1. Watch Aspen Baker take the TED stage for her talk, A Better Way to Talk About Abortion: 2. Listen to Aspen Baker in TED Radio Hour in the series, Beyond Tolerance: 3. Read Aspen’s TED Ideas blog post, How Stories of Personal Experience Help Drive Change: 4. Read these […]
Top 5 Questions About Pro-Voice
1) What is pro-voice? We hear a lot about abortion politics. But how often do we get to hear from people who have experienced abortion in their own words? Though 1 in 3 women in America will have one in her lifetime, abortion is still taboo in conversation, polarized in politics, and all too distanced […]
8 Things Not to Say to Someone After Abortion
This is the list I wish I had ten years ago. After I had an abortion, nobody knew what to say to me. Not even Larry, my therapist. Poor Larry. Looking back, I would not have known what to say to me, either. One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime. Men, […]
This summer, I did something that I’ve been putting off for eight years: I sat down and talked to my parents – Bob and Cecilia – about how they handled my abortion. We’ve talked about my abortion before, a sentence here or there, but usually it’s in the context of a larger conversation about something […]
Pro-Voice Strategies
To create a social climate in which each person’s unique experience with abortion is supported, respected, and free from stigma, Exhale engages in three primary strategies: Supporting Wellbeing: For more than a decade, Exhale has listened to and supported thousands of women and men who have reached out to share their stories privately. Exhale offers […]
Sharing Stories Publicly, A Pro-Voice Perspective
Today, more women than ever are sharing publicly their personal stories with abortion. Some do it on a big stage, like Democratic Senator Jackie Speier, who shared hers on the floor of Congress, and Natalia Koss Vallejo, who told her story on MTV’s groundbreaking special “No Easy Decision.” Others share on smaller stages, like Lauren […]