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Story No. 20: Dr. Rebecca from Pennsylvania
Before I was a physician, I was a theater technician working as a freelancer, making ends meet, but never able to afford health insurance. Planned […]
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Story No. 19: Patient from Texas
I’ve always been a hard-working person; my parents, a public school teacher and self-employed general contractor, instilled in me a work ethic that is essential […]
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Story No. 17: Dr. Caitlin from New York
I recently saw a 24-year-old woman who had just given birth to her fourth child. She was young and healthy, but had a complicated delivery. […]
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Story No. 16: Dr. Allie from Illinois
I remember the first time I ever went to Planned Parenthood. I was 16, living with my family in Denver, Colorado. A good friend asked […]
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Story No. 15: Physician from Texas
Aneli* was a 35-year-old mother of seven children when she arrived at my clinic seeking an abortion. Her last three pregnancies had been complicated by severe […]
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Story No. 14: Patient from Ohio
My husband and I spent four years trying to conceive with fertility treatment. After multiple losses (including an ectopic pregnancy), I had a difficult twin pregnancy that […]