This fact is not so surprising to those of us who work in abortion care. In fact, it’s so unsurprising that we often forget that the image of “that kind of girl”– you know, the one who has an abortion– is generally the opposite of what society defines as a good mother. Fortunately, the good folks at [...]
Posts Tagged ‘myths & misconceptions’
Moms have abortions too.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, provider experience on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
School Days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, provider experience on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It didn’t take long for folks at the clinic to realize that I love nothing more than the sound of my own voice and to talk about abortion all day and all night. So when the “high school abortion days” came around, it wasn’t a big surprise that they got turfed to me. Now you [...]
My Abortion, My Life
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, provider experience on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Preterm, an amazing abortion provider in Ohio, has just launched its “My Abortion, My Life” campaign to decrease stigma and normalize abortion. It’s a courageous campaign that encourages the 45 million women who have accessed abortion care in this country to speak out and tell their story. When you consider that 1 in 3 American [...]
Where I wax poetic about the Washington Post
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, politics on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I lived in Washington, D.C., I developed an unconditional love of the Washington Post. I was completely convinced that there was no finer news source than the Post for …. well, anything. Since moving away from D.C. I have come to find that there are, indeed, many great news sources, but when I see [...]
Annoying Misconception #4: Abortion is legal, so it’s easy to get one.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, provider experience on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When legal doesn’t equal accessible. Recently, there has been a lot of news about a phenomenon that abortion providers have know about for quite some time: women using illegal or “underground” methods to cause an abortion rather than going to a clinic or physician. This is no surprise to those of us in abortion care, because when these [...]
Hooray for another way to prevent an unintended pregnancy!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, politics on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the New York Times F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators on Friday approved a new form of emergency contraceptive pill that prevents pregnancies if taken as many as five days after unprotected intercourse. The pill, called ella, will be available by prescription only. Developed in government laboratories, [...]
It takes one bad abortion clinic…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, TV/Media on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/feature/2010/02/24/philadelphia_clinic_shut_down The state of a Philadelphia facility draws national attention, at the expense of safe, legal providers By Kate Harding A Philadelphia medical facility has been shut down by the Pennsylvania Department of State’s Board of Medicine, following a raid in which federal agents found conditions at the clinic “deplorable and unsanitary.” The Associated Press [...]
Annoying Misconception #3: You have to leave your faith at the door.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, faith & religion, myths & misconceptions on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many people have the mistaken idea that being a person of faith and choosing to terminate a pregnancy are mutually exclusive when in fact, sexuality and spiritually are mutually beneficial forces in our lives. We here at Cherry Hill Women’s Center encourage our patients to bring their faith and spiritual identity into the clinic with [...]
The Need for Second-Trimester Abortion Advocacy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of years ago, I had the honor of introducing Susan Yanow at our annual Abortion Care Network annual meeting. In a recent issue of Conscience magazine, published by Catholics for Choice, she talked about the need for advocacy for 2nd trimester abortion access. Oftentimes, 2nd trimester abortion is the elephant in the room for [...]
Annoying Misconception #2: Only a certain kind of woman has an abortion
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, provider experience on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The reality is that EVERY kind of woman is faced with this decision at some point… pregnancy does not discriminate.
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