HUFFPOST PERSONAL My 11-Year-Old Patient Was Pregnant. Here's What I Want You To Know About Being 'Pro-Life.' "Our medical assistant came to me, panicked, and handed me a positive test. ... 'Run it again,' I sputtered — to buy some time and gather my wits and hope by some miracle it would produce a different result." By  Dipti S. Barot, Guest Writer May. 3, 2022, 08:40 AM EDT CATHERINE MCQUEEN VIA GETTY IMAGES One morning this past December, I woke up early to listen to judges with lifetime appointments question lawyers in a process that may ultimately rob people of their reproductive freedom. And week after week since then, I continue to hear judges and lawyers and politicians speak on issues they have no business speaking on ― as far away from people and their real lives as voices from another planet. During these moments, I think of a little girl in an exam room I met many years ago. She was … [Read more...]