Tired of hiding: five doctors who provide abortions come out [View all]

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“I thought, ‘This is ridiculous.’ I’m playing into this game by being quiet and secretive. It makes me feel like I’m ashamed of this work, which I’m not – I’m actually so deeply proud of it.”

McHugh is one of five formerly closeted abortion providers who spoke to the Guardian about their recent decisions to come out about their work. Fed up with mounting threats to reproductive rights – including a pending abortion ban in Alabama that would punish providers with up to 99 years in prison, a push to close the last clinic in Missouri, and a president who tweets about doctors “executing babies” – these providers are finally breaking their silence about the cause to which they have devoted their lives.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/05/doctors-who-provide-abortions-us-choice

The fact that one reads this and thinks they are so very brave in and of itself tells the story of female reproductive rights in America