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Diane Munday 1931-2026 Abortion Talk was saddened to learn of the death of Diane Munday. In this blog, Talkline volunteer Lisa Hallgarten looks back at her extraordinary life for us and reflects on how her actions shaped the landscape we work in today. Diane Munday died earlier this month, just days after giving an interview to the Guardian , still passionate about making the world a better place. The fact that she was still speaking out at 94 after nearly 70 years of campai

For decades, abortion in TV, films, and even music was pretty much invisible. If it did show up, it was either a plot twist or something to be ashamed of. As we know, real people have their very real experiences, but the media has yet to catch up, until now.  To be honest, in doing my research, it still wasn’t as common as I’d secretly hoped, given that 1 in 3 people have had an abortion. That said, recently, we’ve noticed this is starting to change (yay!) Slowly but surely,

Social media has become a primary source of health information for millions of people. For communities seeking information on abortion and reproductive care, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Google (and now ChatGPT) are often the first place they turn for accessible guidance, peer stories, clinic details and aftercare tips. When those platforms censor medically accurate content about abortion and wider women’s health issues, the consequences are more than inconv

There is a common misconception that before about 1960, abortion was rare, always condemned, and usually deadly. Abortion opponents use...