Dr. Misha Pangasa: This is one of the things that I feel so glad to be an OBGYN because of. In all of these different states and all of these different places, I feel like I have seen people in some of the hardest times of their lives. People have had devastating pregnancy diagnoses, I have delivered their stillborn children, I’ve helped them through terminations for really terrible fetal anomalies. I’ve been in some of the most joyous moments of people’s lives, as they finally are able to get pregnant after trying for a long time, and then having their children that they were so excited about. In the abortion world, I feel like I’ve been able to have a five minute interaction with somebody where they tell me, “This is going to actually totally change the trajectory of my life.” The thing that’s so satisfying about it is that it’s all people. I’ve seen teenagers and I’ve seen post-menopausal people. I’ve seen Olympic athletes and people in wheelchairs. I’ve seen pilots and I’ve seen people who have to take 10 buses to get to where they’re seeing me. There’s no person exempt from the highs and lows of a reproductive journey. And being privy to all of that is just so incredibly rewarding. People are experiencing all of those things, and I do think, having seen all of these different states, there’s certain parts of those journeys that the healthcare system and the mainstream world leans into and supports, and then there’s certain parts of it where people are really just left on their own. To be a provider who is there for people through any of it and all of it and knows how normal all of it is is just such a privilege.