The Yale Review | Maggie Doherty: “The Abortion Stories We Tell”

To create a more just world, it's time to talk about abortion differently.

The Yale Review | Maggie Doherty: “The Abortion Stories We Tell” Essays The Abortion Stories We Tell Do we need to be more radically honest? Maggie Doherty Protestors at an abortion rally in San Francisco in 2013. Photo: Steenaire via Flickr I don’t talk much about my abortions. When I had my first, I was relatively young, and I did not tell my mother. When I had my second, I was older, and for a while, I did not tell my partner. I told only friends, on an as-needed basis: the one who went with me to the clinic, the one who subbed my class. I didn’t “ shout my abortion ” or post about it on so

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