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Abortion and my Story
I Won’t Back Down Please grant me the indulgence of a slight digression before getting to the meat of my post. I have never been one for personal theme songs, couples taking ownership of a particular...
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Vascillations and WWDD
If you have been following my recent posts, you know I am supporting the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride set to kick off on 23 July 2013 in New York City and San Francisco. I discussed this summer’s...
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A Tribute to Doctor Susan Wicklund
I wanted to take my time today to say goodbye to an old friend. Many of you have no doubt heard of Doctor Susan Wicklund. Susan is a long time abortion provider who for many years travelled throughout...
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A Man Can Have a Fine Voice, but This Does not Keep Him from Making a Fine...
Dear M and S, I do not ask for understanding, but comprehension. You both have questions. Some I’ve answered, insinuated, or obscured for the normal parental reasons. I owe you, though, the story as...
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A Family Aborted
Sudden violent death creates concentric ripples which spread ever wider washing and crashing over the immediate family on to extended family, friends, and colleagues. Those ripples ebb back to the...
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The Abortion Care Network Continues the Fight
I recently received an email from a woman named Peg Johnston, an old friend up in Binghamton, New York who has been running an abortion facility for many years. She has seen it all: the murders, the...
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Thanks, Justice Roberts?
Something really interesting happened recently at the U.S. Supreme Court. For those of you who failed high school social studies, let me remind you that for a case to reach the Supreme Court, four...
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The Funeral
Open or closed? His question hung in my head, a mental metronome undulating. Open or closed? It did not serve as a mantra used to focus the mind. No, the attendant’s question precluded focus and only...
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Throwing Chairs at Phil Donahue by David L Gunn, Jr.
Looking back, the felicity with which the media tracked down victims in a pre-internet world was unsettling. After my Dad’s assassination on March 10, 1993, my mom, sister, friends, and I huddled...
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Anti-Abortion Discrimination in the Media: Reality, Contrived, or a Function...
By K.J. Farrell Part 1 of this series focused on concern that the anti-abortion movement has with numbers in their claims that the media discriminates against them. Part 2 focused on news coverage and...
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Shaming Women for Multiple or Second Trimester Abortions
Many years ago when I directed a family planning clinic, an abortion patient (“Jenny”) informed me that she was there for her eleventh abortion. With neutrality, I responded to Jenny with questions...
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Chum by David L. Gunn, Jr.
Chum Appearing on a nationally syndicated daytime talk show five days after losing a parent is not a good idea. Indeed, I am sure that nine of 10 grief counselors would agree that subjecting oneself to...
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SCOTUS: Scammed by a Grandmotherly Zealot
Upon hearing the news that the Supreme Court struck down the Massachusetts law that provided a 35 foot buffer zone prohibiting anti-abortion protesters from harassing patients entering medical...
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Pro-Choice: Actions Count More than Words
In a recent blog, Pat Richards wrote about the term, “pro-choice,” agreeing with others that it is out of date. After seeing that last week’s listserves, blogs, and news forums I subscribe to had...
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Republicans and Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills: An Authenticity Check
There has been much discussion about birth control pills being made available over-the-counter (OTC), primarily by Republicans as an “answer” to the concerns about the inclusion of contraception in the...
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More Executions to Plan in Texas
By now, any person who reads this blog is aware that the State of Texas has ruled that their very unnecessary anti-abortion law, designed to make it impossible for current abortion providers to comply,...
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Abortion in 2015: Resolve to Contact Your Elected Representatives
A US News and World Report article (12/31/14), What the Battle Over Abortion Will Look Like in 2015, should remind all of us concerned about reproductive justice that Republicans will control the...
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Fetal Tissue and Parts: There is More to the Story
Fetal parts are for sale. Yep, the terrible Planned Parenthood abortionists found and tapped into a profitable market for fetal parts, especially intact forms. This is the basic narrative inserted into...
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Donald and Hillary
Do any of the Presidential candidates give a crapola about abortion? I watch a lot of television coverage of the campaigns (CNN and Fox) and I have yet to hear either Hillary or Trump even say the word...
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By Michelle Hackman and Louise Radnofsky Aug. 16, 2017 4:23 p.m. ET 72 COMMENTS WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is poised to issue a rule unwinding an Obama -era requirement that employee health...
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