Motherhood

The opioid epidemic, boosted by the arrival of the drug fentanyl, has torn through communities in Southern Oregon. It’s also having a devastating impact on mothers struggling with addiction. An innovative facility in the Rogue Valley is helping those parents and their children.

We listen back to our conversation with author Nikki Giovanni about her most recent collection of poems, essays, and stories, Chasing Utopia.

Oregon has quietly become something of a center for women willing to carry children for those unable to get pregnant. We follow one woman who's decided to become a surrogate. First step? A contract that prohibits everything from travel to Washington to cleaning a kitty litter box.