Our archive includes selected posts from mainstream and social media, including the Exhale Is Pro-Voice blog on the topics that matter most to our community of women and men with personal abortion experiences: pro-voice & culture change; storytelling, privacy & technology; abortion peace & conflict transformation; post-abortion emotional health; as well as Exhale’s after-abortion talkline and nonprofit management.
Pro-Voice & Culture Change:
- Dear Abby, “Dear Abby: Woman With Abortion in Past is Stung by Man’s Comments“, Jeanne Phillips, August 18, 2015
- Refinery29, “Instead of Fighting About Abortion, How About We Listen?“, Aspen Baker, August 3, 2015
- Elle, “My Private Shame: I Am Thankful for My Abortion“, Aspen Baker, August 1, 2015
- Center for American Congress, “Pro-Voice: Moving Beyond the Politics of Abortion“, July 30, 2015
- Refinery29, “3 Real Women on the One Thing We All Avoid Talking About“, Marthine Satris, June 16, 2015
- Bustle, “7 Ways to Be a Better Advocate for Women (Including Yourself) On the Issues That Affect Us Most“, Erin Enders, June 10, 2015
- Refinery29, “Why This Woman Believes in the Power of Sharing Your Abortion Story“, Nina Wolpow, June 4, 2015
- Bustle, “Aspen Baker Gives First Ever TED Talk to Focus on Abortion and It’s About Time“, Emma Cueto, May 31, 2015
- TED Blog, “Be Pro-Voice: Aspen Baker Flips the Conversation on Abortion at TEDWomen 2015“, Kate Torgovnick May, May 29, 2015
- Cosmopolitan, “Why We Need to Make Space for Everyone When Talking About Abortion“, Liz Welch, May 29, 2015
- Pacific Standard, “Can Storytelling Help Destroy Abortion Stigma?“, Maya Dusenbery, February 5, 2015
- The Daily Transcipt, “Sharing Experiences About Abortion Can Be Powerful“, Darrah Digiorgio Johnson, February 2, 2015
- Think Progress, “Proof That The Women Who Share Their Abortions Stories Can Make a Difference“, Tara Culp-Ressler, December 22, 2014
- Huffington Post, “Why It Matters That Women Talk About Their Abortions” Catherine Pearson, December 12, 2014
- Think Progress, “These Women Are Brave Enough to Share Their Abortion Stories“, Tara Culp-Ressler, November 20, 2014
- TruthOut, “Something Big Is Changing in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom – Women Are Done With Being Shamed” Valerie Tarico, November 20, 2014
- Care2Causes, “2014: The Year of the Abortion Story?” Heather Buchheim, November 18, 2014
- Talking Points Memo, “Let’s Dump the ‘Pro-Choice’ and ‘Pro-Life’ From the Abortion Debate” Aspen Baker, August 8, 2014
- The Washington Post, “America’s Old and New Abortion Debate” Ron Charles, August 1, 2014
- Stanford Social Innovation Review, “Leading Against the Odds” Aspen Baker, July 7, 2014
- TruthOut, “Stories Begetting Stories: How Pop Culture Reinforces Abortion Stigma- and Can Help End It” Maya Dusenbery, June 25, 2014
- Feministing: “Stories Begetting Stories: How Pop Culture Reinforces Abortion Stigma- And Can Help End It” Maya, June 17, 2014
- The Daily Dot, “How to Have an Abortion in Public” S.E. Smith, June 12, 2014
- Think Progress, “Our ‘Pro-Choice’ and ‘Pro-Life’ Lables Aren’t Working. Can We Move Beyond Them?” Tara Culp-Ressler, June 12, 2014
- Upworthy, “You Think There’s Only Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? What If a Third Option Exists?” Angie Aker
- Upworthy, “A Woman Wants to Tell You the 5 Most Surprising Things About Her Abortion” Angie Aker
- Upworthy, “A Woman Who Never Thought She’d Have an Abortion is Getting Exactly What She Deserves” Angie Aker
