


What to Expect At Your First OB/GYN Appointment
by Angella Beshara So, you need to make your first OB/GYN appointment. You are undoubtedly a little nervous and your head is probably spinning with lots of questions. This is completely normal. Going to the doctor for such personal and intimate needs as your...
Why I Plan to Give My Teenage Daughters Birth Control
by Catherine Shattuck Image from Bedsider Realizing that you’re pregnant when you don’t want to be is one of the scariest things that can happen to a teenager. In 2011, nearly 60,000 Texas teenagers became pregnant.* Most of those pregnancies were unplanned. That’s...
Reproductive Justice: The Birth of an Intersection
By Zoë Fay-Stindt Image from The Repeal Hyde Art Project Imagine being a minor in Austin with undocumented parents this week. You find out you’re pregnant. You’re not sure your parents would consent to an abortion, but even if they did, they’d be scared to go...