Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue I thought of it as punishment, had I been walking the right path I wouldn’t be in this predicament. I questioned God’s use of me and my body. That was only my second mistake in the story. My first was...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue “I think there’s something wrong with your baby’s brain,” the doctor says, her voice level, but her face as colorless as her starched lab coat. When the radiologist went to get her, Charles and I...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue The night I went into labor, a week early, I drove myself to the hospital, down streets devoid of people, thinking it was a false alarm. My son arrived with two whorls of hair atop his head, like twin...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue This morning I was scrolling through my Timehop feed and came across a photo from 2008. Timehop is an application that sifts through old photos and social media posts, and then shares with you what you...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue I. Serenity: Metastatic cells. High numbers that should be low, and low numbers that should be high. Fertilization. Light and dark watercolor lines. Receptivity and reciprocity in all of microscopia...
Issue 18 / Summer 2019 / Abortion Ban Protest Special Issue Eventually I decide that I have gotten as much as I can from research. I am overcome by the feeling that I must do something. I need to see a doctor; have this pregnancy confirmed; put in motion the...
