Posts Tagged National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers

I appreciate abortion providers.

#Proud2Provide: Reflections on National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

As an obstetrician-gynecologist I provide care for my patients during some of the most important and personal moments of their lives.

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

As an obstetrician-gynecologist I provide care for my patients during some of the most important and personal moments of their lives.

Thank an abortion provider

Image via Advocates for Youth.

Yesterday was the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. In a reasonable world, being an abortion provider would not require any particular courage. But we live in a country that has seen 218 bombings and arsons, 656 bomb threats, and 191 incidents of assault and battery at abortion clinics in the last 35 years. So, as one of the one in three American women who will have an abortion, thank you to all the doctors who endure harassment to do this stigmatized and too-often thankless job.

Access to safe, legal abortion is dependent on there continuing to be doctors who will provide this care. As Dr. Susan Robinson, one of four ...

Image via Advocates for Youth.

Yesterday was the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. In a reasonable world, being an abortion provider would not require any particular courage. But ...