Censorship, Privacy and Why Antis Need to Just Shut Up~by KY Born
There are undoubtedly times in all of our lives where we have just been so wrong, after talking long and loud about a position, where the only thing we can do upon realizing the error of our ways is to...
View ArticleWe Are All Emily Letts~by KYBorn
Ah, I know. It was the last thing you wanted to read. Her name is associated with being a great martyr for the pro-choice/pro-access cause, or she is the demon-come-lately to anti-choicers, a creature...
View ArticleDo You Know That Woman? ~ by KYBorn
So, the Supreme Court has just ruled that antis have a right to engage in activities that would otherwise be harassment. I’m not thrilled, but life goes on.There are so many things I wonder these days....
View ArticleLosing My Religion – by KyBorn
I knew this was going to happen. Don’t worry. I’m not going to try to pound you with REM lyrics. In fact, I’m not even a fan. I may get more hateful reactions to that comment than the whole rest of the...
View ArticleWhat To Do When They Come To You~by KYBorn
Some months ago, I had the pleasure of having an article from ESM picked up by She Who Shall Not Be Named and the other one who likes to run around investigating child sexual abuse at abortion clinics,...
View ArticleM Words ~ by KYBorn
“You are making that up.” I remember the exact road that we were driving down when I first told my husband that some of the antis believed that women having abortions were really sacrificing babies to...
View ArticleLiar, Liar Pants (and Skirts) on Fire~by KYBorn
So, I was all fired up to write about medical professionals who refuse to do their jobs because Jesus. Then I was all fired up to write about domestic violence and how abusers often use reproductive...
View ArticleIt’s Against My Religion ~ by KYBorn
My best friend and I used to say that jokingly in high school when we were being smart-alecks about not wanting to do something we were told to do. We laughed about it then. Probably louder than we...
View ArticleRape, Abortion and “Frozen” -by KY Born (TW for Rape, Stalking, Violence)
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF RAPE, STALKING AND VIOLENCE. PLEASE DON’T READ THIS IF IT WILL BE UPSETTING FOR YOU. First, let me just say this right up front: I am madly in...
View ArticleWhat’s The Point?~by KY Born
I don’t even escort. We luckily don’t need them at the two clinics in the city I live in and the next closest clinics are over 3 hours away from me. We have antis, but they are pretty well contained by...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Compassion?~ by KyBorn
I was originally writing this a few hours after leaving my physician’s office. Going to a specialist is never fun, even one you like and respect. Even one who listens to you and works with your body,...
View ArticleBathtub Abortions ~ by KYBorn
Bathtub Abortions-by KY Born I told Servalbear I was going to wait until I calmed down, but I’m not calming down so I’m writing this anyway. It is too close to the person who could have been me. It is...
View ArticleWhat Does Desperation Look Like? ~ guest post by Heather M
The recent headline cases of women who have miscarried or resorted to self-abortion attempts to end an unwanted pregnancy (Purvi Patel , Kenlissa Jones and Anna Yocca) have had many people saying ” How...
View ArticleSpelling Errors vs Reading Comprehension
The words coming faintly through my layers of ear muffs, wrapped scarves and hood sounded whiny and nasal on the cold wind. The ones I heard anyway. “On your vest.” I looked back to see one of our...
View ArticleDocumenting Fear
There have been so many articles written about abortion, abortion access, clinics, anti-abortion protesters and reproductive justice issues in the past five years. It’s not surprising, because since...
View ArticleShining A Spotlight
In early April, I wrote an article called “Documenting Fear.” In that article I described the steps Louisville Clinic Escorts are taking to document the actions of the anti-abortion protesters in front...
View ArticlePledge-A-Picketer 2016
We started the Pledge-A-Picketer fundraiser in 2010, and have been doing it every year since then with great success. It’s a simple fundraiser. You pledge whatever you choose for each protester who...
View ArticleKeeping Abortion Legal ~ by S.A.B.
In 1973, the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade determined that the current laws in place criminalizing abortions, except in the event that the mother’s life is at risk, is unconstitutional in regards to...
View ArticleMy Version of Pledge-A-Picketer
Pledge-A-Picketer is just a few weeks away!! Do you know that in years past there have been over 300 protesters that have showed up and we count them to raise money for abortion access? Since we have...
View ArticleResults of My Version of Pledge-A-Picketer
Wow! Amazed, surprised, shocked and pleased comes close to what I felt escorting Saturday morning at the EMW clinic in Louisville. Why you ask was this different from past Pledge-A-Picketer days?...
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