{"id":11967,"date":"2017-07-15T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T05:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak?p=11967"},"modified":"2019-04-04T23:41:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:11:30","slug":"on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Should You Listen to on Abortion? People Who\u2019ve Had Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I arrived at the clinic in Washington, I looked for the young woman I was waiting for. Her body was covered with tattoos of birds and stars. She hugged me with a warm smile and introduced me to her boyfriend. He didn\u2019t look at me. In fact, he didn\u2019t look me in the eye for the five hours we sat together in the waiting room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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I assumed it was out of shame until I noticed the white supremacist tattoos on his shaved head, neck, forearms and knuckles. As a black woman, I was scared of him. Yet I felt a bond. They had driven several hours from Virginia to avoid the numerous restrictions on abortions there. He was returning from jail. She already had a child and wasn\u2019t ready for another. I knew the feeling well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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To read the full article, please visit the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n