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August 13, 2017

She was one of my first abortion patients. We talked about why she was here in my clinic. She said she was here for an […]

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August 12, 2017

I went to Planned Parenthood for the first time when I was 20. At the time, I was a college student living on my own, […]

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August 11, 2017

Being an abortion provider in Chicago, we have women come to us from adjacent states because they are unable to access care in their home […]

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August 10, 2017

When I was in my twenties, I was in a brief relationship that resulted in a pregnancy. We had not had unprotected sex; this was […]

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August 9, 2017

Serena and George were delighted to be pregnant again. With five children at home, they were ready for number six in the large family they’d […]

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August 8, 2017

I first got my period at age 13, and over the next four years was told over and over again that the excruciating pain keeping […]

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August 7, 2017

When Joann was 27 years old and diagnosed with a blood clot in her lung, her insurance paid her emergency room bill. Her expensive blood […]

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August 6, 2017

Commissioned Officer Affected by Hyde We got married when I was 37. Our premarital counselor told us what he told everyone: wait two years before […]