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  • Statement on Commission on Unalienable Rights

    On Monday, July 8, Secretary Pompeo announced the creation of a Commission on Unalienable Rights, chaired by Professor Mary Ann Glendon. He promised that the commission would undertake “a review…

  • Anonymous

    In 1984 I had an abortion at 19. I was using a Today Sponge and it failed or I failed to correctly insert it.

  • Anonymous

    The night of my 21st birthday was the most careless night of my life, but not like most careless 21 year olds. That was the night I got pregnant, with…

  • Anonymous

    23. First college graduate of my family. Loving and caring boyfriend. Ready for the future ahead of me when birth control failed and I found myself pregnant.

  • Kali

    I’m married to my high school sweetheart for just under 15 years and have an almost 7 year old. We didn’t want more children, much to our family’s shock and…

  • Anonymous

    Oddly enough, a couple of days ago I had my first (and sincerely hope to be the last) abortion. I never once in my life thought that I would undergo…

  • Paige

    I just couldn’t keep her. It was a one night stand with an ex, he didn’t want anything to do with me as soon as I told him. I tried…

  • Anonymous

    So I am 18 and just about to finish my senior year. I had big plans to go to college and party and live it up. I was previously on…

  • Abuses at the Border Must End

    Youth activists are leading the fight to end the abuses of the Trump Administration, of ICE, and of border patrol. We must commit to working alongside these young leaders to…