This upcoming Saturday, August 18th, thousands of protesters are converging on the Capitol in Washington, DC at a women’s rights rally. I have to ask, along with the organizers, We Are Woman, spokesperson Jessica DelBazlo, who wrote here last week: Why don’t more people know about this national march? The event is focused on the [...]
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We Are Woman: A National Rally for Solidarity & Inspiration
More than a thousand laws have been introduced threatening reproductive freedom, abortion access, women’s healthcare, and birth control. The Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have ensured working women equal pay for equal work, was struck down in the Senate. And we still don’t have an Equal Rights Amendment to resolve all of these issues in [...]
I Wish My Mother Had Aborted Me
This piece is originally published on Role/Reboot. Republished here with permission. Lynn Beisner explains the difference between the two phrases “The best choice for both my mother and I would have been abortion” and “I wish I had never been born.” If there is one thing that anti-choice activists do that makes me see red, [...]
Dear Representative Trent Franks: A Letter From A Survivor of Rape on D.C. Abortion Access
Yesterday the House Judiciary passed a ban on abortions in DC, with no exceptions for rape, incest, or health of the mother. Bria Murray, a survivor of rape, responds to Representative Trent Franks’ comments from the debate for the ban. The post is originally published on RH Reality Check and is cross posted with permission. [...]
10 Tips for Avoiding Jail When You’re Pregnant
With little fanfare, authorities in the United States are being given new and unprecedented powers to subject women to surveillance, arrest, and imprisonment. Since we can’t assume our civil rights are secure, it would be helpful if we had some simple rules. Rules women can follow in order to avoid jail, especially when we are pregnant. [...]
On World Population Day: Reproductive Health From Kenya to Mississippi
This past week, we celebrated World Population Day. It’s not news to anyone that the world’s population keeps getting larger while the world stays the same size and gets a little dirtier. Population growth is an issue that needs to be carefully addressed in the future, as the world continues to fight poverty, disease, and resource [...]
Canada’s War on Women: The Battle of New Brunswick
As a self-proclaimed Maritimer, I’ve lived in New Brunswick off and on throughout my undergraduate and graduate student life. Although small in population, New Brunswick is a province with boundless natural beauty and is home to the kindest people you would ever have the good fortune to meet. I am in awe of this place [...]
Women’s Bodies: The Connection Between Title IX and Michigan’s Vagina Monologues Reading
All over the world, vaginas and what comes out of them are considered dirty – much like women themselves. In first world countries like the U.S., our periods are gross and embarrassing. In so-called developing nations, women’s periods and the health of their vaginas aren’t just disgusting – they’re evil and dirty. Some girls are [...]
Sex Selective Abortions, Missing Women, and the PRENDA Bill
Because of gender bias and sex discrimination there are an estimated 160,000,000 girls and women missing from the planet today. This isn’t man-bashing or “victim feminism” by the way. It’s just a documented statement of fact. By virtually any measure this is dystopian. One hundred and sixty million is staggering number to absorb. It is [...]
Honor Dr. Tiller: Keep Late-Term Abortions Available
May 31, 2012 marks the third anniversary of the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas physician who provided late-term abortions in his Wichita clinic. An abortion opponent fatally shot Dr. Tiller in the eye while he was handing out bulletins inside his church during worship services. Dr. Tiller became a target of antiabortion activists [...]