Becky Jacobs

Report for America corps member

Becky Jacobs is a Report for America corps member and writes about women’s issues and the status of women in Utah for The Salt Lake Tribune.

Clockwise from top left, Jenny Smith, Kayla Villamor, Neena Earl and Kelly Tschilar. They spoke with The Tribune about their individual experiences with abortion.

Here is what 4 women wish Utahns knew about abortion

By Becky Jacobs | May 16, 2022, 3:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People add their thoughts to a wall at an exhibit entitled "Say Abortion" hosted by Planned Parenthood Association of Utah showcasing artwork created by people about their abortions at Medium Studio in Sugar House on Friday, May 13, 2022.

Utahns share personal abortion stories in SLC art exhibit to combat stigma

By Becky Jacobs | May 14, 2022, 8:32 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students at Highland High School walk out in support of abortion rights, in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Photos: Multiple Utah schools saw students walk out in support of abortion rights

By Connor Sanders | Becky Jacobs | May 13, 2022, 12:02 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hundreds of protesters march in downtown Salt Lake City in a protest hosted by Planned Parenthood, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, a day after a leaked draft opinion indicated the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark abortion decision.

Here’s who gets abortions in Utah — and what help is available if Roe v. Wade is overturned

By Becky Jacobs | May 13, 2022, 6:49 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hundreds of protesters march down State Street after protest hosted by Planned Parenthood Association of Utah on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in response to a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that could possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark abortion case.

Here’s how Utahns can get an abortion pill or emergency contraception now and if Roe is overturned

By Becky Jacobs | May 7, 2022, 5:53 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) More than one thousand protesters gather at the Capitol for a "Fight fo the Right to Choose" rally on Thursday, May 5, 2022.

PHOTOS: Utahns rally at state Capitol in support of abortion rights

By Becky Jacobs | May 6, 2022, 8:20 p.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) The 4th District Courthouse in Provo, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. There are now 83 women suing a Provo OB-GYN, alleging him harmed them over a 40 year span.

‘Don’t let him touch me’: 83 women say Provo OB-GYN sexually abused them

By Becky Jacobs | May 3, 2022, 7:27 p.m.

(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) If abortion is further restricted or banned in Utah, the closest states with wider abortion access are Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico.

Abortion access is about to change in Utah. Here’s how.

By Becky Jacobs | May 3, 2022, 3:20 p.m.

(Brennan Linsley | AP Photo) In this 2017 file photo, counter-protesters hold signs supporting a woman's right to choose abortion, as nearby anti-abortion activists held a rally in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in Denver. Colorado is one of the closest states with wider abortion access that Utahns could travel to for abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

Here’s where Utahns can go if abortions are banned in the Beehive State

By Becky Jacobs | April 18, 2022, 3:18 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alisha Keyworth, with her daughter Abigail Rose and and fiance, Nick Staten, hugs Dr. Janice Byrne a year after the first in-utero fetal surgery done in Utah that repaired Abigail's spina bifida repair at Primary Children's Eccles Outpatient Building, April 13, 2022. Doctors with the Utah Fetal Center performed the surgery on April 6, 2021.

Here’s how Utah doctors operated on a fetus in the womb for first time – and how the baby is doing now

By Becky Jacobs | April 14, 2022, 6:20 p.m.