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Pro-Choice Washington Blog

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I had a medication abortion

SAMI ALLOY, Deputy Director In 2018, I had an early miscarriage of a wanted pregnancy after trying for years to conceive.  Like the majority of US miscarriage and early abortion patients, I used the medication abortion protocol of mifepristone ...

May 23, 2023

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50 Years of Roe: How We Got Here and Where We Go From Here

KIA GUARINO, Executive Director, Pro-Choice Washington Today marks what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It’s easy to imagine what kind of celebrations today would have brought, if not for the past two years.   And yet it’s ...

January 21, 2023

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Make DMs Safe: Why abortion rights activists are taking on Big Tech

KIA GUARINO, Executive Director, Pro-Choice Washington Today is Global Encryption Day, which brings to mind something that happened several months ago and a few issues we need to address around digital privacy. This past July, a Nebraskan woman and ...

October 20, 2022

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Five Truths about Abortion Access in Washington State, from My Perspective as a Physician

By guest author: Anuj Khattar, MD, family medicine provider and Pro-Choice Washington Board member With the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the very real possibility that the right to bodily autonomy will be taken away from more ...

September 1, 2022

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Five Myths about Abortion and Why We Need to Debunk Them

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court last week, our understanding of the issues around abortion and reproductive freedom, and how we talk about them, is incredibly important.  There are many misconceptions about abortion – ...

July 1, 2022

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How We Talk About Abortion Matters – for Abortion Rights, Social Justice, and so Much More

I joined Pro-Choice Washington this February, just 11 weeks before the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson laid bare what many of us have long suspected: our fundamental rights to bodily autonomy are in peril, and we need to shift the culture ...

June 1, 2022

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Pro-Choice Washington Executive Director Kia Guarino: Bans Off Our Bodies Rally Speech

May 14, 2022 - Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA "Hello and welcome.  My heart is full looking out at all of you here.  We have been out here for decades, and we could see this train coming for miles and miles.  And today, at this ...

May 16, 2022

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What does this have to do with abortion? Intersectionality and reproductive freedom

Trigger Warning: discusses infertility and police violence  Reproductive Freedom in Washington Today We have been active as an abortion rights advocacy organization in Washington since 1975. In 1991, following decades of activism, we helped ...

April 13, 2022

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Two ways COVID-19 improved abortion access. What does this mean going forward?

As we enter 2022, I am mentally and emotionally preparing myself for a future without federal abortion rights. The Supreme Court will likely decide on Mississippi’s abortion ban in June, with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. If SCOTUS upholds ...

February 2, 2022

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Your Vote Matters: Local Elections and this Pivotal Moment in WA Reproductive Rights

Have you ever thought: Does my vote really count? Who cares about a School Board position? What does a City Council member even do? This month’s election results should make it clear that your vote matters and local ...

November 18, 2021

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A Very Important Update from NARAL Pro-Choice Washington

July 13, 2021 – With major developments underway, we wanted to make sure you heard the following from1 us:  On June 28, NARAL Pro-Choice America’s board of directors voted to fully nationalize the ...

July 13, 2021

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Moment of Gratitude for Self-Care Saturday

For those who missed out on our event on Saturday, April 10 at 10:30 AM, watch it here! We are so grateful to be a part of this event where we have the chance to uplift our work, our local businesses that prioritize self-care and facilitate this care for ...

April 13, 2021

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