"Why I Chose to Have a Medical Abortion at Planned Parenthood"

[lynn82md]

In December 2014, I had a medical abortion at age 29. When I realized I was pregnant, I hesitated only momentarily in my decision. I thought about my mom, who had me when she was 19, and how hard she worked to provide for me. I thought about how cool of a parent I would be. I thought about all the nice moments a child could bring. Ultimately,

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[lynn82md]

There remains a fierce stigma around abortions, not to mention most women's health issues, and it seems that our inability to talk about our bodies means we are more susceptible to bullying and shaming from people with outdated and sexist beliefs
Amen to that!

Here is the reality *Said in Dr. Cox's voice from "Scrubs">...Even if you never have an abortion, some of these very same people that are anti-abortion (abeit *not all* for the anti-abortion and pro-life people that would read this since this is a public entry) would get on a woman for other things.

There are some people who think miscarriage should be criminalized as prenatal murder and that those who have a miscarriage should be punished by death (no, I'm not shitting you). You get harped upon if you have kids outside of marriage. You get harped upon if these people don't think you make enough money or aren't educated enough. You get harped upon if you want to sterlized yourself like I did recently. The funny thing is that this doesn't just affect pro-choicers. It affects