It’s the standard advice for any doctor who sets out to write, speak or advocate on behalf of her patients. It is why, as an abortion provider in California, a state where abortion remains legal (for now), I collect and publish stories about my work — stories that, for whatever reason, stick with me. “I’m OK,” she said, her hands clutching the sides of the exam table. Half an hour later, I saw her in the subway on my way home, chin in her hand, staring out the window. I imagined her children waiting in the schoolyard, their eager hands thrusting into hers, their innocent questions and needs and demands.

---

Persons: Roe, Wade, Caitlin Bernard, “, she’d Organizations: University of California Locations: San Francisco, Ohio, Indiana, California