Embracing Your Abortion Story

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Kids & Family, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone proudly share their abortion stories, which led one of them to realize she wanted to be a mom and confirmed for the other that she didn’t. Plus: the problematic ways we talk about "readiness" for parenthood… and sex after abortion. … Recommendations from the archive • Listen to The Scarlet A, about one of the rare OBGYNs who provides abortions (and needed one herself) … More from Renee and Regina • Book: Liberating Abortion • Podcast: The A Files • Website: liberatingabortion.org … Get involved Renee and Regina say there’s a lot you can do to help improve abortion access in your community. Start by contacting your local clinic, abortion fund, or doula collective. These places are always looking for volunteers with a wide range of skills. … Renee and Regina’s recommended reading list • The Abortion Companion by Becca Rea-Tucker • Killers of Roe by Nancy Littlefield • Expecting Inequity by Khiara M. Bridges • Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts • Relinquished by Gretchen Sission • A book about bodies for kids: Boobies by Nancy Vo *When you buy through these links, we receive a commission, so your purchase supports the show! … • Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! • Follow us on Instagram • Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media • Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!) • Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, longest, shortest time listener. Be honest. Do you like listening to stories about
0:08.7	parenthood and reproductive health? Do you like when they're bold and complicated and funny and
0:14.3	poignant all at the same time? Of course you do. That's why you listen to the show, and it's part of what makes you special.
0:22.2	So I want to invite you to join our special club. It's called LST Plus, and when you join, you get all kinds of cool stuff.
0:30.7	You get to be part of our community where you can bond with other listeners.
0:34.3	You get to suggest story ideas for future episodes. You get access to a whole other show
0:39.8	with super awesome college kids talking about sex, dating, and relationships. And you get to hang out
0:45.9	with me and reproductive health experts and past guests and ask them questions. Membership is just
0:52.7	50 bucks a year or seven bucks a month. And if you want to
0:55.9	give more, you can. We've relaunched independently. So when you join the club, you're helping this
1:01.8	show to simply exist. Sign up is easy. Just go to longest shortest time.com slash club. See you there.
1:12.6	When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?
1:16.5	Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that.
1:20.0	Go on. Have a listen to your gut.
1:23.5	Is that a gurgle?
1:25.3	A rumble?
1:27.2	Is it straining after lunch?
1:29.3	Or is it saying?
1:31.3	You've got to show me love.
1:34.3	We know what your body's asking for.
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1:40.3	Back your body.
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