I want to talk about my abortion. I want to be open. I want to be honest. Abortion cannot be simplified into regret or no regret. Those words glide along the surface of what we choose to say after the fact. We fall into those categories, and then we become statistics. Our names and our […]
Read More I am 1 in 3What’s up, everybody? All of us from ShoutOut wish you well during these last weeks of the spring semester! Here’s what’s up with everything else this week: Political Ish: North Carolina’s governor Pat McCrory is not making anything better after the BS bathroom policy’s passing. Equal Pay Day was yesterday. Yep, wage gap still exists. […]
Read More From the NewsroomIf you read my Valentine’s Day post, then you already know about Grandma, an amazing film starring Lily Tomlin. Check out a scene from the film to see if it is a good fit for your taste. Grandma is one part comedy, one part drama, and full of heart. It strives to provide a normalized […]
Read More Grandma: Normalizing Abortion in the MainstreamFor a few years now, I have been telling people that I want to work at a Planned Parenthood or another abortion facility. Many of them are confused. Since I am also a writer, receiving an English degree in a couple months, and have no nursing experience, why would I want to work in a […]
Read More Clinic Escorts: Everyday HeroesImagine. A fourteen year old girl. She’s been sick for weeks. Throwing up in the bathroom at school between morning classes. Forcing food into her stomach and wearing a fake smile because she knows. She knows she’s pregnant. And she’s scared. She can’t tell her parents, she can’t tell the person who got her pregnant, […]
Read More The Dangerous Reality of Crisis Pregnancy CentersWhen it comes to reproductive rights and access to reproductive healthcare, we (yes, me included) tend to use exclusive language. We call abortion and contraceptive access a women’s issue. Comprehensive sex education is for young boys and girls. Women need abortion on demand and without apology. Cis-women who are pregnant from cis-men are at the […]
Read More Reproductive Justice: Not Just a Women’s IssueA twelve-year-old girl pregnant from rape by her mother’s boyfriend. A fifteen-year-old high school student who would be forced by her parents to carry her unintended pregnancy to term. Desperate and terrified girls living in a state with less than twenty abortion clinics. These are the beginnings of their stories. These are the stories we […]
Read More Abortion Stories: The Personal is PoliticalI was thinking of what to write this post about, and while researching I came across a website. The site discusses “Post-Abortion Syndrome” and its symptoms. Now, the (dot)org and fancy title may throw you off, but this “Post-Abortion Syndrome” is not a medical issue recognized by the American Psychological Association. In fact, most women […]
Read More The Myth of “Post-Abortion Syndrome” Hurts WomenIn November 2015 a lone gunman shot and killed three people outside of the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. One police officer. Two civilians. At first, the motives of the shooter were claimed to be unknown. Maybe he was just mentally unwell and happened to be in the area. Maybe he was targeting a specific […]
Read More Anti-Choice Rhetoric and Clinic ViolenceWhat’s up guys? Have you been keeping up with the news this week? Well let me tell you somethin’…some shit’s going down. Politics The Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs re-opened its doors this week after the deadly shooting back in November. Even after tragedy, PP continues to provide its much-needed services. After Supreme Court Justice […]
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