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How People React When You Tell Them Your Memoir Is About Getting Into Gang Bangs As a Female Swinger

Anonymous — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:00 -0400

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.

Kermit Gosnell's Abortion House Of Horrors And The Media

s.e. smith — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:30:00 -0400

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.

Unpopular Opinion: Don't Be A Medical Provider If You Have A Problem With Abortion

s.e. smith — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:30:00 -0400

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.

What's The Best Age To Have An Abortion?

Erin Gloria Ryan of Jezebel — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500

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?

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Got Pregnant From A One Night Stand

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:00 -0500

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.

Happy Anniversary Of Roe V. Wade! Here Are Just A Few Of Your New Anti-Abortion Laws

Sara Benincasa — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:30:00 -0500

Let's look at just a few of the 135 new anti-choice laws passed in 30 states over the past two years.

Ohio Drycleaners Advertise Pro-Life Views on their Wire Clothes Hangers; Nobody is Amused

Lesley — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:30:00 -0500

PLUS! A brief and incomplete history of abortion in ancient times, because that's how I roll. With history.

I'm From Ireland, and I'm So Grateful I Had My Abortion in America

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:11:00 -0500

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.

I Was Fat-Shamed During My Abortion

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:00:00 -0500

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.

Should A Pregnant Developmentally Disabled Woman Receive a Court-Ordered Abortion?

s.e. smith — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:00:00 -0500

This is a situation where bodily autonomy and choice are colliding and it’s very, very messy.

I SURVIVED, BUT MANY DON’T: I Had An Illegal Abortion

Lasára Firefox Allen — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:00:00 -0400

The pain was radiant, white-hot, overwhelming. I was instantly sweating from every pore, and shaking. I had never felt anything so extreme.

How Late is Too Late for an Abortion? The Grey Areas Between Pro-Choice and Pro-Life

Lesley — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:30:00 -0400

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.

New Pregnancy Test Commercial Dares to Suggest Some Women Might be Happier NOT to be Knocked Up

Lesley — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:00:00 -0400

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.

How Both Political Parties Are Lying to Women This Election Season

Anita Finlay — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:30:00 -0400

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.

It Happened to Me: I Had An Abortion at 38

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:00:00 -0400

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.

Why I Choose to Talk About My No-Big-Deal Abortion

Melissa — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:00:32 -0400

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.

Exclusive Interview: The Pro-Choice Woman Who Bravely Published Her Abortion Pictures Online

Amy Tennery of The Jane Dough — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:30:24 -0400

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.

"My Baby is in the Box:" Is This the Future of Abortion?

Lesley — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:00:35 -0400

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.

Is this The World's Judgiest Abortion Article?

Emily — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:00:42 -0400

You, guys, she had THREE ABORTIONS. THREE! THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Is There a "Right" Way to Be Pro Choice? Or Why Abortion Talk Is a Totally Different Ball Game in the UK

Rebecca Holman — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:00:22 -0400

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.