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August 2, 2005

This I Believe

I AM She named me Colette. Colette only lived for four days but she has yet to die. I never knew her and at the same time she is a part of me. Colette and I are both very lucky....
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July 26, 2005

This I Believe

19 years ago I made the choice to have unprotected sex as for me not making a conscious choice is akin to making an affirmative one. I couldn't abort as for me life has the right to live. It is...
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July 25, 2005

This I Believe

I believe women can birth their own babies. I believe in the power of birth as a transforming experience for women, a rite of passage that helps women understand their inner strength and prepare them for motherhood in a way...
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July 18, 2005

Telling Their Stories

I have to tell their stories. When I was young, I used to wonder why I was so different from everyone else in my small coal-mining hometown. Why had I been adopted and brought to Pennsylvania from North Carolina when...
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July 18, 2005

This I Believe

Dear NPR - “This I Believe”: May I offer an, as yet, unvoiced alternative spiritual perspective in the seemingly immovable abortion debate between pro-choice and pro-life positions? Oh, and by the way, is not the abortion debate a spiritual debate?...
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July 13, 2005

This I Believe

I believe that state law should mandate a reserved right that siblings maintain contact with each other while in adoptive placement. When I was 17, my brother then 5 and I were placed into foster care due to neglect. I...
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July 12, 2005

This I Believe

Austin changed my heart but the evidence changed my mind. How does a pro-choice woman going through her Murphy Brown stage become a pro-life educator? On August 8th 1994, I walked down the hall of a hospital holding my first...
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July 12, 2005

This I Believe

I was prepared for a trip, a journey. Training was complete and all preparations for my departure made. I was loaded and ready for departure, the only last task was bidding my dear ones farewell. I knew I had been...
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June 30, 2005

Two Miracles of Science

My belief as to the origin of life was challenged. Science can assist in creating wonderful human beings. Prior to meeting my twin grandsons, who were placed into my daughter's womb by in vitro fertilization, I had doubts about this...
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