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Story No. 406: Dr. Kathryn from California
“That’s it?” Veronica* asked after I finished her procedure abortion. “Yeah, that’s it. How do you feel?” I replied. “But that was so fast. You […]
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Story No. 405: Lynn from Washington
I am a 49-year-old woman who became unintentionally pregnant at 18. I was young, in college, away from family and friends, and I think I […]
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Story No. 404: Dr. Jessica from Maryland
A couple weeks ago, I had a patient desiring an abortion. She came with her two moms, who sat by her side throughout the appointment. […]
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Story No. 403: Annette from California
From the time I was able to have children, I knew I didn’t want to. I have loved the many children in my family; I […]
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Story No. 402: Dr. Lauren from Washington
My patient’s periods had been heavy her whole life. Having escaped a violent partner, she was living in a shelter. She didn’t have the resources […]
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Story No. 401: Patient from California
By my mid-twenties, I had been dating a man for several years. I had been on the pill for five years, but I still got […]
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Story No. 400: Dr. Bailey from Maryland
An adolescent patient came to my office looking for birth control. She was sexually active, but she couldn’t tell me the last time she was […]
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Story No. 399: Elizabeth from Massachusetts
In elementary school health class in the 1990s, we watched a video about getting your period—heavy on basic biology, but not very helpful. The real […]