Carter Sherman

Thanks so much for reading!

Texas has taken legal action against a New York county clerk who has refused to enforce a TX fine against a NY abortion provider. The dispute will test NY’s “shield law,” which protects abortion providers, and may go to the US supreme court.

I spoke to the clerk: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I feel like at some point you can't even blame the conspiracy theorists for having broken brains. god is gaslighting them

A front page of the Guardian newspaper is entirely given over to the famine in Gaza. A large photo shows a mother holding her emaciated child’s body. The banner headline says, “We have faced hunger before, but never like this'

Tomorrow’s Guardian front page

Headline: Nvidia CEO works from 'the moment he wakes up' 7 days a week - he can't even sit through a movie without thinking about his 4.2 trillion tech giant

You don’t see articles like this about moms with three jobs who still manage to take care of their kids.

'Sexual conservatism,' virginity and why Gen Z is having less sex Gen Z is sometimes called a "nation of virgins." In a new book, young people explain why they are having less sex.

Had a lovely chat with @usatoday.com and @nicolefallert.bsky.social about porn, virginity, OnlyFans and how sexual conservatism is recruiting young people. Ya know, your typical Tuesday morning topics

www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Hey there! Feel free to email me at carter.sherman@guardian.co.uk

Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas As part of president’s shuttering of USAID, destruction of the contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000

“It’s not just about an empty shelf. It’s about unfulfilled potential. It’s about a girl having to drop out of school. It’s about someone having to seek an unsafe abortion and risking their lives.”

MSI's advocacy director spoke to @theguardian.com @cartersherman.bsky.social ⤵

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Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.

A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.

Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.

Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas As part of president’s shuttering of USAID, destruction of the contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000

NEWS from me: The Trump administration has decided to destroy almost $10 million worth of contraceptives rather than send them to women in need overseas. The destruction itself will cost $167,000, the state department told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Guardian US investigations team is hiring a science reporter, come work with me and break big news about what is happening to science in this country:

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Imagine being in the middle of an affair and thinking: “You know what’s sexy? A Coldplay concert”

Come for the story about how I was “pathologically obsessed” with my own virginity, stay for stories of the 100+ Gen Z-ers who I interviewed for this book

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Sexual assault is one of the major reasons why women end up leaving college. Leaving college makes women less likely to flourish economically and less able to participate in civil society.

So the downstream effect of not enforcing sexual assault law is pushing women out of public life.

An entire chapter of my book is devoted to Title IX and the way that it has already failed survivors of sexual violence and harassment, largely because the DoE doesn’t enforce it.

So I feel very qualified in saying that people are already suffering and this will almost inevitably make it worse.

Every Tuesday a glossy magazine publishes a new piece like “Women: Have They Gone Too Far?” by somebody with a Pulitzer.

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PLEASE let What We Do In The Shadows win the Emmy for best comedy so I can hear Matt Berry give the acceptance speech and add dozens of unnecessarily stressed syllables m.youtube.com/watch?v=zwLL...

New York clerk refuses to enforce Texas effort to punish abortion provider Texas suit alleging Dr Margaret Carpenter mailed abortion pills to Lone Star state will likely go to US supreme court

I wrote about the first refusal (and the case overall) back in May: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“The rejection stands. Resubmitting the same materials does not alter the outcome.” He added pointedly, “While I’m not entirely sure how things work in Texas, here in New York, a rejection means the matter is closed.” He signed the letter with a one-word reminder of New York’s values: “Excelsior.”

A New York county clerk has again rejected an effort by Texas to fine a New York abortion provider who allegedly mailed pills to Texas. The refusal is based on New York’s shield law, which aims to protect abortion providers who ship pills across state lines.

The clerk is clearly having a good time.

My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Having grown up in a Zionist home, lived the first half of my life in Israel, served in the I.D.F. as a soldier and officer and spent most of my career researching and writing on war crimes and the Holocaust, this was a painful conclusion to reach, and one that I resisted as long as I could. But I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one.

"My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people."

Written by an Ivy League professor who studies the Holocaust; who served in the IDF.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

In my humble opinion, y’all should listen to this

The politics of sex are shaping Gen Z desire | CNN Carter Sherman, a reproductive health and justice reporter for The Guardian, joins Michael Smerconish to discuss her new book “The Second Coming: Sex and the next generation’s fight over its future.”

I popped over to CNN this morning to talk about my new book and, more importantly, Love Island www.cnn.com/2025/07/12/u...

In her new book ‘The Second Coming,’ Carter Sherman speaks with young adults to understand the sex they’re having, or not having, and discovers that Gen Z is not frigid. Some say they prefer the trad life, but most do not; the generation still polls liberal overall.

Thank you so much!

Who Wants to Have Sex? Gen Z is doing it less than millennials, leading to a familiar moral panic.

It’s such an honor to be so closely read by @sarahjones.bsky.social, whose work I admire so much, and to hear that my book feels so resonant in this moment nymag.com/intelligence...

I also need to spell out that today’s Ken Paxton news is the THIRD TIME that he has been publicly embroiled in an (alleged) infidelity scandal.

Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton In a statement, Angela Paxton said she moved to end her 38-year marriage “on biblical grounds,” citing “recent discoveries.”

I love a woman choosing her moment (aka accusing her soon-to-be ex-husband of cheating when he’s running for senator) www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/a...

Texas is a laboratory for anti-abortion policies — if something passes there, it tends to get exported to other states.

In other words: If this telehealth abortion ban passes, expect other states to take it up.

wow this typo will haunt me until I die