On November 28, 2009, the New York Times Sunday edition featured an editorial “In Support of Abortion, It’s Personal vs. Political” in the Week in Review. While there were some things I liked about this editorial, there was much to dislike. First and foremost being the fact that Post-Roe women are defined only [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Stigma’
In Support of Wellbeing, Abortion Matters to Women and Families (a fictional editorial by Cheryl Straight Stobilt)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Oakland, Leadership, Abortion, Pro-Voice, Success, Exhale, Vision, Justice, Peace, Culture War, Stigma, Aspen Baker on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watch This: A message to women who have had abortions, from clergy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, NonJudgment, Stigma on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you Faith Aloud!
The Antidote to Shame is Respect
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Exhale, NonJudgment, Pro-Voice, Stigma on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Recently, I got an email response about the soon-to-be-launched private Exhale Online Community for women who have had abortions, from a woman who worried that a “private online space” created more shame, not less. I shared with her Exhale’s belief that nonjudgmental support for women post-abortion is the best antidote to shame. Literally, [...]
Glamour Mag Covers Post-Abortion Emotional Health in March Issue
Posted in I believe, I did, tagged Abortion, Exhale, NonJudgment, Stigma on February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Abortion: The Serious Health Decision Women Aren’t Talking About Until Now
“In the end there’s little drama to the procedure, but that doesn’t make it a simple experience. How could it be, when abortion inspires culture-quaking political and religious debates and feels too charged to discuss, even woman to woman? “No one talks about abortion on [...]
Blog Coverage of The Humor Issue
Posted in I think, tagged Abortion, Exhale, Humor, NonJudgment, Pro-Voice, Stigma on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kate Cosby’s feature, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Clinic” is featured on RH Reality Check right now
Change.org
Huffington Post
RH Reality Check
Pandagon
The Humor Issue is Here!!!
Posted in I believe, tagged Abortion, Exhale, Fun, Humor, Love, Pro-Voice, Stigma, Vision on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If only we were on video conference. But it was just a phone call so I couldn’t see their faces when I said, “let’s do an issue on humor.” And, as usual, the editorial board of Our Truths-Nuestras Verdades took my idea and made it better. I am so proud to announce the [...]
Your Voice is Needed
Posted in I will, tagged Abortion, Exhale, Pro-Voice, Stigma on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am in the process of writing a book, tentatively titled “Be Well: Your guide to well-being after an abortion,” that Exhale plans to publish in the Spring. Be Well shows women that emotional well-being after an abortion is possible and its easy-to-read, step-by-step format leads them down their own unique path to well-being. As [...]
Abortion in Books: Echoes
Posted in I did, tagged Abortion, Books, Oakland, Stigma on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Echoes
A novel by Maeve Binchy, author of Whitehorn Woods.
Purchased at Walden Pond in Oakland.
Page 161:
“Things will change of course, but in their own time. You can’t rush people and expect them to go at your pace. In terms of absolutes you might be wise to hold off until the growth of acceptance is sufficient…until the [...]
