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Story No. 35: Patient from Washington
I became pregnant in 1995, as a young woman in California. I desperately wanted the baby, but the pregnancy was terribly difficult, and took an […]
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Story No. 34: Dr. Lin from Pennsylvania
Life was so different before the election. I consistently have patients ask me about the cost of the health care services. Before the election, I […]
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Story No. 33: Alicia from New York
I was able to get a Paragard (a hormone free IUD) free of charge from Planned Parenthood in New York, preventing me from having children […]
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Story No. 32: Provider from Texas
“Kelsey” was a preschool teacher, newly married and the child of two physicians. She and her husband were delighted when they discovered that she was […]
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Story No. 31: Patient from California
I had an abortion at age 16 (I am now 54) after a condom broke. I was terrified of having to tell my parents I […]
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Story No. 30: Dr. Carrie from Oregon
D is a 45-year-old woman, recently married, who found out she was pregnant when she went in for her first radiation treatment for breast cancer. […]
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Story No. 29: Karen from Pennsylvania
I had my abortion at 21 weeks of gestation, which accounts for approximately 1% of abortions annually. It took my husband and me six months […]
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Story No. 28: Dr. Stewart from California
As an old but practicing psychiatrist, certain thoughts, patients, and situations still haunt my dreams. Recently, I find both sadness and anger triggered by the […]