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A Different Kind of Sidewalk Counseling: What Women Ask Me About Abortion

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by Katie Stack

September 18, 2011 - 9:48pm (Print)

After sharing my personal experience with abortion on the MTV documentary “No Easy Decision” I began receiving emails, facebook messages and texts from women I barely knew. These discussions always start the same way, “Can I ask you a question?”

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Because I Am a Man, I feel My Sexuality is Dirty, and Worry I'll Hurt Someone With It

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

July 15, 2011 - 9:55am (Print)

Do you have to worry that simply by virtue of being a male person with a sexuality, you'll abuse someone?  No. Being a certain sex, having a certain gender or having a sexuality does not mean a person has any kind of innate predilection to abuse.

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Bridging Connections Across the Pregnancy Spectrum

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by Grayson Dempsey, Backline

October 20, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

In the twelve years that I have worked as a pregnancy options counselor, no story has ever been told to me in exactly the same way, and no question has ever been so simple as to require a rote response.

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On the Frontlines: A Counselor Addresses a Gauntlet of Lies

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by Mary Lou Greenberg, On The Issues Magazine

May 14, 2010 - 10:00am (Print)

By the time a woman arrives at the clinic, she has already thought a lot about her pregnancy and what to do next.  But she still has to run a gauntlet of people questioning her, and confront their lies.

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To End the Campus Rape Epidemic, Let Go of Secrecy

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

December 14, 2009 - 9:00am (Print)

Campus rape continues to be a widespread problem exacerbated by shame, secrecy, and victim-blaming. Efforts to curb rape on campus include mandatory education programs and student-led initiatives like Men Against Rape.
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