God blessed me with a peace that surpasses understanding.

Changing people's beliefs and altering behaviors is a very difficult challenge in any setting.

I chose a career in medicine because I wanted a tangible skill with which to serve people. And so my role as a physician is my attempt to do that.

There are a lot of health care providers in this country who have a very deep sense of service and compassion for the suffering of others, who are motivated to go to West Africa despite the risks of infection and death. And doctors and nurses face those risks every day regardless of their setting.

Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.

People used to say everyone knows someone who's had breast cancer. In the past few weeks, I've learned something else: Everyone has someone close to them who has had breast cancer.

Cancer taught my family that my mom is much stronger than we ever thought. Faced with a devastating diagnosis, she just kept going and living - never complaining.

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.