A country of over a billion, India isn’t a stranger to the baby-boom. Over the last few years, this fertility has been captured into a new business – known as commercial surrogacy or “wombs for rent”. Commercial surrogacy is legal in India as of 2002. Combine that with India’s relatively affordable and high standard of [...]
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Pandering and Lip Service Not Required: Romney Isn’t A Mystery On Women’s Issues
We can drone on about sound bites and rehash debate comments all we want. We can debate the facts laid in campaign ads, and count up how many lies have been told. We already know where both Obama and Romney stand on women’s issues, so let’s drop the pandering and lip service and be real [...]
Debate Night: You Sank My Battleship
In the third and final presidential debate, the round goes to the quip heard ’round the world (from President Barack Obama): I think Gov. Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time looking at how our military works. You mentioned our Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we had in 1916. Well, governor, we also [...]
No One Wins a (Tug-of) War on Women: From Uteri to Personhood, Why Feminists Must Reframe the Debate
With only 19 days before the 2012 election, the War on Women is intensifying. While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s flip-flopping statements on women’s health in last night’s presidential debate might suggest a truce, you can be sure that threats to women’s reproductive freedoms are still as prevalent and ludicrous as ever.
“Sex and World Peace” or What Do Little Girls Have To Do With Our Wars
Last week a Taliban hit squad in Pakistan targeted and shot Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old who was fighting for the right of girls to be educated. I cried at the inhumanity on and off all day when I heard. Maybe she should have just dressed the part and saved her life. I’m not being flip. [...]
Is it Your Body or Not? Draw The Line, People
If you are reading this then you are using your body. If you vote, you do that with your body, too. Actually, let’s skip the dualism, your body is you. Somehow, a large percentage of people in this country have forgotten that idea. That their bodies are theirs but that yours is yours. These people remember. Sometimes people [...]
The Presidential Debates and Abortion in Canada
No one at work wanted to talk about the first presidential debate from last week. If you’re a woman, you especially don’t want to talk about it, because you weren’t even a part of it, all your issues, all your concerns, all the rabid attacks on your rights over the past year were completely ignored. Romney [...]
Do Women’s Reasons for Having Abortions Matter? No…and Yes, and Here’s Why
About 10 years ago, I moved in with my boyfriend at the time. Should have been exciting, right? No. While things between us were good at first, he quickly turned abusive. Arguments rapidly escalated as he punched me in the stomach, kicked me and tried to choke me. I knew I should leave. But it [...]
Women will play a key role in the 2012 Election!
I think women around the world had their eyes glued to the screen during the Democratic National Convention this year, when Michelle Obama took the stage. I know I did. Regal, ladylike and at the same time incredibly down-to-earth, hearts were drawn to her. The Jackie O of our generation, who skyrocketed J-Crew’s sales, and [...]
Women’s Healthcare: How Current Laws Affect You
Missouri’s New Law: An affront to women’s rights and health care reform On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, the Missouri legislature overruled a veto by Governor Jay Nixon on a bill which allows employers to deny access to birth control, enacting the bill into law. According to St. Louis public radio, “The legislation lets individuals, employers [...]