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Story No. 295: Sonja from California
When I was in my early twenties, I worked beside a 400-degree oven for eight hours at a time. I also was not on birth […]
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Story No. 293: Rachel from West Virginia
I couldn’t access my birth control pills when I was in the observation unit of a local hospital. This caused me to become pregnant, which […]
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Story No. 290: Dr. Jennefer from California
When I was in residency in California, I took care of Rita, a young Catholic mother of five. Rita was suffering from a serious heart […]
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Story No. 287: Patient from New Mexico
I am so grateful that I had amazing doctors at Planned Parenthood who were kind, empathetic, and knowledgeable. I am so grateful to have an […]
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Story No. 286: Dr. Jennifer from Baltimore
I am an obstetrician/gynecologist, and every day I see patients who rely on their insurance to pay for contraception. There’s Alice, who wouldn’t be able […]
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Story No. 285: Patient from Ohio
When I was eleven years old, symptoms of undiagnosed hypothyroidism, elevated adrenal glands, and polycystic ovary syndrome began to surface. I was frequently sick and, […]
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Story No. 280: Dr. Kathleen from New York
As an obstetrician/gynecologist, I have had many patients like Jennifer (name changed), a 22-year-old Catholic mother of one. She decided to postpone expanding her family […]
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Story No. 275: Sofia from Washington
I could have died in November 2016 because my reproductive system was outraged. I felt like my reproductive organs hated me on that day. I […]