there was a lot of shame around it

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Apr 14

Apr 14 there was a lot of shame around it

Melissa Madera

Abortion Stories, North America, Northeast, Post-Abortion Rituals, United States

Abortion Diary Entry 94: Katherine R., 38 (Hartford, CT 1994)

Katherine shares her experience with abortion as a teenager in Hartford, CT and the Japanese Buddhist ritual, Mizuko Kuyo, she undertook to process and heal from her abortion experience.

(Published on April 14, 2015 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: Los Angeles, CA)