Feminist blogger Kate Harding often takes issue with how cynical the progressives on Daily Kos write about abortion politics, but on Nov. 10, they found some common ground. Two days after the House voted to approve health care reform and the Stupak Amendment, which seemed to catch so many by surprise, Kate wrote on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Counseling’
About Rape
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Counseling, Domestic Violence, Justice, Organizing, Peace, Race, Racism, Rape, Richmond on November 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I live in Oakland, California and I love it. Lake Merrit is one of my favorite spots. Because I grew up on the ocean I need to be around water and so I always pretend the Lake is the ocean. It works, especially on hot summer days.
If you haven’t been [...]
Me on KPFA’s Full Circle (Berkeley radio)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Aspen Baker, Counseling, Culture War, Exhale, NonJudgment, Pro-Voice on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Listen here. Start listening around 25 minutes.
Open Letter to Irene Vilar, “Abortion Addict”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Abortion Addict, Aspen Baker, Books, Challenge, Counseling, Culture War, Exhale, Irene Vilar, NonJudgment, Pro-Voice on October 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Dear Irene,
I was alerted to the pending release of your book, Impossible Motherhood, by a friend and when I read the summary, I thought: “Wow. That’s intense.”
I read in another article that you feared your “self-described ‘abortion addiction’ will be misunderstood” and that you only scheduled “closed-door interviews and will [...]
Exhale Honors Volunteer Jan with 2nd Annual Rachel Falls Compassion Award
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, Exhale, Fun, Fundraising, Leadership, Non-Profit, Pro-Voice, Volunteering on October 14, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In 2008, Exhale and our community lost a very dear friend and ally. Rachel Falls, the Hotline Director at the National Abortion Federation (NAF), passed away after a long battle with brain cancer. Rachel was many wonderful things to many people. At Exhale, she will always be remembered as one of the first people [...]
Celebrate With Me: New Post-Abortion Research!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, Culture War, Exhale, Leadership, NonJudgment, Organizing, Pro-Voice, Success on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ten years ago this week, I had an abortion.
At the time, as most of my readers know by now, there was very little attention paid to the emotional experiences of women post-abortion. Some clinics provided counseling sometimes, but there was no universally-accepted standard of emotional care being promoted or adopted by abortion [...]
16 and Aborting
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, Exhale, NonJudgment, Pro-Voice on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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, [...]
The Moral of My Abortion Story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, Exhale, Pro-Voice on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*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 [...]
