by JD | Dec 16, 2015 | Induction/L&D, Stories, Termination after 24 weeks
I wrote weekly letters addressed, “Dear future kid,” in a journal that I thought I might give to him or her someday. By Margot I cannot claim to have been naive about poor pregnancy outcomes before my abortion. My husband and I had been debating for several years...
by JD | Sep 24, 2015 | Induction/L&D, Stories, Termination after 24 weeks
Ellis is not my great shame. He is not a secret I want to hide away. He’s one of the stars in my universe. Someone to be celebrated. His life mattered. He matters. By R.M. Two years ago we were expecting our third child. After a missed miscarriage at 13 weeks earlier...
by Amy Collier | May 22, 2015 | Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Stories, Ventriculomegaly
I started to envision and plan what her nursery would look like and whether she would grow up to play soccer like her older cousin. By Alyssa’s Mom We were trying to get pregnant with our first child. When I missed my period I took a pregnancy test but it was...
by JD | May 5, 2015 | Anencephaly, Hydrocephalus, Induction/L&D, Multiple Losses, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida
We talked until we were exhausted, but always came back to the suffering our son, and then our daughter, would experience. By MJP We’re the women politicians don’t talk about. Women who were pregnant with wanted and waited for babies, not birth control...
by Amy Collier | Apr 23, 2015 | Alobar Holoprosencephaly, D&E
Please tell me how a law mandating that within a 72-hour period before a termination a woman like me has to speak with a doctor or other “qualified health care provider” would have been helpful to me during this excruciating time in my life. By Heather P. Dear...
