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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

Is Your Husband In? Could You Get Him to Help You?

The ultimate insult hurled by the tech support guy

4d ago

Is Your Husband In? Could You Get Him to Help You?

4d ago

This Is Who We Are?

Surely America, and Americans, are more than one presidential vote

Nov 11

a group of silhouetted people walking

Nov 11

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The Narrative Arc

I Was Born in 1933 — Haunted by History on 11.5.2024

Remembrance, if you’re old enough, can be painful

Nov 7

a street sign that says America, with right traffic light

Nov 7

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

An Ancient Festival We Need Today

November Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Building”

Nov 4

An Ancient Festival We Need Today

Nov 4

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The Shortform

How Not to Freak Out Before Nov. 6

Adopt a belief, dismiss everything else, get some sleep

Nov 3

How Not to Freak Out Before Nov. 6

Nov 3

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

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