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]
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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]
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]
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]
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]
The year was 2003. I was 19 and “in love” or so I thought. He was 5 years older than me and had a 5...[Read More]
Imagine that you have mild chest pains. You do not have insurance, so you do a quick internet search for free clinics and find the...[Read More]
The number of abortion clinics in the U.S. has been dwindling for quite some time, but the recent wave of anti-abortion state legislation sweeping the...[Read More]
I never had an abortion, although those services have always been legally available to me. With two miscarriages behind me, by the time I got...[Read More]
I had an abortion. There it is, in black and white, in print, forever. It is there for my family, my friends, my past, present...[Read More]