Pro-Choice: what being it actually means, by K E Garland

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When were you challenged to make a pivotal decision only you ought to have decided? In sharing her personal story, author/blogger K E Garland shows how being Pro-Choice isn’t about deciding to bear a child. It’s about whether you’d want others, namely your government, to decide for you. Got questions, thoughts, and/or experiences to share? Record them on my Anchor by Spotify page — or comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me. Like what you hear? Buy me a coffee. buymeacoffee.com/SupportHBT

Time Stamps (where segments begin):

1. HBT introduction
2. Today’s topic and about today’s guest 1:05
3. K E Garland on “What it Actually Means to be Pro-Choice”
4. My question for you: When were you challenged to make a pivotal decision only you ought to have decided?
5. HBT outro

Links used for the HBT blog post of this episode, in order of appearance:

• “Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.” — Doris Roberts; actress, author, and philanthropist.
• “My Abortion Story + Jury Service Pt 2”.
• K E Garland’s article first appeared at PULPMag on Feb. 13, 2020.
• K E Garland’s prior guest appearance at Happiness Between Tails.
• Aanother excellent post on the subject contrbuted by Infidel753.
• Planned Parenthood.
• K E Garland's personal blog, where you can find out more about her and her books.
• A site K E Garland also hosts to normalize conversations about menopause.
• Statistics on adolescent mothers who never attended or finished college.
• Some of the states where women are currently faced with the strictest abortion regulations to date.
• States such as Missouri have only one abortion clinic, limit access, and add stress to an already stressful situation.
• A study showed that women who have abortions do so because it would “interfere with their education, work or ability to care for their dependents, or they could not afford a baby at the time,” yet the current political climate ignores these as valid reasons to terminate a pregnancy. 
• State facts about abortion in Michigan.

Photos available at the HBT blog site for this show:

• Photo of K E Garland.
• Covers of books she’s written and published.