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Story No. 315: Patient from Massachusetts
After college, I moved away from home and to the state of Washington. Even though I had a college degree, my first job was working […]
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Story No. 314: Provider from California
I am grateful every day that my patients have access to abortion without a waiting period due to the fact that I practice in California. […]
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Story No. 313: Patient from New Mexico
Even if there were no threats to the health services and insurance coverage that support a woman’s right to choose her own future, the state […]
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Story No. 312: Dr. Bill from California
My patient, who I’ll call Lisa, is 36 years old and was so excited to find out she was pregnant for the first time. Lisa […]
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Story No. 311: Patient from Washington
When I was 18, I became pregnant after being pressured into having unprotected sex by my boyfriend. I was devastated by the news and was […]
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Story No. 310: Dr. Terez from California
Janice (name changed) is 17. She came to my office for her annual physical. She is on the school soccer team, doing very well in […]
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Story No. 309: Ellen from Virginia
I was inside a Planned Parenthood in Houston, Texas, in early 2003 when a local anti-abortion “activist” drove a van through the glass front window. […]
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Story No. 308: Dr. Jessica from Maryland
This summer, I met Ben (name changed) a transgender adolescent who identifies as male. Ben was vivacious, funny, and most of all he told me […]