Put on a Happy Face

I’m not an optimist by nature. I pretend to be, and I make a conscious effort to come to work in a good mood and look on the bright si...

What's the matter with Kansas?

Recently, a new law was signed by Kansas governor Sam Brownback that significantly altered standards by which all (three) abortion clinics i...

Difficult Conversations

I think we've touched on this subject before, but it's been on my mind lately. What do you do when someone asks what you do, and you...

DisCrimination

So there's been a lot of talk in the pro-choice world about Washington, DC and the ban on abortion funding through Medicaid, which DC re...

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

I’ve been working on this post since the day I was born. I turned 30 years old this week and I am finally ready to confidently say what I a...

Art and Abortion

I love the arts and I love abortion work. As I was trying to find some obviously pro-choice artists and artwork, I came across the following...

Something from Fox News that isn't blasphemy!

Check out this article about the health benefits of masturbating . Sexual health encompasses so much. Unwanted pregnancies, STDs, contracept...

Blegging for a good cause

Hi everyone. I just have a quick request today. Please help me honor the life and work of one of our own. Ryan Goskie's death earlier ...

Who is the man?

When I told my dad I was going to be an Abortioneer, he did not bounce off the walls. I was nervous to tell him at first, because he is a ma...

Tell it slant

Emily Dickinson advised, "Tell all the truth, but tell it slant." Tim O'Brien wrote an entire book that might be part fact, ...

Las evidencias hablan por sí solas!

I attended a health conference yesterday and stopped by one of my favorite orgs, Ipas , to score some swag and some abortion news. I saw a s...

Limiting Abortion Care One Uninformed Law at a Time

I was looking through the news today for inspiration on my post, and I saw articles about states that are currently passing new limits on ab...

Sunday Douchebaggery Interlude

Take a gander at this shit : "The billboard depicts an Alamogordo businessman, [Greg] Fultz, 35, holding what appears to the outline o...

Viva la Doula Project

If you've never visited The Doula Project website , you are missing something beautiful and evolutionary. " So much is always diffe...

Guest post: Ryan, we miss you already

A few days ago, we all lost a friend and fellow abortioneer. He wasn't "famous" like some of those we've lost recently to...

Six Degrees of Kevin-abortion-bacon

You know that game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon ? Well I think that can also apply to abortion, although I would say it is probably more like...

Tuesday Tunes: the Verve Pipe

All right, call me silly, but I've got a question for you. Do you remember "The Freshmen"? Cast your mind back to middle scho...

"What Can the White Man Say to the Black Woman?"

O RLY? How about, "Every __ minutes, our next possible leader is incarcerated, gunned down, flunked, raped, given a black eye, impregn...

For now, there is no in-between

To declare that The Wichita Divide evoked emotions I did not know I had would be making an understatement. Rather, one evening after a long...

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 ...

Be my little baby

There are a handful of movies that I'll watch anytime they come on TV, no matter how many times I've seen them before or how far in ...