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 [...]
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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 [...]
Glamour Magazine Declares: “Its Time to Make Peace on Abortion”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Culture War, Exhale, Justice, Leadership, NonJudgment, Organizing, Peace, Pro-Voice, Success on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I couldn’t agree more.
Glamour Magazine is well on its way to becoming my favorite magazine of all time. It was just a few short months ago that they featured the stories of women post-abortion. Now, they seek advice from experts on conflict resolution in order to create a more “thoughtful [...]
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 [...]
The Science of Support: Why We Need Research that Promotes Well-Being After an Abortion
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Exhale, Organizing on May 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The National Institutes of Health is hosting a series of regional meetings across the nation to gather input and ideas from scientists and communities about their research priorities to promote women’s health. The University of California, San Francisco, is hosting one of these meetings next week, during its conference: Moving Into the Future – [...]
Pro-Choice Or Pro-Voice (Or Both)? | RHRealityCheck.org
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Culture War, Exhale, NonJudgment, Organizing, Peace, Pro-Voice, Vision on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amanda Marcotte from RH Reality Check invited me to join her in a recorded debate/conversation about the differences and similarities between pro-choice and pro-voice. A staunch pro-choice advocate, Amanda questioned the pro-voice approach earlier this year, in an article on RHRC. While Amanda and I do not always see eye-to-eye, we both believe [...]
Exhale’s Pro-Voice Ambassadors Spread the Word!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, Exhale, Organizing, Pro-Voice, Vision on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Exhale’s Pro-Voice Ambassadors travel near and far to spread our message of nonjudgment, respect and support for every woman who has had an abortion. Together, we grow the opportunities for our pro-voice vision to take hold and become our new, lived reality.
The backs of our T-shirts say it well:
We understand things aren’t [...]
Celebrate Exhale Volunteers!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Exhale, NonJudgment, Organizing, Pro-Voice on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week is National Volunteer Week and I am thrilled to spend the week celebrating the amazing women who serve as volunteers on the Exhale after-abortion talkline. Because of them, women and men can find comfort and support after an abortion. Here are some words of support and celebration from others for Exhale [...]
