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Story No. 133: Dr. Neelum from Illinois
I have practiced in predominantly minority communities for 15 years. In that time, I met Shirley, an unemployed, uninsured woman caring for her 75-year-old mother, […]
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Story No. 132: Patient from California
I miscarried naturally three times, but never completely. Without surgical abortion to remove the remainder of the uterine contents, I would have retained tissue, become […]
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Story No. 131: Dr. Barbara from Massachusetts
I had a 21-year-old patient with two children, the youngest was three months, and she was on birth control pills. She came in already knowing […]
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Story No. 130: Patient from North Carolina
In early 2010, I was 21 years old and finishing up my last year of college. I was not on birth control (for fear of […]
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Story No. 129: Dr. Thomas from Montana
Last month I saw a woman at our neighborhood health center for a follow-up after an abortion she had at a local clinic. Her husband […]
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Story No. 128: Rhonda from Georgia
As a young woman during the time Roe v. Wade made its way though the Supreme Court, I was surprised to learn my mom supported […]
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Story No. 127: Dr. Anne from New York
I had a patient yesterday who has insurance through her low-wage job at a hospital. Liza is married with two kids, and she relies on […]
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Story No. 126: Alison from Minnesota
In 1985, I was college student in Minneapolis, MN. Planned Parenthood was the only source that I was aware of that provided checkups and birth […]