One Kind Word: Women Share Their Abortion Stories is a groundbreaking collection that helps to end the silence surrounding abortion experiences and to combat the feelings of fear, shame, stigma, and isolation that many women face.

By featuring over thirty women’s personal experiences and portraits, One Kind Word shifts the focus of the abortion debate towards creating a more open, honest, and compassionate dialogue about reproductive freedom in Canada.

The stories and portraits in One Kind Word remind us that women who have had abortions come from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and ages. Women who have had abortions are our mothers, sisters, grandmothers, lovers, friends, neighbours, doctors, teachers, and politicians.

One Kind Word features forewords by prominent feminist and pro-choice activist Judy Rebick, as well as Jillian Bardsley of Medical Students for Choice.

Martha Solomon is a British Columbia based educator, activist and writer. She has an MA in Women’s Studies and History from the University of Toronto and has taught Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the postsecondary level in both Canada and the US. Passionate about social justice and equity, Martha is drawn to the intersection between art and activism. She is the co-founder of the award-winning arts4choice project, which has been exhibited in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Portland as well as published in the Globe and Mail. Martha has also directed a short documentary film about pro-choice activists.

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Martha Solomon is a British Columbia based educator, activist and writer. She has an MA in Women's Studies and History from the University of Toronto and has taught Philosophy and Women's Studies at the postsecondary level in both Canada and the US. Passionate about social justice and equity, Martha is drawn to the intersection between art and activism. She is the co-founder of the award-winning arts4choice project, which has been exhibited in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Portland as well as published in the Globe and Mail. Martha has also directed a short documentary film about pro-choice activists.Kathryn Palmateer is a pro-choice photographer, filmmaker and activist. She has a degree in International Development from Dalhousie University and a Master's degree in Political Science from York University.Kathryn runs a successful wedding photography and workshop business in Toronto. Her extensive experience in both lifestyle and portraiture emphasize a documentary style. She has travelled across Canada and the United States photographing women for the arts4choice project, as well as compiling a wide range of work on such diverse subjects as US War Resisters, Canadian Midwives and Breastfeeding Mothers. Kathryn co-directed her first feature length comedy, A Brand New You, with her husband, which recently won a Gold Remi Award at WorldFest Houston 2014. She lives in Toronto with her three favourites, Shawn, Bea and Tilly. "

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JUDY REBICK is a well-known social justice and feminist activist, writer, journalist, educator, and speaker. She is the author of Transforming Power: From the Personal to the Political, Occupy This!, Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution, and Imagine Democracy. Founding publisher of rabble.ca, Canada’s popular independent online news and discussion site, Judy continues to blog on rabble.ca. She is the former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Canada’s largest women’s group, and was the first CAW Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University. During the 1990s, she was the host of two national TV shows on CBC Newsworld and is a frequent commentator on CBC Radio and Television. In the 1980s, she was a well-known spokesperson for the pro-choice movement during the fight to legalize abortion. She lives in Toronto.

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Jillian Bardsley holds a Bachelor’s of Arts and Science in Women’s Studies and Biomedical Science from McGill University. She previously served as the Co-President on the Toronto Chapter of Medical Students for Choice and has been involved in the feminist and prochoice movements in Toronto and Montreal. Jillian is currently studying medicine at the University of Toronto. She hopes to practice as a family physician and to continue her work with the Canadian pro-choice community.

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