Tag: parenting responsibility
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The Permanence of Pregnancy
By Los Angeles Loss & Abortion Doula (This article is written for women who may be pregnant or waiting on results. Considering the option of abortion.) There are few moments in life that cannot be undone. A spoken apology may repair a relationship. A career can change. A home can be sold. Money can be…
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F#ck Like You Live in Georgia
Before you have sex with a man, ask yourself: If I became pregnant by this man, would I trust him with what comes next? Would I want to raise a child with him? Could I depend on him during a medical emergency? Would he respect my decisions? If the relationship ended tomorrow, would I still…
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Fifteen Years That Echoed
Anne Frank lived only fifteen years. Fifteen. She never reached adulthood.Never saw her diary published.Never knew her words would travel across the world. She wrote in hiding.She wrote without certainty.She wrote without knowing if anyone would ever read her pages. (She often wrote about one day wanting to be a writer) And yet she wrote…
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Frankenstein, Reproductive Power & the Responsibility of Creation
An Open-Thought Reflection for Women at the Crossroads of Choice (For Women Not Currently Pregnant – Possibly Waiting on Results…) Yesterday, I finished reading Frankenstein — Mary Shelley’s original 1818 novel — and I was struck not just by its gothic power, but by how deeply it speaks to reproduction, creation, and the fear that…