Caveat

So I'm submitting a purchase order for a completely mundane office supply. I'm not in accounts or purchasing, so I don't typical...

Uncommon Ground

I’m grumpy and feeling sick of all this “common ground” talk. Obama says our nation can find “common ground” on the issue of abortion; but ...

Stranger

She was fairly far along in her pregnancy when she came in for her abortion. Maybe 16-17 weeks. She didn't speak English, only Spanish...

THE TOP 5 MOST ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT MY LINE OF WORK

1. So... how much does an abortion cost anyway? (Followed by look of nonchalance) This is hands down the most common question when my line o...

Friday Snack: Media Post

I recently discovered a super-cool organization called Ipas , based in Chapel Hill, NC. They do all manner of reproductive health advocacy i...

How to lose friends and influence people

Because I take the internet too seriously, I recently decided to unfriend everyone on Facebook who I could discern was anti-choice.  It was ...

The ABCs of Sexual Health

I have a friend serving in the Peace Corps in Uganda. He has started working with two organizations and is trying to get them to teach educa...

Pro-Angst

Allow me for a moment to feed off the hype from the reality TV nightmare that is "Jon and Kate + 8". I am hopelessly addicted, for...

feminist <=> abortioneer?

Sparky's post from yesterday reminded me of a piece of writing that affirms why I do what I do, so I'd like to share it. It's al...

Activism or Advocacy

In response to being identified as a victim of right wing anti-choice violence Dr. Tiller once said, "I am a willing participant in t...

why can't all women just conform?

Sometimes I wonder if anti-abortion protest is really only about the fetus. That unknown being, that potential life, that is growing inside ...

Bundle of Joy

A woman at my job is pregnant, and boy, is she lovin' it. She brought in fancy chocolates to break the news a few months ago, passed up ...

Abortion is a Blessing

Unfortunately, it's uncommon to hear religious leaders in the US speak frankly about abortion from a supportive standpoint; however, Rev...

Your mom should share her story

Conundrum – I work at a human rights non-profit, a clinic, a local fund. I am going to school to become a family doctor. I escort women into...

Plan C?

One of my friends saw someone wearing this shirt recently. He thought it was pretty funny, I mainly found it disturbing. We got into an argu...

There Will Always be More Dr. Carharts

I'm not an optimistic person.  I'm good at pretending to be, but that doesn't mean I believe myself.  After Dr. Tiller's dea...

Trickery

The Pill Kills This campaign is going around the country holding anti-contraception rallies, decrying the horrors of the birth control pill ...

Thank You

Sitting at work earlier today, I kept thinking that I would write a “normal” blog post. Get back to writing about a patient story, or a fund...

Taking on the Torch

A week after the murder of Dr. Tiller, pro choice doctors, advocates, counselors, and health care providers are still thinking, “now what”...

In Memoriam, make a difference

This week's fund spotlight is made in awareness of the many, many women and girls who were able to recover their "hopes, dreams, p...

Videos to give you goosebumps

Abortion is not about babies, it's not about familes: abortion is about women's hopes, dreams, potential, the rest of their lives.

51 problems and having a baby isn't one of them

“For every woman, each pregnancy is an invited guest into her body and a welcome addition to her family. ” (Dr. George Tiller, The Declara...