Me, Myself, and Birth Control

It took me fifteen years to feel empowered by my reproductive choices

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My relationship with birth control has always been a turbulent one. From the beginning of my sex education, I was taught that getting pregnant outside of wedlock was the ultimate sin. Not only was it a physical manifestation of impurity, but the only option once pregnant was to carry the baby to…