The Women's Current
The Women's Current
Sylvia Beckerman & Molly Wadzeck
Irin Carmon: Power. Control. Consequence.
45 minutes Posted Apr 7, 2026 at 8:00 am.
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Health inequality isn’t abstract.
It shows up in real lives—every day.
This week on The Women’s Current, we’re joined by journalist and author Irin Carmon, whose latest book Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America reveals what happens when pregnancy collides with policy, politics, and power.
Through the stories of five women, Irin exposes a system that too often fails the very people it was meant to protect.
What emerges is not a collection of rare tragedies—
but a pattern.