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Story No. 430: Dr. Bailey from Maryland
I had a 32-year-old patient come to see me for birth control. She has a six-year-old daughter who she adores, but she is not ready […]
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Story No. 422: Dr. Rachel from Missouri
In my ob/gyn residency, we had “continuity clinics”—a weekly clinic where we could see the same patients over and over so that they could have […]
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Story No. 417: Shaun from New York
My first reproductive education experience was when I was in ninth grade, when I had a health class. The school divided the boys and girls […]
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Story No. 412: Dr. Ryan from Louisiana
Casey came into the school based health clinic crying. She was three weeks late for her period. She was so scared she was pregnant. She […]
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Story No. 407: Patient from Connecticut
Birth control isn’t just for contraception! Without birth control to regulate my hormones, I would have the most unimaginably horrible cramps every month that even […]
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Story No. 400: Dr. Bailey from Maryland
An adolescent patient came to my office looking for birth control. She was sexually active, but she couldn’t tell me the last time she was […]
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Story No. 393: Irene from California
Ever since I was a teenager, Planned Parenthood and similar clinics large and small have helped me access health care when I could not otherwise […]
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Story No. 392: Dr. Amy from Pennsylvania
One of the most gratifying things that I get to do as a physician is share safe and effective family planning options with patients who […]