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Story No. 150: Patient from Connecticut
Something strange started happening in the summer of 2013: my period completely took over my life. As in, it never ended. I had my period […]
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Story No. 149: Provider from New York
“I’m over there defending my country, and they won’t even take care of my family?”
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Story No. 148: Dr. Kass from New York
Dr. Kass, an emergency medicine specialist says, "No woman should die because she thinks she doesn't have a choice."
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Story No. 147: Sandine from Rhode Island
I have access to reproductive health care, but I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I had not had access to great […]
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Story No. 146: Dr. Kate from Maryland
I work in Baltimore, a place where economic hardship is a palpable force of nature. Although I take care of women who were raped, or […]
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Story No. 145: Anna from Pennsylvania
It wasn’t until college that I realized how comprehensive my sex education had been growing up. It wasn’t until college that I realized how comprehensive […]
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Story No. 144: Dr. Ellie from Illinois
My patient Lydia is a woman in her early thirties with four kids. Two of her children are twins. One of her twins was always […]
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Story No. 143: Delilah from Kentucky
In 2010, I was diagnosed with Grave’s Disease and my thyroid was surgically removed. Three years later, I’m uninsured and broke. My health department couldn’t […]