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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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Never Stop Writing

Standing Up for Rights & Justice

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

3d ago

Standing Up for Rights & Justice

3d ago

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He Confessed a Dark Secret

And we were suddenly, intimately connected

Mar 17

He Confessed a Dark Secret

Mar 17

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The Shortform

The Postcard Protest Project

Feel like expressing yourself to Donald Trump? Join the party!

Mar 15

The Postcard Protest Project

Mar 15

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Never Stop Writing

Town Meetings Rise Again

Americans still have a lot to say. At town halls they’re saying it loud & clear.

Mar 14

Town Meetings Rise Again

Mar 14

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

How to Make New Friends in Old Age

Young friends can be new best friends — one good way to stay young at heart

Mar 13

How to Make New Friends in Old Age

Mar 13

FranMorelandJohns

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

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