memoirs
Although I had kind of become numb to what I was writing about, I was still aware that other people would be at least a little shocked. Abortion. Gangbang. Orgy. These are words that get people’s attention.
media
Suddenly, last week, the media exploded with claims that there had been a massive coverup and the Gosnell story wasn’t being covered by mainstream media.
abortion
If you work as a pharmacist, OB/GYN, or medical-surgical nurse, there’s a chance you’ll be involved in abortion or contraceptive care. And you need to deal with that. If you don’t want to deal with it, pick another medical specialty.
ihtm contest
The next day I checked the mail to see that he had mailed me an envelope without even putting my name on it. Seriously. Because he didn’t know my name.
abortion
I am silently grieving for Savita Halappanavar and her unborn child, while still keeping the secret of my own abortion for fear of stigma in my small Irish town.
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Nov 21, 2012 at 11:00am | 5 comments

abortion
A woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having self-administered an abortion within a week of her due date. Was she wrong to do it? Plus, the secret origin story behind my hard-line pro-choice stance.
abortion
abortion
Women in Ireland have no reproductive rights. I’ve been trying to think of how to open this piece for ages. Nothing has worked so I’ve just decided to say it.
abortion
Even the most right-wing columnists here know that calls to criminalise abortion would be hugely unpopular, so they although they try and chip away at our rights bit-by-bit, they make no attempt to eradicate them completely.