Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue I have never been asked, but I know people wonder if all adopted children have a fear of abandonment, if we are all just longing to be loved wherever we can find it. The thing is that I know that I am...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Sometimes the only way we can support reproductive rights is with our money. (Activism looks different for all of us; some cannot afford to be in the streets or get arrested. Sometimes all we can do is...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue When I was fifteen, I had a miscarriage. I was probably only 7 weeks in. My boyfriend raped me hard enough to bust the condom. I saw and learned a lot about the world. I felt trapped when I saw the...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue The Club made no allowances for guilt. No second guessing. No politics. No weeping. No apologies, no forgiveness. No regrets, no what-ifs, no relief, no thanks. No work, which we left back on our...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Almost every woman I know remotely or intimately has had at least one, if not multiple, abortions. I’m in the “two” category. Damn those diaphragms. The first was November 1984, just eight months after...
