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Story No. 93: Provider from California
Warning: This post contains descriptions of domestic violence and sexual assault. I am a family physician at a small community health center. A patient of […]
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Story No. 92: Patient from Iowa
When I was 19 I had an ectopic pregnancy. It was overwhelming. It was incredibly painful and scary, and it was also terribly disappointing to […]
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Story No. 91: Provider from New York
While working in a community health center in Harlem, I was posed with a difficult question by one of my patients in early February 2017. […]
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Story No. 90: Patient from Oregon
My parents had me while in high school. They loved me, cared for me, and raised me well. Nevertheless, I have seen firsthand how much […]
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Story No. 89: Provider from Illinois
Warning: This post contains a graphic description of an unsafe abortion in the years before Roe v. Wade. When I was a young woman in […]
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Story No. 88: Patient from Washington
I had excruciating cramps every month with my period, causing me to miss work (working full time to save money for graduate school) or school […]
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Story No. 87: Provider from Vermont
As a daughter of a pro-choice, feminist mother who had a complicated obstetrical history, it seemed like a natural choice to become a physician and […]
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Story No. 86: Maritza from California
In 2004, I lost my job. During the process of interviewing for new jobs, I had no health care coverage. My long time boyfriend and […]