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EPISODE · Jul 20, 2026 · 40 MIN

Portland OB-GYN explores new memoir ‘Labor’ and starting mobile women’s health clinic

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Mary Fariba Afsari is an OB-GYN based in Portland, and she’s the author of a new memoir, called "Labor: One Woman’s Work." She tells the story of her practice, and how she came to turn a 31-foot-RV into a mobile women's health clinic. She also weaves her personal narrative with the story of her grandmother in Iran, who died as a young woman from a lack of reproductive healthcare. We'll talk with Afsari about the book and her work.

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