Story No. 301: Patient from Massachusetts
I grew up in a suburb of Boston. I attended public school, and none of my female friends ever faced an unplanned pregnancy. This is […]
I grew up in a suburb of Boston. I attended public school, and none of my female friends ever faced an unplanned pregnancy. This is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]