To Have an IUD or Not to Have an IUD (And then, which type?)

Desembarazarme’s recent post about IUDs here got me thinking. IUDs definitely are more popular. Not so much the ParaGard, but Mirena is. ...

On chives and choice

I was happy when my friend's son learned to talk. Not because he was able to communicate, "I am hungry and I would like to see my ...

A woman is a living, growing human being

In our sidebar we link to blogs of people who have had an abortion and want to write about their experience. Here's a new (to me) one: ...

Surviving partner violence isn't as simple as they make it sound

We were working with a patient living through extreme domestic violence. There was some concern that she might also be experiencing verbal ...

Close your eyes and imagine something for me

welcome to your new home What if you moved to another country and had no family there, and your first language was one that very few people ...

the women

I have delivered a baby and performed a 9-week abortion. Although both procedures were very different, they were equally powerful. In the d...