- Think Progress, “TED Tries, And Mostly Fails, To Smooth Over Abortion Controversy,” Tara Culp-Ressler, February, 14, 2014
- Huffington Post: Impact, “Will Feminists Innovate Out of the Ashes?” Aspen Baker, February 10, 2014
- Huffington Post: Impact, “Will 2014 Be The Year Of Listening?” Aspen Baker, December 31, 2013
- Huffington Post: Politics, “Women Who Have Had Abortions Take The Lead,” Aspen Baker, December 12, 2013
- Huffington Post: Impact, “Can We Create A Different Conversation About Abortion?” Jaime-Alexis Fowler, November 12, 2013
- New York Times: “Openness Shouldn’t Be Used to Create Abortion Debate” Aspen Baker, June 30, 2013
- Cosmopolitan Magazine, “Fun, Fearless Females: These Women are Kicking Ass and Making a Difference,” May 2013 Issue
- Stanford Social Innovation Review, “Losing Ownership of New Ideas: A Mark of Success,” Lisa Lepson, April 29, 2013
- Mother Jones, “No More “Pro-Life” and “Pro-Choice”,” Aspen Baker, January 22, 2013
- The Western Edition, “Exhale and the Pro-Voice Community Want You to Share- and to Listen” Morgan Davis, August 1, 2011
- GritTv, “Spark a Movement That’s Pro-Voice,” Laura Flanders, July 25, 2011
- New York Daily News, “Get Your Politics Off My Grief,” Kassi Underwood, May 2, 2011
- New York Times, Post-Abortion Counseling Group Finds Itself on the Firing Line, Shoshanna Walter, January 14, 2011
- Huffington Post, “Stupak Win or Lose: We Need Culture Change,” Aspen Baker, March 18, 2010
- Huffington Post, “The Moral of My Abortion Story” Aspen Baker, August 13, 2009
- Huffington Post, “How to Resolve the Abortion Conflict” Aspen Baker, August 8, 2009
- Huffington Post, “Common Ground on Abortion” Aspen Baker, July 31, 2009
- RH Reality Cast, “Pro-Choice or Pro-Voice (or both)?,” Amanda Marcotte, May 4, 2009
- Huffington Post, “The Pro-Voice Solution” Aspen Baker, January 27, 2009
- RH Reality Check, “RH RealityCast”, Amanda Marcotte, March 18, 2008
- PBS/NOW, “Post-Abortion Politics”, Interview with Aspen Baker, July 20, 2007
- Conscience: The newsjournal of Catholic opinion, “Pro-Voice,” Aspen Baker, November 15, 2006
- Tribune-Star, “Filling a need for ‘pro-voice’ abortion counseling,” Stephanie Salter, February 9, 2006
- San Francisco Bay Guardian, “The new choice: Some Bay Area feminists are asking if there isn’t a more honest and effective way to fight for abortion rights”, Tali Woodward, November 5, 2003
Storytelling, Privacy & Technology:
- Huffington Post, “How Malcolm X Taught Me To Listen” Aspen Baker, December 9, 2014
- Hewlett Foundation: “Friday Note: Tell Me a Story” Ruth Levine, May 23, 2014
- The Women Take Over: “Inspiring Voices: Aspen Baker” March 20, 2014
- Cosmopolitan, “6 Women On Their Terrifying, Infuriating Encounters With Abortion Clinic Protesters,” Liz Welch, February 21, 2014
- Huffington Post: Impact. “Will Feminists Innovate Out of the Ashes?” Aspen Baker, February 10, 2014
- Medium, “8 Things Not To Say To Someone After Abortion,” Kassi Underwood, December 23, 2013
- New York Magazine, “My Abortion,” Meaghan Winter, November 10, 2013
- Center for Digital Storytelling, “Fight the Flat: Open the Floodgates with Emotional Stories,” Aspen Baker, June 18, 2013
- WITNESS, “Ethical Storysharing: My Words, Not My Story,” Aspen Baker, January 3, 2013
- Fringe Magazine, “When Stories Develop Lives of Their Own,” Carolyn Jones, June 25, 2012
- PhilanTopic, “Pro-Voice is Pro-Chaos,” Thaler Pekar, July 25, 2011.
