Three Women The three women didn’t know one another. They’d never crossed paths, and had nothing in common. Except for one thing. They had each scheduled an abortion at the same place. In the beginning of 2019, Saturdays on the sidewalk were cold and felt fruitless. Women, one after another, would pull into the driveway,
“I felt like [abortion] was the only option that I had.” Caralynn Vaughn became unexpectedly pregnant at 16, and it turned her world upside down. Her parents forced her to move out, and she stayed in a relationship with her boyfriend. In the years ahead, she had several more abortions. “I wasted a lot of
He came that Saturday morning because his pastor asked him to come. His church was a part of the Love Life prayer walks outside the local abortion facility, but he’d never been until now. To be honest, it never occurred to him to attend. He knew he was “pro-life,” but not much more than that.
“I could never give my child up for adoption. That’s why I have to have an abortion.” At face value, this seems backwards. How could adoption be a worse outcome than abortion? But many women are convinced that placing their child for adoption—”giving away” their child, as many put it—would be the most unloving option
Crazy Politics The world of politics in America seems crazy, doesn’t it? We’re always hearing the negative things. So and so did this; so and so said that. You’d think it was leading to the downfall of the American Experiment as we know it. It’s kind of always been this way. In 1804, Vice President
This is the final post in our five part series addressing the assumptions of the Shout Your Abortion movement. If you missed our previous articles (Should Women Shout Their Abortions?, Is Abortion Freedom?, Is Abortion Normal?, and Abortion is Good, Because I am Good), then you can check those out by clicking on each title.
This is the fourth part in a five part series that will address the primary assumptions within the Shout Your Abortion movement. If you missed our previous three articles (Should Women Shout Their Abortions?, Is Abortion Freedom?, and Is Abortion Normal?), I’d encourage you to stop now and read each of them first. This week, I’ll be
This is the third part in a five part series that will address the primary assumptions within the Shout Your Abortion movement. If you missed our previous two articles, Should Women Shout Their Abortions? and Is Abortion Freedom?, I’d encourage you to stop now and read both of them first. This week, I’ll be exploring the second
This is the second part in a five part series that will address the primary assumptions within the Shout Your Abortion movement. If you missed our first article, Should Women Shout Their Abortions?, I’d encourage you to stop now and read it first. This week, I’ll be exploring the first assumption of Shout Your Abortion:
In 2015, a movement began when a woman decided to post on Facebook that she’d had an abortion, and she didn’t regret it. This post went viral, and the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion was born. Women from all over the world came forward to share, not only their personal experiences with abortion, but also the fact that
