MEDICATION ABORTION
Had medication abortion been available in 1994, she might still be alive. Today there are safe and effective medications to induce abortion.
Flora: A Poem
Confident child.I carried the little budjust below my breastbonein that unguarded ganglia of nerves. Thenyour filthy handsbelow my collarbonescaused such desiccation.There is no rejuvenation ofdead buds or dead nerves.Dry leaves stuck in my throatsuffocating poetry, intimacy, and kinship. And soI lay my healing hands onclavicle and symphysis and sacrumto succor buds in other girlsin vindication […]
Paddendum Newsletter’s STI Quiz
Test your knowledge about the common sexually transmitted infections
Our Closest Frenemies: Secrets of our Genital and Bellybutton Biomes
Most bacteria are, like people, “either good or simply present.” — The Belly Button Diversity Project The Human Microbiome Project identified many of the microorganisms found in the human body revealing that, because we each have unique experiences in varied environments, we each have a unique microbiomic fingerprint. It is constantly changing its composition to […]
Seven Steps to Nearly Abolish Abortion
Conducting a Root Cause Analysis on the contentious abortion issue led to seven sustainable solutions that could make abortion a rare occurrence.
The Trouble with Trichomonas
Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral STI in the U.S. An estimated 4 to 8 million people already have it and over 1 million new infections are diagnosed every year. Eighty-five per cent of women found to have trichomoniasis report no symptoms. When I was in college, I had a boyfriend I’ll call Buzz. Fun […]