- Stanford Social Innovation Review, “Working with Stories,” Thaler Pekar, June 27, 2011
- Exhale is Pro-Voice Blog, “Free to Thrive: Coming out and the Transformative Power of Empathy,” Jovida Ross, June 23, 2011
- Media Action Grassroots Network Blog, “Technology Matters to Women Who Have Had Abortions,” Aspen Baker, April 19, 2011
- The Nation, “’I Had An Abortion,’ in 140 Characters or Less: An Exchange With Steph Herold and Aspen Baker” with Steph Herold and Aspen Baker, November 12, 2010
- Exhale Is Pro-Voice Blog, “The Storytellers: The Experience of Creating and Sharing Abortion Stories,” Kristen Schultz Oliver Interviews the Storytellers, April 27, 2010
- Exhale Is Pro-Voice Blog, “The Recruiter: Inviting Abortion Storytellers with Integrity,”Kristen Schultz Oliver, April 27, 2010
- Exhale Is Pro-Voice Blog, “The Expert Teacher: When Stigma is Part of the Story; Aspen Baker Interviews Amy Hill” April 27, 2010
- Beth’s Blog, “Social Media ≠ Public Exposure: Lessons in Private Networking for Social Change,” Aspen Baker, April 1, 2010
- AspenBaker’s Blog, “My Interview with Baratund Thurson: Telling a Personal Story in Public,” Aspen Baker, March 23, 2010
- Exhale Is Pro-Voice Blog, “Reducing Abortion Stigma through Social Networking: Our Pro-Voice Approach” By Kristen Schultz Oliver, March 19, 2011
- Glamour, “The Serious Health Decision These Women Are Ready to Talk About: Eight Women Share Their Abortion Stories” Liz Welch, February 17, 2009
- Bust, “My Body, My Voice: Abortion ‘zine Our Truths/Nuestras Verdades keeps it real.”Jessica Firger, November 20, 2006
- Your Call with Laura Flanders, (Radio), “ Telling Abortion Stories: On the anniversary of Roe v Wade” January 22, 2004
MTV “No Easy Decision”/Exhale”16 & Loved” Campaign
Please see the bottom of the page for all links.
Abortion Peace & Conflict Transformation
- Care2Causes, “In the Abortion Debate, the Common Ground We Need is Each Other,”Aspen Baker, May 3, 2010
- Exhale Is Pro-Voice Blog, “Can Listening to Women Who Have Had Abortions Bring Peace to the Abortion Wars?,” Eyal Rabinovitch, May 2, 2010
- Exhale Is Pro-Voice Blog, “On Neutrality, AKA Our True Stand” Aspen Baker, March 27, 2010
- Huffington Post, “How to Resolve the Abortion Conflict,” Aspen Baker, July 8, 2009
- RH Reality Check, “Just Say Yes to Abortion Peace” Aspen Baker, April 20, 2010
- RH Reality Check, “Peace for the Abortion War, Part 2,” Aspen Baker, March 6, 2009
- RH Reality Check, “Peace for the Abortion War,” Aspen Baker, January 13, 2009
Post-Abortion Emotional Health:
- Everyday Feminism, “6 Ways to Support a Friend Who Is Considering an Abortion” Laura Kacere, December 17, 2014
- Abortion Chat: “8 Things Not to Say to Someone After an Abortion” Kassi Underwood, January 13, 2014
- HuffPost Live, “No Easy Choices” Interview with Kassi Underwood, Natalia Koss Vallejo, Aspen Baker, Dr. Kate Blanchard, Sarah Tuttle Singer, January 22, 2013
- Care2Causes, “Beyond Mental Illness: Emotional Health and Abortion,” Aspen Baker, February 10, 2011
- RH Reality Cast, “Nebraska Challenges Roe and Real Post-Abortion Counseling” Podcast with Amanda Marcotte, April 25, 2010
- Huffington Post, “Overcoming Stigma: Dead NFL Players, Suicidal Veterans and Emotional Women,” Aspen Baker, April 20, 2010
- RH Reality Check: “‘Abortion Recovery’ Month? How About ‘Abortion Wellbeing Month’?” Amie Newman, April 15, 2010
- Huffington Post, “Common Ground on Abortion,” Aspen Baker, June 30, 2009
- Glamour, “Abortion: The Serious Health Decision Women Aren’t Talking About Until Now”, Liz Welch, February 2, 2009
- National Public Radio, “Talk of the Nation”, Neal Conan, January 22, 2008
- Fox News, “New Post-Abortion E-Cards Allow Sends to Show Sympathy, Support” Associated Press, March 13, 2007
- New York Times Magazine, “Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?” Emily Bazelon, January 21, 2007
