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Perilous times: an inside look at abortion before- and after- Roe v. Wade

Perilous times: an inside look at abortion before- and after- Roe v. Wade

A gripping overview, in storyteller form, of abortion from its historic beginnings to the perilous times of today’s threatened reproductive rights.

2013

Fran Moreland Johns

Fran Moreland Johns

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Nighttime in the Lonely City

Kindness and despair: A photo essay

Sep 20, 2022

Nighttime in the Lonely City

Sep 20, 2022

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10 Steps to a Guaranteed Good Day

Observations of an Octogenarian Optimist

Aug 30, 2022

10 Steps to a Guaranteed Good Day

Aug 30, 2022

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Wait! We’re so smart? How about the Greeks and Romans and their urbane compatriots?

The sky is falling! Breaking news! Our fragile democracy in peril!!

Jul 27, 2022

Wait! We’re so smart? How about the Greeks and Romans and their urbane compatriots?

Jul 27, 2022

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Dying in Pain — or Comfort?

This essay appears on the blog page of End of Life Choices CA, a nonprofit which I am proud to serve as a volunteer and board member…

Jul 17, 2022

Dying in Pain — or Comfort?

Jul 17, 2022

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Abortion Pre-Roe: A Survivor’s Story

Nearly 70 years ago I survived an amateur abortion. On a kitchen table in a drab house in a down-at-the-heels neighborhood of Atlanta…

Jul 5, 2022

Abortion Pre-Roe: A Survivor’s Story

Jul 5, 2022

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Drama in Geezer Travels

A little old lady . . . traveling alone! Oh, the horror!!

18h ago

Map of globe with flight path from Rome to San Francisco

18h ago

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Never Stop Writing

Traveling Out of the U.S. in Trump 2.0

Friends can keep friends from turning into Ugly Americans abroad

2d ago

Traveling Out of the U.S. in Trump 2.0

2d ago

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Aging Into the Zero Percentile

This is how it feels to be the oldest person alive

6d ago

Aging Into the Zero Percentile

6d ago

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Never Stop Writing

The Politics of Fear

Anyone remember the Red Scare? We’re on the road again

Mar 31

The Politics of Fear

Mar 31

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The Shortform

Marching Orders for April 5

The entire country, hopefully, will take to the streets

Mar 30

Marching Orders for April 5

Mar 30

FranMorelandJohns

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Lifelong newspaper & magazine writer, author, blogger at franjohns.net, agitator for justice, kindness & interfaith understanding.

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