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A former co-worker of mine was kicked out of Liberty as a student for having pre-marital sex. The sex was forced upon her by a classmate, who then started a rumor about her being a slut. Her removal was swift and devastating. She is still Christain but said "God's plan for me was that violence and betrayal by my…

It is so frustrating when people are blatantly obtuse because they don’t want to be wrong or have to change a behavior. My mom also worked in medical care and is a smoker. When I was a kid I pointed out the hypocrisy between her work and behaviors. Her response to 11 year old me was “well, you gotta die sometime.” She…

One of my childhood friends just gave birth to her 4th child. The older 3 have been vaccinated, but she expressed concern about vaccinating this 4th child because of “all of the new information about harmful vaccines.” I have advanced degrees in public health and tried to explain to her that A) Vaccines are safe; B)…

Right? I commented up thread that she turns 30 this year. It’s one thing when you’re learning to navigate relationships in your teens and 20s by making mistakes (and after several years of that it was already old). A 30 year old grown ass woman should not be shrugging her shoulders and saying “I know I’m a handful…

Taylor turns 30 this year. When does a grown ass adult woman stop singing about things like “there are other cool chicks out there” and “I know I’m a handful baby” ? Those lyrics, plus the so-sweet-your-teeth-just-rotted set design of this song, is she just trying to appeal to the same age demographic she always has…

I teach sexual and reproductive health courses to college students, and they bring current events/articles to class. Several have started to express extreme concern...I can only call it “doom and gloom”...about this news and other stories like it coming out of our government. They are assault survivors, children from…

Thank you for sharing your story. This article is saying doctors are being required to give misinformation (lies) to women about medical abortion reversal in the states mentioned. You are absolutely right; it creates distrust between patients and providers, and also confusion. The anti-choice extremists are trying to…

Kind of, yes. They say “I’m required by the state of XYZ to read you this. [Reads required misinformation/lies]. Now, with that said, that is language written by politicians and not doctors. My professional medical opinion, as based up by science and rigorous studies is XYZ... please let me know if you have any…

Here to say thanks for replying to all 3 of their replies before I had to interrupt my dinner to do so.

There is a lot of misinformation in your comment.

Great use of the term “later abortion” — that is the proper language, not “late-term” which I see accidentally being thrown around on this site.

If she was just holding the ultrasound, that would not be out of the ordinary. Anyone with any degree level can get trained (even certified, though that is not required) to operate an ultrasound. Someone upthread linked an article where a journalist fact-checked the dates and details about Johnson’s story/moment of…

If you haven’t yet, check out the Shout Your Abortion book. And consider writing/submitting your story! My sister had a hilarious and also traumatic abortion because in her anesthesia haze she didn’t follow instructions to put her pants back on and busted into the hallway full of people pantsless and confused. The…

Instead of condemning them to hell, I’d rather explore what got them to the place that A) they feel they have the right to judge others; B) they had an unplanned/unwanted/unviable pregnancy; C) they decided abortion was the best option for them, and D) they feel that their abortion is the only worthy abortion. I’ve…

Meanwhile abortion providers get rejected from advertising events like film screenings on facebook because it is deemed “political.”

A friendly note from your local abortion care worker — saying things like “No one WANTS to have an abortion. No one ENJOYS it. No one is saying that it’s not a physically and emotionally draining, last-resort to an unwanted pregnancy” is super anti-abortion and stigmatizing. Plenty of people DO want the abortion they…

WE NEED A TELL ALL ABOUT THIS!!

Yes, but, as someone who works in abortion care, we get plenty of stories from people who try to manage their pain/discomfort as best they know how. One woman ran herself a hot bath and then thought she was bleeding out because lots of blood + bathwater = a very Carrie-like scenario. A literal blood bath. How…

Here to validate your experience and apologize that you were not accurately informed about the side effects some people experience from the medications. If you need to talk to anyone about it, I recommend All-Options pregnancy resources; it is a pro-choice all-pregnancy-experiences non-profit with staff trained to…