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Story No. 27: Patient from Florida
While in my early 20’s it wasn’t uncommon for my period to last seven full days. My period was relentless. I had such heavy menstrual […]
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Story No. 26: Provider from Minnesota
As a primary care provider, I am often the first provider patients see when newly pregnant, intentionally or otherwise. Because of the generally good health […]
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Story No. 25: Stephanie from Pennsylvania
When I was without health insurance for a few years, Planned Parenthood was where I received all my reproductive health care. I have severe endometriosis […]
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Story No. 24: Provider from Maryland
Ms. T came to me for a routine ultrasound to see how her fetus was growing. She had not expected to find herself pregnant, as […]
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Story No. 23: Jessica from Maryland
After my third move to a third state in under a year, my birth control prescription ended with no notice from the pharmacy. Desperate to […]
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Story No. 22: Dr. Alhambra from Pennsylvania
Tasha is a 24-year-old, single mother of two young children. She explained to me that she needed to have an abortion because she could not […]
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Story No. 21: Patient from New York
I am a 30-year-old woman who is supremely grateful for the quality reproductive health care and contraception I have received throughout my life. I am […]
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Story No. 20: Dr. Rebecca from Pennsylvania
Before I was a physician, I was a theater technician working as a freelancer, making ends meet, but never able to afford health insurance. Planned […]