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Why was I not warned about the dangers of my high risk labour?
Originally published in Lay It Out Magazine: Ten weeks ago I experienced by far the most painful, and scariest, moment of my life. Of...
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Limitations of the UK’s outdated Abortion Act
As abortion access is threatened in the States, it's important to note that the pro-choice movement in the UK is no where near over....
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Supporting families after the termination of a pregnancy due to foetal anomaly
In 2015 my parents were told their baby had Trisomy 18, a fatal foetal chromosomal disorder. They debated all the options but it was very...
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Should the word ‘woman’ be dropped from reproductive healthcare?
As the world progresses further, many have been debating whether gendered terms such as ‘male’ and ‘female’ should be limited or dropped...
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Is Emmerdale's Down Syndrome storyline discrimination?
With everyone talking about Emmerdale's decision to run a story involving a termination of a Down Syndrome foetus, I wanted to unpack...
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Hands off our Healthcare: Anti-abortion protests midst a global pandemic.
This year has seen our health services hit at full force, but one silver-lining of the pandemic has been the introduction of telemedicine...
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9 reasons we don't talk about periods and why we should.
I am a 21-year-old female. I've been having periods for 9 years now and will continue having them for another 25 odd years. Periods...
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Lets talk about consent.
Consent. A word we all know and use, but do we understand it? What actually is sexual consent? In the UK the age of consent is 16,...
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