent shook her head, turned, and walked to her car. Jamie headed to her own car and drove off. The next morning, the Times published Azeen's story about Jamie Reed, the clinic where she worked, and the testimony she had just given in support of Missouri's ban.

The parent shook her head, turned, and walked to her car. Jamie headed to her own car and drove off. The next morning, the Times published Azeen's story about Jamie Reed, the clinic where she worked, and the testimony she had just given in support of Missouri's ban.