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The First Anniversary of No Roe
When Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, I kept waiting for my reaction. Waited for the wringing of my hands and for all the righteous anger I’ve been feeding for fifty years to well up and erupt. In my mind, I sat on… Continue Reading “The First Anniversary of No Roe”
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
A couple of times a week, I drive past the abortion clinic on the east side. There are always two or three patient escorts in orange vests standing by the door and several people with dogeared, pasted together anti-abortion signs scattered about, poised to… Continue Reading “Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes”
From the Outback
I remember sitting at this very kitchen table telling one daughter and then years later the other daughter about the abortion I had when I was 19. I told them about abortion being illegal at that time and how my boyfriend devised a plan… Continue Reading “From the Outback”
What the Supreme Court Decision Means to Me as a pre-Roe v. Wade Survivor
I know the fear. I remember everything about it. Being afraid of doing something illegal. Being afraid of getting hurt. Being afraid of bleeding to death. Being afraid of being so damaged that I wouldn’t be able to have children when it was the… Continue Reading “What the Supreme Court Decision Means to Me as a pre-Roe v. Wade Survivor”
I Hid the Wire
It wasn’t exactly a secret. I just very carefully picked the places where I talked about it. I had to trust that people I told would have a good reaction. Even after decades passed, I couldn’t risk criticism and I really couldn’t gamble on… Continue Reading “I Hid the Wire”
Five Things Young Women Should Know about Life before Roe v. Wade
Tomorrow night I am going to the campus of the small state university where, as a sophomore 47 years ago, I discovered that I was pregnant and agreed reluctantly to have an illegal and unsafe abortion, the effects of which hung on me for… Continue Reading “Five Things Young Women Should Know about Life before Roe v. Wade”
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Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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