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Story No. 76: Physician from New York
After years of training and working as a family doctor, I’ve seen women in every stage of life struggle with their identity and sense of […]
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Story No. 75: Patient from Kansas
After my ex-husband and I divorced, I was faced with a great deal of leftover trauma. He had frequently raped me during the course of […]
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Story No. 74: Nurse Midwife Sarah from Oregon
I am a woman, mother, wife, and nurse midwife. I went to Planned Parenthood for contraception when I was 16 years old and received nonjudgmental, […]
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Story No. 73: Patient from Washington
I was 16 years old—and so young. Of course, at the time I didn’t think so. I was in love, or at least I thought […]
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Story No. 72: Dr. Kristyn from Massachusetts
So many of our patients are worried about things beyond reproductive health care, and I think this one story shows the intersectionality of reproductive health […]
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Story No. 71: Linda from Virginia
I found a lump when I was 36 and decided I was going to stay calm. I contacted my gynecologist’s office and was surprised at […]
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Story No. 70: Provider from Washington
As a reproductive health counselor for many years, I worked with countless women, each of whom had a different story. There was the pregnant, homeless, […]
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Story No. 69: Julia from California
When I was 19, I was home from college for Thanksgiving. I had a night that ended with a ripped condom and a lot of […]