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Why My Cells Matter

Buried amidst candidate town halls, presidential tweets, and memorials to the 75th anniversary of D Day in early June, the Trump Administration began a campaign...[Read More]

12 Aug
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Pregnancy and Poverty

Where I come from, homes aren’t typically built on happiness, financial stability and mutual trust. Families are centered around desperation, jealousy and poverty. People barely...[Read More]

7 Aug
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Life of the Mother

April 11, 2015 was my daughter’s fifth birthday party. In the pictures from that day, I am wearing a knee-length fluttery skirt and an aqua...[Read More]

5 Aug
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The Media is Complicit in Promoting Misinformation About Abortion

In the past few months, we have heard and read much about “fetal heartbeat” laws being passed in several states. The nickname for these bills...[Read More]

2 Aug
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The Me I Was Supposed to Be

I sat in the dark room of a battered women’s shelter in Omaha, Nebraska, surrounded by my three daughters aged 9, 7, and 5 while...[Read More]

31 Jul
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One in Four Women: Now You Know Me

Most recent statistics indicate nearly one in four women in the United States will have had an abortion by the age of 45. Abortion is...[Read More]

29 Jul
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Abortion Bans Threaten Public Health

The “Never Again” coat-hanger posters often seen at pro-choice demonstrations are at once evocative and cautionary. They conjure up images of gruesome back-alley abortions of...[Read More]

26 Jul
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Abortion Should Always Be a Woman’s Choice

Growing up with an older brother, I spent the majority of my life with the mindset I was never going to let a boy tell...[Read More]

24 Jul
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Abortion was the Right Choice for Me

I was 17 and looking forward to escaping high school and going to college. I was independent, an only child raised by busy single parents...[Read More]

22 Jul
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TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) Laws Undo Progress

Women fought bravely and tirelessly for decades for the right to choose (of course, there were also many who fought to deny women this right,...[Read More]

19 Jul
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