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Daily Archives: August 10, 2017

A Woman Walks Into a Nursing Home: The Story of My Abortion, [The Rarr Woman]

I entered the hospital with my older man walking behind me, ignored my nerves, and approached the reception. “Pregnancy test ke liye kahan jau?” (Where do I go for a pregnancy test?), I asked the man at the desk in a very non-dramatic, casual way. He looked like he’d seen the devil -shocked and horrified. I ignored him, as he called over a female nurse.  She walked me to a lab, and what a walk it was! A true walk of shame.  Think Cersei in Game of Thrones, on her walk of atonement. It felt that demeaning. I…