Marie Stopes is not just an abortion clinic.

It was a Saturday morning in Mthatha when I found myself thinking about how I will go through the gates of Marie Stopes on Sprigg street with my head held high, the way I always do. considering I wasn't there for an abortion I ought to walk in with no shame, and so I did.

I was there for my family planning visit, to discuss a birth control plan that suits me with one of the nurses there, who answered all of my questions to the best of her ability. We had an interesting conversation I asked her:
 "being a black woman you obviously  have morals and probably are church going, how do you deal with working here considering the stigma attached to the place?"
she answered me: "You know alot of people dont realise that our services are not only abortion related as you know we offer family planning and HIV/AIDS testing as well." she went on to tell me about the other services Marie Stopes offeres. unfortunately we didn't get to the moral issue of being a christian woman of her age and working at a place with the Stigma attached to it.

I was pleased with the customer service at Marie Stopes, they are relatively less mean that the nurses I have come across at state institutions. These are services offered at Marie Stopes:

• contraceptives
• HIV/STIs
• Male circumcision
• Pap smear and HPV
• Vaccine
• Safe abortion
• safe sex
• unwanted pregnancy
• vasectomy

my point here is, the sooner everyone not only women realize that Marie Stopes is not an abortion clinic but its also a clinic for males as well, for me personally it is a place where I will get what I want without getting judged for it.