Four illegal, life-threatening abortions touched my life—and informed my fight for Roe as Executive Director of NOW-NYC in the 1970s. We cannot return to those bloody, damaging, deadly days.
Tag: Daring to Remember
Daring to Remember: What Women Will Do for Choice
An end to abortion access is not an end to abortion—only an end to safe, shame-free medical care. These stories are testimony to the lengths women are willing to go to in order to regain control over their bodies and their lives. They call themselves the lucky ones—because they are lucky to have survived.
Daring to Remember: Two-and-a-Half Illegal Abortions
“When I got back to my apartment, there was a note on my bed, in the middle of all the blood, from my boyfriend—saying he had stopped in to see how I was doing. “
Daring to Remember: Relief, Not Regret
These are the stories of women who sought out abortions—and found relief—despite attacks on abortion rights and access, and in some cases before Roe.
Daring to Remember: My Mother’s Choice
I think if my mother were here, she would want Roe to remain in place so that no other young woman came close to the potential peril she avoided with the aid of another compassionate woman.
Daring to Remember: The Stories of Women Who Died Because They Had No Choice
Ms. community members shared the stories of the women in their families who died in the years before Roe from unsafe or self-induced abortions.
Daring to Remember: How Kate Daloz’s Family Lost Her Grandmother
Last May, the author of “We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America” told the devastating story of her grandmother’s death from a self-induced abortion in The New Yorker. Decades after her death, the story remains as relevant as ever.
Daring to Remember: The Women I Met Underground
Never did I see a woman who thought abortion was desirable. It was the best of bad options. It was the only way out of an untenable situation.
Daring to Remember: Shamed Into Silence, Empowered to Choose
I was admonished to never speak about having given birth as an unwed teenager. I was supposed to pretend like nothing out of the ordinary had happened. I was supposed to pick up my life before it had been interrupted.
Daring to Remember: From El Paso to Juarez and Back Before Roe
“When my name was called, I was interviewed by the doctor who asked for the agreed-upon money and then demanded $200 more—or he would turn me away. I had about $75 more for food and cabs, and I gave it all to him. He called me a whore.”