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Story No. 556: Dr. Wing Kay from California
I saw a patient yesterday who was seeking an abortion at Planned Parenthood. She had an early pregnancy, just six weeks along, and she came […]
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Story No. 540: Cammie from Oklahoma
I was a newly divorced mom in 1994 with two daughters ages four and nine. I lost the health insurance I’d had through my husband, […]
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Story No. 538: Patient from Alabama
Immediately after finishing graduate school and receiving my PhD, I was working multiple jobs, none of which offered employee health insurance. The Affordable Care Act […]
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Story No. 500: Dr. Danielle from South Carolina
To honor the selection of the 500th Voices of Courage story, Physicians for Reproductive Health held a story competition for stories that inspire, break down stigma, […]
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Story No. 467: Patient from New York
When I was 15, I was at the top of my class and had a bright future ahead of me. I also had what I […]
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Story No. 447: C.B. from Wisconsin
The summer after I studied abroad, I found myself running low on birth control pill packs. Because I was halfway across the country from my […]
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Story No. 443: Rebecca from Washington, D.C.
My partner was in treatment for Stage III cancer when I became pregnant. I did not want a child and was in no position to […]
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Story No. 435: Rachel from Massachusetts
In the late 1990s/early 2000s, I was among the cohort of kids exposed to abstinence-only-based education. In my middle-class DC suburb, the prominent focus was […]