16 and Aborting

After crying my eyes out watching the season finale of 16 and Pregnant I have been wondering when someone was going to bring up the question about teens who have had abortions. And frankly, I was a bit nervous. I was thrilled to read the thoughtful piece by Amy Benfer on Salon, [...]

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The Moral of My Abortion Story

*first published on Huffington Post

Ten years ago, I had an abortion.
Once I found out I was pregnant, it took me quite awhile to even consider abortion, and then a lot of contemplation to finally decide to have one — and most important, go through with one. It wasn’t easy and it was definitely emotional. Ten [...]

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Abortion on TV: Criminal Minds

Special Agent Emily Prentiss is contacted by a childhood friend and told that another childhood friend recently died. It smells of foulplay. Prentiss gets leeway to explore the case and eventually brings the rest of the team along. It turns out that when she was 15 she got pregnant and this childhood [...]

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Podcast: Fully Engaged Feminism

Thanks to Laura at Fully Engaged Feminism for interviewing me about Exhale on her podcast. She writes:
In the shouting match around the legislating and moralizing of abortion the first silenced are often women who have experienced it. Where can women go to tell their story with out it becoming ammunition for either [...]

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Watch This: A message to women who have had abortions, from clergy

Thank you Faith Aloud!

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