Guest post: Caring for the Ones Who Never Call

I'm incredibly pleased to introduce a guest writer today. Amy Littlefield is a former abortion counselor and founder of The Provider Pr...

May you relish your free time at your retirement home in heaven

Today The Abortioneers would like to dedicate your attention to Dr. William Harrison--a deeply passionate and exceptionally skilled obstetri...

Dr. Rude

Within the field of abortion it can be very challenging to have conversations about the difficulties we face, because there is a fear that a...

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...

Friday morning at the movies: praise and pans

Recently I organized a local screening of If These Walls Could Talk. If you've ever seen it or remember its HBO premiere in 1996, you ...

Abortion Abroad: Part 2

I visited a semi-rural reproductive health clinic in Kenya. Impressive! My org has done a great job recruiting talented clinic staff and o...

Ways To Not Understand "Choice," or Patriots don't get pregnant

A 'C'? A 'C'? I got a 'C' on my coathanger sculpture? How could anyone get a 'C' in coathanger sculpture? (...

Stand-alone or lump-together?

Recently I was talking with someone whom I admire very much as a professional in the field -- someone who was a provider in the past but has...

Scare Tactics

One of the worst aspects about being an Abortioneer is the scare tactics. I'm not talking like Freddy Krueger. Mummies. Chainsaw-wieldin...

Shop Talk

Vulva Flower's post yesterday was timely for me and I've thought quite a bit about the article she shared. I know that our blog is s...

my secret identity

The other day, I was sitting in the “Doctor Room,” the area we all congregate while seeing patients in the clinic. This is where we have c...

Othering Abortion

After reading Monday’s post by About a Girl, I reflected on my own dreams for the future of abortion access. As a future abortion provid...

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...

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”...

Happy Abortion Provider Day!

I had a hard day at work and realized throughout this day that I hadn't really thought about how it's National Abortion Provider Day...