'Showing up as both a mom and an abortion provider is critically important to me. As a provider, I know that people who choose abortion are also making parenting decisions.'
, and mom of one, age 7. She didn't know she wanted to become a mom until she met her partner in medical school. But for 18 years, she has fully known she wanted to provide abortion care.
"At the core of being an abortion provider is a respect of autonomy, the individual self and consent, and that really shows up in my parenting as well. How I teach my child about their own autonomy; their own right to their body; my partner and I taught them about consent very early on and continue to.
"I often connect with abortion patients around our children, or if we’ve had similar pregnancy and birth experiences. And in my own abortion, motherhood was always with me: from my ultrasound, where the nurse smiled and said, 'Oh, there’s your c-section scar!' to my aspiration procedure, where the health care worker assisting the midwife asked me questions about my baby; what games I was going to play with him later; if he’s crawling yet... things like that.
"Being a mom, I'm now able to connect more with my patients. I have that personal experience of what it really means to be a parent and take care of a child, as well as all the difficulties that come with that.
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