Voices of Courage Archives

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September 23, 2017

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 […]

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September 22, 2017

There is a patient that I want to tell you about; I will call her Carla. I first met Carla when she was 14 years […]

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September 21, 2017

I am deeply grateful for my local Planned Parenthood clinic. When I needed help and information regarding birth control, they gave me all of the […]

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September 20, 2017

Kwame* was 17 years old when I met him. He came to my teen clinic for men after an emergency department visit for a suspected […]

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September 19, 2017

I terminated my first pregnancy in 2007 at 21 weeks. That wasn’t what I wanted to do—my husband and I were trying to have a […]

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September 18, 2017

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 […]

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September 17, 2017

When I was 23, I got pregnant. Keeping the baby at that time in my life was not the right choice for me. I did […]

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September 16, 2017

To be an advocate for a teenager and young adult allows me to channel their passion for life and choice into my passion for making […]