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Feminist Giant & The Strand Present: Dr. Meera Shah + Mona Eltahawy

This event is co-presented with Feminist Giant. For more information, please visit their website at www.feministgiant.com. All donation ticket proceeds will go to Feminist Giant.

Join us for an in-person event with Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Dr. Meera Shah for a discussion of her book You’re The Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion. Joining Dr. Shah in conversation is author and founder of Feminist Giant Mona Eltahawy. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

This event is FREE to attend.

Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of You’re The Only One I’ve Told here.

STRAND IN-PERSON EVENT COVID-19 POLICY:

In-person events will be presented to a fully vaccinated and masked audience. All patrons over the age of five will be required to show proof* of having completed the COVID-19 vaccination series at least 14 days prior to the date of the event.

*Proof of vaccination will be defined as either an original vaccination card, Excelsior Pass or its equivalent. We will be checking to ensure compliance with the 14 day waiting period post-vaccination.

Registration will be required online. No tickets for entry will be sold at the door.

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Medical director of Planned Parenthood tells the myriad stories of diverse individuals whose abortion experiences bring vital and threatened reproductive rights to life

At a time where reproductive rights are at risk, these vital stories of diverse individuals serve as a reminder of the importance of empathy, finding community and motivating advocacy.

For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah, Chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. But when she started to be direct about her work as an abortion provider an interesting thing started to happen: one by one, people would confide that they’d had an abortion themselves. The refrain was often the same: You’re the only one I’ve told.

This book collects these stories as they’ve been told to Shah to humanize abortion and to combat myths that persist in the discourse that surrounds it. A wide range of ages, races, socioeconomic factors, and experiences shows that abortion always occurs in a unique context.

Today, a healthcare issue that’s so precious and foundational to reproductive, social, and economic freedom for millions of people is exploited by politicians who lack understanding or compassion about the context in which abortion occurs. Stories have the power to break down stigmas and help us to empathize with those whose experiences are unlike our own.











When: Wed., Jul. 20, 2022 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: Free – $28.99
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This event is co-presented with Feminist Giant. For more information, please visit their website at www.feministgiant.com. All donation ticket proceeds will go to Feminist Giant.

Join us for an in-person event with Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Dr. Meera Shah for a discussion of her book You’re The Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion. Joining Dr. Shah in conversation is author and founder of Feminist Giant Mona Eltahawy. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

This event is FREE to attend.

Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of You’re The Only One I’ve Told here.

STRAND IN-PERSON EVENT COVID-19 POLICY:

In-person events will be presented to a fully vaccinated and masked audience. All patrons over the age of five will be required to show proof* of having completed the COVID-19 vaccination series at least 14 days prior to the date of the event.

*Proof of vaccination will be defined as either an original vaccination card, Excelsior Pass or its equivalent. We will be checking to ensure compliance with the 14 day waiting period post-vaccination.

Registration will be required online. No tickets for entry will be sold at the door.

——————————————————————–

Medical director of Planned Parenthood tells the myriad stories of diverse individuals whose abortion experiences bring vital and threatened reproductive rights to life

At a time where reproductive rights are at risk, these vital stories of diverse individuals serve as a reminder of the importance of empathy, finding community and motivating advocacy.

For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah, Chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. But when she started to be direct about her work as an abortion provider an interesting thing started to happen: one by one, people would confide that they’d had an abortion themselves. The refrain was often the same: You’re the only one I’ve told.

This book collects these stories as they’ve been told to Shah to humanize abortion and to combat myths that persist in the discourse that surrounds it. A wide range of ages, races, socioeconomic factors, and experiences shows that abortion always occurs in a unique context.

Today, a healthcare issue that’s so precious and foundational to reproductive, social, and economic freedom for millions of people is exploited by politicians who lack understanding or compassion about the context in which abortion occurs. Stories have the power to break down stigmas and help us to empathize with those whose experiences are unlike our own.

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