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CHOICE/LESS

CHOICE/LESS delivers powerful, personal stories of reproductive injustice and the laws, politics and people beyond the headlines. Part of the Rewire News Group podcast network.

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Valerie: Why do we hide?

Valerie: Why do we hide?

In the third episode of CHOICE/LESS, Valerie discusses her family’s joy for her third pregnancy, the news that changed e... Read more

15 Apr 2016

22mins

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Angelique Saavedra: Will My Daughter Understand Me?

Angelique Saavedra: Will My Daughter Understand Me?

Adoption is often painted as the the more ethical alternative to abortion. But both adoption and abortion are reproducti... Read more

7 Mar 2017

39mins

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Kelly: How do I take back my story?

Kelly: How do I take back my story?

Kelly describes going public with her abortion story--and the shock she felt after it was poached and misrepresented by ... Read more

2 May 2016

24mins

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Jessica Valenti: How have I changed?

Jessica Valenti: How have I changed?

Jessica Valenti is a feminist author, co-founder of Feministing.com, and columnist at The Guardian US. Her new book, Sex... Read more

14 Jun 2016

29mins

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The Backstory, Episode 2: Loretta Ross on the Dalkon Shield Disaster

The Backstory, Episode 2: Loretta Ross on the Dalkon Shield Disaster

Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) like intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants are becoming increasingly po... Read more

7 Jun 2017

23mins

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Dr. Nicola Moore: If Not Me, Who?

Dr. Nicola Moore: If Not Me, Who?

Dr. Nicola Moore travels across the country to provide abortions at clinics where laws have made it nearly impossible to... Read more

21 Feb 2017

28mins

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Dr. Debra Stulberg: Did you hear we're going to be working for the Pope?

Dr. Debra Stulberg: Did you hear we're going to be working for the Pope?

Catholic hospitals and health-care networks are thriving while other non-profit and community hospitals are struggling. ... Read more

11 Jul 2016

28mins

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Dominick Evans: How Can You Treat Me if You Won't Recognize Me?

Dominick Evans: How Can You Treat Me if You Won't Recognize Me?

Dominick Evans is a filmmaker and activist currently living in Ohio. He has a progressive, neuromuscular disability call... Read more

28 Feb 2017

22mins

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Cherisse Scott: So Why Am I Here?

Cherisse Scott: So Why Am I Here?

Fourteen years ago, Cherisse Scott was a singer finishing a national tour. The career she'd worked so hard for all her l... Read more

14 Feb 2017

26mins

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Mindy Swank: How Could You Treat Women So Poorly in the Name of God?

Mindy Swank: How Could You Treat Women So Poorly in the Name of God?

Mindy Swank grew up staunchly pro-life in a conservative Baptist family in Illinois. Then at age 24, already a wife and ... Read more

24 Jan 2017

16mins

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Tina: What will the judge say?

Tina: What will the judge say?

Texas is one of 38 states that require some form of parental involvement when a minor seeks an abortion. In the 5th epis... Read more

16 May 2016

16mins

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The Backstory, Episode 4: Tuskegee Was 'The Tip of the Iceberg'

The Backstory, Episode 4: Tuskegee Was 'The Tip of the Iceberg'

When people hear about racism in medical testing and research, they often bring up the infamous "Tuskegee Study," a deca... Read more

21 Jun 2017

22mins

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Brittany: Why wouldn't someone help me?

Brittany: Why wouldn't someone help me?

A 2014 amendment to Tennessee's fetal homicide bill allowed the state to charge pregnant women with aggravated assault, ... Read more

28 Jun 2016

27mins

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Kelsey: Who can we talk to?

Kelsey: Who can we talk to?

Kelsey discusses South Dakota's distressing obstacles to seeking and providing abortion services, including regular prot... Read more

31 May 2016

24mins

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Jessica Mason Pieklo: Can Someone Else's Religion Legally Dictate Your Healthcare?

Jessica Mason Pieklo: Can Someone Else's Religion Legally Dictate Your Healthcare?

The previous two episodes of CHOICE/LESS featured stories of people denied care at Catholic hospitals because the hospit... Read more

31 Jan 2017

21mins

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Tasha Fierce: Do They Care About You Outside This Moment?

Tasha Fierce: Do They Care About You Outside This Moment?

Tasha Fierce is a feminist writer and student of sociology. She's always been pro-choice, and when she chose to terminat... Read more

7 Feb 2017

11mins

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Amelia Bonow: What Kind of Person Shouts About Abortion?

Amelia Bonow: What Kind of Person Shouts About Abortion?

CHOICE/LESS is back, and for the first episode of season 2, host and producer Jenn Stanley speaks to Shout Your Abortion... Read more

4 Jan 2017

17mins

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Jessica Mason Pieklo: What does the Supreme Court decision really mean?

Jessica Mason Pieklo: What does the Supreme Court decision really mean?

In this bonus episode of CHOICE/LESS, Rewire's Jessica Mason Pieklo discusses this week's landmark Supreme Court decisio... Read more

1 Jul 2016

19mins

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Jack RR Evans: So, What Do You Want to Do?

Jack RR Evans: So, What Do You Want to Do?

Jack RR Evans tells the stories of their abortion and of coming out. Jack, who is a nonbinary transgender person, experi... Read more

10 Jan 2017

13mins

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Evan Minton: Why Did They Cancel My Surgery?

Evan Minton: Why Did They Cancel My Surgery?

Evan Minton is a transgender man, and the day before his hysterectomy was scheduled, his doctor called him with bad news... Read more

17 Jan 2017

15mins

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