Author: Catherine J. Wheeler

Catherine J. Wheeler I am responding to the Oct. 26 Associated Press report in Colorado Politics, “Low-wage workers bear financial brunt of denied abortions.” I was a second-year medical student, and married to an abusive man when I learned I was pregnant. I was so distraught, my best friend thought I must have cancer.  “It’s…

Catherine Wheeler As an OB-GYN physician, submitting data and filing reports was not a favorite activity. For every live and still birth, data is collected as required by the National Vital Statistics System. There are at least 48 data items that are recorded, not including subsections. Though this is a lot of data, the purpose…