Why I Left the Pro-Life Movement

I protested abortion for years. But when I saw how the movement’s beliefs harm women, I realized I had to get out.

Sarah Olson Michel
GEN
Published in
8 min readMay 20, 2019

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TThis week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a measure that aims to ban almost all abortions and punish those who perform or obtain them. Though she recognizes the bill may ultimately be blocked by the Supreme…

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Sarah Olson Michel
GEN
Writer for

Feminist twentysomething whose reading time is continuously interrupted by life.