Pro-Voice Blog
For the full archive of our Pro-Voice blog, please visit its original location, while we continue to make upgrades to our new site.
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posted April 30, 2012 by An Interview with Exhale volunteer, Darcy Baxter
An interview with Darcy Baxter, a Unitarian Universalist minister who counsels women on abortion and other reproductive justice issues.
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posted February 10, 2012 by Exhale Staff
There was just one volunteer on-call the night Exhale received our very first talkline call. A decade later, eight volunteers are required to cover the same shift. Volunteers share what it's like to take a call.
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posted January 19, 2012 by Silverwing
On the night of the Winter Solstice this year, between fifty and sixty people gathered to honor their ‘spirit babies,’ those who had been lost due to a miscarriage, abortion and stillbirth. It was standing room only.
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posted December 19, 2011 by Shihan Qin
I am an international student from China at Lincoln University in Oakland who is striving to become a psychotherapist. In order to get some real life experience about counseling and enrich my understanding of people, I came to Exhale to become a talkline counselor. I was at
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posted October 24, 2011 by Aspen Baker
Exhale board chair Kristin Rothballer was recently on a panel about "What is a 21st-Century Board?" for the Foundation Center.
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posted September 22, 2011 by Renee Bracey Sherman
I felt that if I told my story, I would be wearing the scarlet ‘A’ forever. After talking to many of my friends, family members and co-workers, I found out that almost everyone has an experience with abortion...it is not uncommon.
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posted September 5, 2011 by Aspen Baker
Neuroscientists at M.I.T have been taking image scans of people’s brains to find out more about the empathy of people who are in conflict with one another. “Can neuroscience help people overcome their longstanding hostilities?”
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posted September 3, 2011 by Aspen Baker
Thaler Pekar has been writing about the ethical sharing of stories in a series of blog posts; and her insights offer critical thinking for our community members and the advocates who seek to have access to our stories.
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Meet Volunteer Talkline Counselors
Meet counselors who answer our after-abortion talkline. Hear more about how it works and the reasons we volunteer. Watch on Vimeo