I knew from the moment I heard this that somehow the story of my very mild encounter with Devin Nunes on the
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This is a combination of Spoon Theory, Fork Theory and Knife Theory, metaphors used to help disabled people explain fatigue and stressors to themselves and abled people.
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By Michelle Pallas We make Michigan’s future. Protecting our power means creating the narrative, calling out villains, & messaging for our future. So, what happens to the truth sandwich when our side
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Bogus news sites, Medicaid recipients, House committee shenanigans, and more. Contact all members of Congress: Contact White House or other federal agencies: Share Pledge your support
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Today, January 22, 2023, we should be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Instead we are running a series we originally published in June, 2022 after the Dobbs
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I’m going to put a trigger warning here but I will ask you not to look away. When I was thirteen, I miscarried a pregnancy my father inflicted on me. I mostly
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I had an abortion when I was a 20-year-old college student. I was living with my boyfriend and I was on birth control that failed. I chose to have an abortion for
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I wasn’t ready to be pregnant. I had plans, and becoming a mom at this stage of my life wasn’t one of them. We were shocked. It was emotional, but we embraced
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I have never shared this publicly before but I had a miscarriage. I’d like to share the story. It was a handful of years ago. I found out I was pregnant! I
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In 1971 abortion was still illegal in the U.S. It was during the summer after my sophomore year of college that I learned that I was pregnant at 19. I was living
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