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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

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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

Aging Into the Zero Percentile

This is how it feels to be the oldest person alive

1d ago

Aging Into the Zero Percentile

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Never Stop Writing

The Politics of Fear

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

4d ago

The Politics of Fear

4d ago

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The Shortform

Marching Orders for April 5

The entire country, hopefully, will take to the streets

5d ago

Marching Orders for April 5

5d ago

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

The Good Death: A Demonstration

She modeled , for the living, how to die well

Mar 26

The Good Death: A Demonstration

Mar 26

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Standing Up for Rights & Justice

Judges are keeping the rule of law; we the people, meanwhile, are keeping the faith

Mar 23

Standing Up for Rights & Justice

Mar 23

FranMorelandJohns

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

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