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  • Anna

    I have had two abortions. I had my first abortion when I was twenty-three. I was employed, saving to travel the world, and madly in love. Unfortunately he was on…

  • Rolling Stone, Campus Sexual Assault, and Know Your IX

    A recent controversy about Rolling Stone’s article about sexual assault at the University of Virginia, and the magazine’s subsequent retraction of that article, has sparked lots of convers…

  • Anonymous

    I was 18 years old and in a mentally abusive relationship with a boy I had been on and off with for 2 years. 4 days after graduating from high…

  • Anonymous

    My story is really a story of beginnings. I had just met the most amazing man. The man of my dreams. We were 2 peas in a pod. In fact,…

  • Ensuring Young People’s Access to Preventive Services in the Affordable Care Act

    Check out this important new publication! Young people need access to a full range of sexual and reproductive health care services. By requiring most health plans to cover preventive services…

  • Sarah Jane

    I terminated my pregnancy due to medical conditions of the baby. I was very sad at the time as we tried for over six years to get pregnant with our…

  • Suzy

    Sex wasn’t talked about in our house. I was raised going to church every Sunday, saying grace before dinner, and praying before bed. The only times sex was brought up…

  • Nancy

    I had two abortions – one when I was 22 and one when I was 23, within months of each other. Both with the same partner. He was a crack…

  • Anonymous

    I was a 23 white, middle class college grad with no insurance. I had just started dating the guy who got me pregnant.