Tagged: Voices of Courage

Story No. 19: Patient from Texas

I’ve always been a hard-working person; my parents, a public school teacher and self-employed general contractor, instilled in me a work ethic that is essential […]

Story No. 18: Dr. Frits Broekhuizen from Wisconsin

Story No. 17: Dr. Caitlin from New York

I recently saw a 24-year-old woman who had just given birth to her fourth child. She was young and healthy, but had a complicated delivery. […]

Story No. 16: Dr. Allie from Illinois

I remember the first time I ever went to Planned Parenthood. I was 16, living with my family in Denver, Colorado. A good friend asked […]

Story No. 15: Physician from Texas

Aneli* was a 35-year-old mother of seven children when she arrived at my clinic seeking an abortion. Her last three pregnancies had been complicated by severe […]

Story No. 14: Patient from Ohio

My husband and I spent four years trying to conceive with fertility treatment. After multiple losses (including an ectopic pregnancy), I had a difficult twin pregnancy that […]

Story No. 13: Physician from Washington

Story No. 12: Vanessa from Washington, DC

As new parents, we found the additional expenses needed to support a growing family to be quite great. Therefore, it was especially wonderful for me […]