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Let me share one quick story that illustrates why this regulation is so important. As a third year medical student on the Family Medicine clerkship, I participated in a seminar session about cultural ... Read More
K. C.
Gainesville, FL
When I interviewed for residency in the 1970s, it was made clear to me that I would not be welcome in an OB-GYN residency I was considering if I would not do abortions. As a result, I decided to stop ... Read More
Sharon F.
San Antonio, TX
God has given my twin sister and I life. My mom had breast cancer a couple years before we were born. When she became pregnant with us, there was some doctors that told her she should abort us because ... Read More
Laura T.
In my third year of medical school I was thinking of becoming an obstetrician. Expectant mothers are the only ones who come to the hospital for a happy reason! Every one else comes because they are sick.
I ... Read More
Jared T.
Rochester, NY
1975, I was 22, pregnant, unmarried, no job. I went to a "woman's" Free clinic and after my positive pregnancy results, told me, abortions were free tuesday night, and that I should do this because it ... Read More
Diane P.
San Diego, CA
I was working as a nurse practitioner at a local hospital, new graduate with a large physician group. Two months into my new position I was told that a woman was dying and her family evidently had the ... Read More
Nurse Practitioner Martha M.
When I was born 48 years agoMy mother and I were struggling with the RH factor so our bloods were causing both of us to be ill durring her pregnancy and my delivery. When I was born I was not breathing ... Read More
Susan Marie Donna S.
Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
My sister and my mother both had abortions an suffered psychological trauma because of them. My sister still hears her baby talking to her in her sleep; greater than 10 years later. My mother died of ... Read More
Jennifer C.
Temecula, CA.
I worked as an RN on the labor and delivery floor of a hospital in Key West in the late 80s. I was treated with disdain by the staff because I did not assist with abortions. I had patients I didn't ... Read More
Patricia S.
While working in primary care this past year; I encountered areas of disagreement between my supervisor's expectations and mine. The conflict focused around my patient recommendations on issues related ... Read More
J. A.
Springfield, MA.
In the early 1980’s, as a nurse with 6 months of ICU and nursing home experience, I decided to apply to Manchester Memorial Hospital in CT for a position in their OB unit. Toward the end of the interview ... Read More
Rosemary A.
I am a physician and was medical director of a federally funded clinic (which I enjoyed very much). I was asked to either resign or change my moral principles and prescribe birth control pills. At that ... Read More
Anonymous A.
As a Registered nurse I COULD NOT assist in, or counsel in support of abortion at any stage. Not only is abortion violence against an innocent fetus but can also have serious phychological reprecussions ... Read More
Patti S.
Chapin, SC
I am a hospital corpsman in the US Navy. I know that as of right now being in the military I don't have to worry about being force to participate in abortion but I am worried that when I am ready to get ... Read More
Hope K.
omaha, ne
During nursing school, while working at another hospital, I was asked to assist in the ER with a 16 yr old girl, in for a botched, late term abortion. She had nearly died of blood loss. Her father carried ... Read More
DIANA G.
Wichita, KS
When I was applying for residency in ob/gyn I was informed by 2 different department chairmen that if I was unwilling to perform abortions, I was not a candidate for their program. This question was specifically ... Read More
Carl K.
thomasville, north carolina
When our fourth child was placenta previa, my obstetrician saved my life by knowing immediately what needed to be done and what not to do. She safely delivered our 2lb 12oz baby by emergency caesarian ... Read More
June R.
Homerville, Ohio
In May 2005 my professional career as a community pharmacist in the state of Illinois took a dramatic change. I worked for a retail grocery store chain which included a pharmacy for almost 20 years. ... Read More
David S.
Murrysville, Pennsylvania
I was a third year medical student at Wayne State University in Detroit serving on my gynecology rotation. On track to earn honors in the rotation and allowed to take part in all the residents' special ... Read More
Mark D.
Cheboygan, MI
I would be writing as a healthcare professional, but was blackballed for objective reasons from nursing college, despite scoring 98 in clinicals. I was washed out after defending a fellow student who ... Read More
Michelle S.
Lagrane, WY
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