- Women’s eNews, “Abortion Stigma Enters Era of Unburdening”, Eleanor Bader, December 7, 2006
- The New Republic, “Multiple Choice,” Garance Franke-Ruta, November 17, 2005
- Alternet.org, “Readers Write: Waiting to Exhale”, Laura Barcella, June 7, 2005
- Alternet.org, “Women Waiting to Exhale,” Jennifer Baumgardner, June 1, 2005
- San Francisco Chronicle, “Shame Shouldn’t Be the Rx: Taking the politics out of abortion counseling”, Stephanie Salter, November 3, 2002
After-Abortion Talkline
- Spokane Faith and Values, “Father Knows Best: How Can I Say I Believe In God, And My Decision To Have An Abortion?” Martin Elfert, December 17, 2013
- Oakland Magazine, “Waiting to Exhale, post-abortion hotline counsels without judgment”, Thaai Walker, January 1, 2008
- Ladies Home Journal, “The No-Judgment Zone”, Thaai Walker, July 1, 2007
- Women’s eNews, “Pro-Voice Hotline Goes Nationwide” Rebecca Vesely, June 9, 2005
- Contra Costa Times, “Unbiased Listeners,” Editorial, June 2, 2005
- Associated Press, “In abortion debate, unique talk line fills niche,” Lisa Leff, May 31, 2005
- Oakland Tribune, “Oakland hot line goes nationwide,” Rebecca Vesely, May 29, 2005
- Women’s eNews, “New Bay Area Hotline Offers Post-Abortion Counseling,” Rebecca Vesely, May 5, 2002
Nonprofit Management
- VolunteerMatch Blog, “Volunteers Lead the Way at Exhale,” Jovida Ross, April 14, 2011
- CompassPoint Nonprofit Day Plenary Panel on Next Generation Organizations: “Julie Davdison-Gomez at Nonprofit Day” video, August 31, 2010
- Chronicle of Philanthropy, “For Some Nonprofit CEO’s, Recession Stress Is Personal”, Holly Hall, November 16, 2009
MTV “No Easy Decision”/Exhale”16 & Loved” Campaign (December 2010)
- Lynn Harris, Salon.com: “MTV’s Shockingly Good Abortion Special.”
- Shelby Knox, ShelbyKnox.com:“MTV’s Abortion Show Was…Actually Good.”
- Jessica Valenti, JessicaValenti.com:“MTV’s abortion special treats issue with compassion, facts.”
- Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Cast (podcast): “Aggressive Women, Rape Myths, And Abortion Realities”
- Roxann MtJoy, Change.org: “MTV to Air Special on Teen Abortion Tonight”
- Linda Lowen, About.com: “MTV’s No Easy Decision Follows Teens Who Choose Abortion”.
- Sean Daly, NYPost:“MTV Follows ‘Teen Mom’ Who Chose Abortion in Controversial New Show” and “16 & Pregnant Abort Show Furor”
- Luchina Fisher, ABCNews.com: “MTV Airing Teen Abortion Special, ‘No Easy Decision’”
- Bianca Laureno, Latinx Sexuality: “No Easy Decision/16 & Loved: MTVs Airing of Teen Stories About Abortion” and “Reflecting On “No Easy Decision”
- Vanessa Valenti, Feministing: “MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” to air special on abortion tomorrow”
- Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Feministing: “On MTV’s special, “No Easy Decision.”
- Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check:“Morning Roundup: Alaska, Wisconsin, and 16 and Loved”
- Kelsey Wallace, Bitch:“Love for the Women of MTV’s “No Easy Decision”
- Barbara Glickstein, WBAI Healthstyles (MP3)
- Jill Fillipovic, Feministe:“16 & Loved”
- Irin Carmon, Jezebel: “MTV Airing Teen Abortion Special”
- LATimes Show Tracker: “How groundbreaking was MTV’s abortion special?”
- Sarah Seltzer, The Washington Post:“MTV’s ’16 and Pregnant’ exploits teen moms but addresses abortion with dignity”
- BostonHerald.com:“MTV Abortion Special: No Easy Decision”
- Steph Herold, AbortionGang:“16 and Loved: Supporting Women Who Have Had Abortions”
- Jamia Wilson, Womens Media Center: “MTV Abortion Special “No Easy Decision” Addresses Abortion with Compassionate Integrity”
- Jennifer Pozner, Reality Bites Back: “Viewers Guide to MTV Abortion Special: Send young women your love but give Dr. Drew the sideeye” and “Liveblogging ’16 & Pregnant’ Reunion Show and MTV abortion special No Easy Decision”