September 2015: Reproduction and Family Planning Archives - Friends Journal

Poet Alexander Levering Kern reads “Target Practice at the Beach”

Excerpt from Target Practice at the Beach: Sometimes there’s no symbol, only comic relief. Consider how, for a four year old… Alexander Levering Kern

Author T. Hamboyan Harrison reads “Finding Fellowship After the Charleston Church Massacre”

Excerpt from Finding Fellowship After the Charleston Church Massacre: I remember watching in horror as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina unfolded. As… T. Hamboyan Harrison

Author Stan Becker reads “One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing”

Excerpt from One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing: Contemplating words to share about a decision not to have biological children… Stan Becker

Author chat with Stan Becker on clearness on children

From the article: Friends are very active in environmental concerns now. But it is probably true that for most American… Stan Becker

Among Friends: On Decisions, Responsibilities, and Growth

An introduction to the September issue on Reproduction and Family Planning.

Viewpoint: Work and Family in the 1970s

Changing parental/work policies in Quaker organizations in the 1970s.

Forum September 2015

Letters from our readers

Holy Just As I Am

Traveling with infertility. Suzanne W. Cole

Target Practice at the Beach

Friends Journal poetry: "Sometimes there’s no symbol, only comic relief..." Alexander Levering Kern

One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing

Childrearing as a calling. Stan Becker

A Concern for Silence

Providing hospitality for and stopping the shaming of women seeking abortion. Bridget Anderson

In a Yellow Light

Friends Journal poetry: "Diaper-clad, / I was dash and go..." Sunshine F. Branner

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