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Story No. 566: Rachel from West Virginia, Part 2
"We are so grateful abortion existed at the time we needed access to the care"
Tagged: Voices of Courage
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Story No. 565: Rachel from West Virginia, Part 1
We at Physicians for Reproductive Health are moved when we get updates from our Voices of Courage storytellers. Last week, one of our early storytellers, […]
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Story No. 564: Stephanie from Massachusetts
On May 26, 2018, Ireland repealed the amendment that forbid abortion in almost every circumstance. After 13 years, my abortion rarely crosses my mind because […]
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Story No. 563: Patient from Michigan
I have been fortunate to be in places where I’ve been able to get birth control and testing easily. I had to take a pregnancy […]
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Story No. 562: Sue from Iowa
Twenty years ago, I developed really bad uterine fibroid tumors. Had I been or become pregnant, I could have died unless I had access to […]
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Story No. 561: Dr. Emily from New Mexico
“Tanya” was a single mom who carried a lot of guilt for having had a child before being married. She was a devoted mother to […]
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Story No. 560: Lynn from Minnesota
Denver, 1977. I was living with a hot-tempered man and became pregnant. Years before, I had decided that parenthood was not for me under any […]
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Story No. 559: Dr. Jennifer from California
Divya and Jordan (names changed to protect privacy) came to Labor and Delivery worried but hopeful. Divya had woken up earlier that morning with the […]