“I felt like I had something to ‘say’ about what having an abortion looks like, and drawing is really my way of telling that story.”
Leah Hayes is a writer and artist in New York City who uses drawing as a medium to express complicated concepts and understand difficult experiences.
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In her upcoming comic book Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard, Hayes illustrates the realities of medical and surgical abortions.
Leah Hayes / Via Fantagraphics Books
“I felt like I had something to 'say' about what having an abortion looks like, and drawing is really my way of telling that story," Hayes told BuzzFeed Life in an email.
Leah Hayes / Via Fantagraphics Books
Hayes mentioned that the illustrations offered another perspective on abortion, and helped her work out her own feelings about the subject.
Leah Hayes / Via Fantagraphics Books
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