Abbey Crain is an award-winning writer and artist based in Alabama. She has more than a decade of experience as a journalist reporting on women and gender issues in the Deep South. In 2024 her own family planning journey became part of the stories she writes about when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created during IVF had the same rights as living, breathing human beings. She was invited to speak with then Vice President Harris about her IVF journey and how the fall of Roe V. Wade impacts the entire reproductive health spectrum. A documentary feature about her IVF journey and art will premiere Summer 2026.

She began painting nude portraits in 2020 to process the pain and uncertainty surrounding the erosion of bodily autonomy and bring attention to the holiness of the people ignored by “pro-life” legislation.

Her reporting has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Them, AL.com and Reckon where she was recognized with a National Headliner Award for her coverage reporting on those affected by Alabama’s abortion ban.

She has painted more than 100 nude portraits of mostly southerners through her Send Noods project.

She has an email newsletter, also Send Noods/Nudes, where she writes about motherhood, art, and everything else keeping her awake at night.