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  • We are fed up.

    Every day, Planned Parenthood affiliates and independent abortion providers around the nation give compassionate care to women who need abortions. I am fed up with the ongoing attacks on these…

  • Nicole

    I am in the unenviable position of having had both an abortion, & a child I placed for adoption.

  • Mandy

    I’ve been pro choice since I was old enough to understand the politics of abortion. I found out I was pregnant at 18 and made the decision to parent. I…

  • Anonymous

    It was seven years ago, I was 25. I still have the questionnaire from the doctors visit. One question asked “Do you want to be pregnant? Yes/No.” I put an…

  • Anonymous

    I never expected I would have an abortion. I supported it being a legal procure, but out of a sense of ethics and feminism, not because I expected to need…

  • Press Release: Give Teens What They Need to Make Healthy Decisions

    Providing teens with information about and access to contraception before they need it is crucial to their health, we learn from the CDC’s new report Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and…

  • Tanya

    I was 18. Despite the “usual” rhetoric (which I think sometimes is more rhetoric than fact) it wasn’t a hard decision, it wasn’t a life changing decision.

  • Sherry

    I am 1 in 3. The school system in which I was enrolled offered absolutely no sex-education. I was raised by my grandparents after my mom died.

  • Anonymous

    I was 12 when I first became pregnant. I had just lost my virginity and had moved with my father. I was used to guys making advances at me, as…