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Tasha Kerry Smith 2 posts 0 comments

Tasha Kerry Smith is an Irish expat living on the Costa de la Luz, south of Spain. She writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester, and has been published on YourTango.com, Bust.com, Headstuff.org, Nerve.com, and TheRumpus.net. Shes currently working on a novel about the insidious nature of shame.

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The Lesser of Two Evils | Secrecy versus Abortion

Tasha Kerry Smith Jan 25, 2017 0

When an essay about my abortion experience was accepted for publication, I sat at my desk, chain-smoked and tried not to panic. Writing the essay was difficult and I’d worked hard; I should have been thrilled but instead I felt the cold…

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Beyond the Stigma: Inside Spain’s “Abortion Society”

Tasha Kerry Smith Jul 26, 2016 0

Last November, a pregnant, out of work, twenty-seven-year-old came to see me. Zoe (not her real name) had health issues that would make raising a child alone difficult, so her mother, social worker and therapist had recommended that she…