Neda Toloui-Semnani

abortion

‘It’s Scary’: Students Fear Going to College in Red States After Roe

“Location has never before been more important to me,” said Ashley Huynh, 17, a rising high school senior in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Neda Toloui-Semnani
Anya Zoledziowski
Ani Ucar
7.1.22
Politics

42 States Have Considered or Passed Anti-Abortion or Anti-Trans Laws This Year

Is your state anti-abortion? It’s probably anti-trans, too.
Neda Toloui-Semnani
5.24.22
Politics

Here’s What Abortion Rights Will Look Like in Your State

The post-Roe future, state by state.
Neda Toloui-Semnani
5.3.22
ICE Gynecology

Women Say They Were Abused and Deported by ICE. Now They Fear Being Silenced.

Investigators haven’t interviewed at least eight women who were deported after receiving questionable medical diagnoses and treatment at Irwin County Detention Center, VICE News has learned.
Neda Toloui-Semnani
Carter Sherman
Emily Green
12.11.20
Medical Abuse

22 Women Just Went Public With Graphic Descriptions of Medical Abuse in ICE Detention

"I told him 'no,' but he kept going. 'Relax,' he told me."
Emily Green
Neda Toloui-Semnani
11.19.20
ICE detention

ICE Keeps Trying to Deport Women in the Gynecological Surgery Scandal

Lawyers fought the deportations of two women who were treated by a controversial gynecologist while in ICE custody.
Carter Sherman
Gianna Toboni
Nicole Bozorgmir
Ana Sebescen
Neda Toloui-Semnani
11.18.20
ICE Gyneccologist

ICE Tried to Deport Yet Another Potential Witness in the Gynecology Scandal

Brought to the U.S. at age 3, ICE detained the 36-year-old mother and then attempted to deport her to Mexico after she had procedures with a controversial gynecologist.
Gianna Toboni
Carter Sherman
Ana Sebescen
Nicole Bozorgmir
Neda Toloui-Semnani
11.10.20
ICE Prisons

‘A Disturbing Pattern’: ICE Detainees Were Pressured to Have Gynecological Surgery, Doctors Say

A team of doctors reviewed more than 3,200 pages of medical records from 19 women who allege "medical maltreatment" at an ICE detention facility in Georgia.
Greg Walters
Carter Sherman
Neda Toloui-Semnani
10.24.20
immigration

5 Women Recount Unwanted or Confusing Gynecological Surgeries in ICE Custody

"We are not an experiment."
Greg Walters
Carter Sherman
Neda Toloui-Semnani
Emily Green
9.21.20
Black Lives Matter

Trump’s Justice Department Is Targeting Black Lives Matter Demonstrators as Domestic Terrorists

Attorney General Bill Barr is targeting protesters with harsh, federal prosecutions for civil disturbances that potentially carry decades in prison.
Carter Sherman
Neda Toloui-Semnani
7.1.20
PROTESTS

The 2 Lawyers Accused of Firebombing an NYPD Car Just Got Out on Bail

Besides explosives and arson charges, the government tacked on another charge that Rahman’s lawyer said is usually seen in cases of gang violence or terrorism.
Neda Toloui-Semnani
Carter Sherman
7.1.20
Civil Rights

Black and Brown Protesters in New York Were Jailed Longer and Punished More Harshly Than White, Data Indicates

Of 72 "protest-related" arraignments handled by New York County Defender Services, just 5% were white people.
Carter Sherman
Neda Toloui-Semnani
Joe Hill
6.17.20
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