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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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The Shortform

New Lady in San Francisco

Not everyone loves Marco Cochrane’s R-Evolution sculpture

21h ago

New Lady in San Francisco

21h ago

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Never Stop Writing

Academia Stands Up, Fights Back

Let’s hear it for higher education; they’re not going to take it any more

1d ago

Academia Stands Up, Fights Back

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I Have Become a Zombie

Will jet lag ever let me turn back into a functional human being?

6d ago

I Have Become a Zombie

6d ago

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Kakistocracy: Leadership by the Worst

We the People are still showing up, protesting government by the inept

Apr 14

People holding signs at political protest

Apr 14

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Drama in Geezer Travels

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

Apr 8

Map of globe with flight path from Rome to San Francisco

Apr 8

FranMorelandJohns

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

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