Story No. 297: Lindsey from Texas
"I am grateful to the Affordable Care Act."
"I am grateful to the Affordable Care Act."
I am a 32-year-old woman, and the only consistent medical care that I have accessed since I was a teenager is reproductive health care. There […]
I recently had a 27 year old patient, who I’ll call Jill. Jill suffered a stroke in June 2016 after having a pulmonary embolism, and […]
Trigger warning: This story discusses rape and sexual assault — As an abortion provider, I see women of all ages, races, nationalities, backgrounds, and experiences. […]
The patient was giddy with both nerves and happiness. The first thing she told me was that it had taken her a full year to […]
Christine came to see me for an IUD. She is 40 and had been pregnant recently. She and her husband have two children, and they […]
Tyra walked in and was similar to many of the other patients that I see. She was young, Black, hailing from a poor neighborhood in […]
When Joann was 27 years old and diagnosed with a blood clot in her lung, her insurance paid her emergency room bill. Her expensive blood […]