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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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Viktor Orbán Points the Way

Show-&-Tell from the Hungarian autocrat to the United States

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Viktor Orbán Points the Way

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Never Stop Writing

Proud to be an American — Still

What happens when patriotism is tested beyond all limits?

Jul 7

Proud to be an American — Still

Jul 7

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Write A Catalyst

Easing the Writerly Life

Good editors boost productivity — and bring a little peace

Jul 3

Easing the Writerly Life

Jul 3

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Saying Goodbye to the Landline

Some lifestyle changes are harder than others

Jun 29

Saying Goodbye to the Landline

Jun 29

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It’s National Typewriter Day!

Finally, something I can celebrate

Jun 24

It’s National Typewriter Day!

Jun 24

FranMorelandJohns

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

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