Happy pills

The other day when I answered the phone at the clinic, a Spanish-speaker was on the other end of the line asking about "the pill that b...

A Man's World

Was jetting home one day last week, eager to get to the grocery store for some dinner fixins, and ignoring people on the sidewalks. Being as...

Barriers: Stigma and Language

In the work we do, we come across barriers to abortion care all the time. I think stigma is actually one of the greatest barriers: it can st...

A Little Funny For Your Sunday Night

A quickie post today! I thought I would point you guys to some of my favorite Onion articles relating to abortion. There are tons, but these...

I am not your cornfield

Perusing through my first abortion notebook this prime of summer day, I found several saved copies of The Right to Life by Marge Piercy. I...

Money, money, money

It's been a while since we've had a fund spotlight, and many funds are really hurting right now. As I'm sure many if not all of...

Racist Patients

"I'm just not used to all the N**gers touching me" Recently we had a minor from the Deep South travel to the clinic where I wo...

The upside of talking to strangers

just kidding Hanging out with foreigners is a whole other Thing for me. I don't mean foreigners exactly. What's a good word for &quo...

Abortion in My Dreams

Last night I dreamt I was walking through the halls of a University. I’m not sure I even went there. I overheard three girls behind me tal...

Heath Educator?

Part of my job description is health education, and I totally own it. Some of my co-workers aren't big fans of counseling our teenage c...

Shout Out to Faith Aloud!

Piggy-backing on my post from yesterday, I just wanted to give a shout-out to Faith Aloud and how amazing they are. Some of our readers remi...

To Abortioneers: Help Out About A Girl!

Dear Abortioneers Out There: I have a confession. I'm having a mini - tiny even - crisis. OK. "Crisis" is a bit dramatic; but ...

Free The Pill!!

For too long our birth control pills have been held hostage by our doctors. Every year we are forced to lie on an examining table, put our ...

WTF

Sharron Angle is running for the Senate in Nevada. Think Progress has unearthed what I would describe as a terribly chilling soundbite from...

Friends don't let friends watch TLC

Pardon me. I’m visiting my parents, and they have a television. I was compelled to surf the channels at 11 pm last night to view The Daily S...

Keep Your Hands to Yourself

Early on in the process of American socialization most children learn a key life tool: "Keep your hands to yourself."  What do I m...

Sigh of the week: "With Liberty and Justice for Most" (In which I try to play well with others)

So I wanted to write you a little post all about Plan B and ellaOne. There is good news and bad news, about that. The good news is, I spent ...

Lessons on Assumptions, Altruism, and Abortion

Without violating HIPAA, let me just tell you that I've interacted with several clients who are a little bit unlike me. Let's say t...