by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights | Jan 12, 2021 | Stories
I was 19, in college, but very naïve about the world. It was the evening of Mother’s Day. Earlier in the day, my grandmother told my Mom, who told my Dad, that I was a smoker and no longer a virgin. It was a traumatizing day. As I was packing to return to campus, my...
by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights | Nov 9, 2020 | Stories
I wanted to be a Peace Corps volunteer since I was a little girl and finally achieved that goal in March of 1982. I left my small town in Presque Isle, Maine, to begin my service in the Dominican Republic. Later that year, I found out I was pregnant. While I was fond...
by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights | Sep 6, 2020 | Stories
My daughter had an abortion. She was 19 and in an abusive relationship. She says now that she was very out of tune with her body at the time and didn’t even realize that she was pregnant until she went to a health center for birth control. Ronnie and his parents...
by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights | Aug 4, 2020 | Stories
There are new challenges to reproductive rights and to abortion access being seen across the country. I have been demonstrating, making phone calls and writing letters, as we all have. While doing this, I think about how women will access abortions if this...
by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights | Jun 30, 2020 | Stories
When I moved to Maine with my husband, I was newly-retired. I had spent my life as a psychiatric nurse, helping others with their problems. Now I had a problem of my own…how to stay active and useful in my “twilight years.” When I learned from a dear friend that a few...
by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights | Jun 2, 2020 | Stories
Raising Girls – Needing SuppliesWhen I went to Disney World, I was confident that I’d be able to find family bathrooms. They were pretty standard now – in airports, parks, and other public facilities. Most, but not all. Disney’s park did not disappoint, at...
