Although I had kind of become numb to what I was writing about, I was still aware that other people would be at least a little shocked. Abortion. Gangbang. Orgy. These are words that get people’s attention.
memoirs
media
Suddenly, last week, the media exploded with claims that there had been a massive coverup and the Gosnell story wasn’t being covered by mainstream media.
abortion
If you work as a pharmacist, OB/GYN, or medical-surgical nurse, there’s a chance you’ll be involved in abortion or contraceptive care. And you need to deal with that. If you don’t want to deal with it, pick another medical specialty.
abortion
It's impossible to open a magazine or turn on a TV show without hearing someone yammer on about when it's best for women to have babies -- but what about the alternative? When's the best time to have an abortion?
ihtm contest
The next day I checked the mail to see that he had mailed me an envelope without even putting my name on it. Seriously. Because he didn’t know my name.
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Let's look at just a few of the 135 new anti-choice laws passed in 30 states over the past two years.
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PLUS! A brief and incomplete history of abortion in ancient times, because that's how I roll. With history.
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I am silently grieving for Savita Halappanavar and her unborn child, while still keeping the secret of my own abortion for fear of stigma in my small Irish town.
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He asked my weight and, after my reply, he told me that they might not be able to perform the abortion due to my size.
disability rights
This is a situation where bodily autonomy and choice are colliding and it’s very, very messy.
abortion
The pain was radiant, white-hot, overwhelming. I was instantly sweating from every pore, and shaking. I had never felt anything so extreme.
abortion
A woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having self-administered an abortion within a week of her due date. Was she wrong to do it? Plus, the secret origin story behind my hard-line pro-choice stance.
pregnancy
I don't actually know many women who don't spend most of their pregnancy-testing time staring at the result window in a cold sweat.
politics
The best prescription to guarantee women’s progress and prosperity is to demand it -- not pray for a man to be nice to us. Rally. Protest. Get loud. Scare the crap out of both sides.
abortion
At this age, I should have “known better.” At this age, I should have been happy that I was able to get pregnant with ease, when so many women -- some younger than me -- are experiencing infertility.
abortion
A couple years ago, on my commute to work, I was met by a poster featuring a glum-faced woman staring blankly at me, “I thought life would be like the way it was before,” it read. Then: “Abortion changes you.” No, it didn’t, I remember thinking at the time. Speak for yourself.
abortion
If you went in for an abortion today, would you know what to expect? Would you have any clue what the process would be like? Probably not.
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In December of 2010, Jennie Linn McCormack discovered she was pregnant. In her mid-thirties, unmarried, unemployed, and with three children already, continuing the pregnancy seemed overwhelming, if not impossible.
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You, guys, she had THREE ABORTIONS. THREE! THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Even the most right-wing columnists here know that calls to criminalise abortion would be hugely unpopular, so they although they try and chip away at our rights bit-by-bit, they make no attempt to eradicate them completely.
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Is the F word a security risk?
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I think that refusing to approach abortion as a terrible and serious thing actually does more to destigmatize it and open up the conversation than all the hushed tones in the world.
