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Abortion
Reproductive Justice and Women’s Equality: There is Some Good News!
In spite of the continuing onslaught against reproductive justice and women's equality, legislators in 17 states introduced 64 measures to expand reproductive options during the first quarter of 2014, …
Pro-Life and Social Death: A Portrait of Tennessee
One Tennessee new law proposes to bring back the electric chair should lethal injection drugs prove unavailable. The other would allow for criminal assault charges to be brought against …
Marge Piercy Speaks Out About Her Illegal Abortion and Importance of Abortion Rights
Poet, novelist, social activist, and important figure in the women's liberation movement, Marge Piercy records a moving account of her own illegal abortion, and speaks to the importance of …
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The Contraceptive Mandate Finally Leads America Out of the Victorian Era
The Affordable Care Act demonstrates an affirmative, proactive step from government for women's access to reproductive health care, but conservatives are bent on moving backwards.
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Open Letter to Legislators From a Clinic Escort
Because of the harassment and danger patients face simply attempting to access a reproductive health care clinic, elected officials should implement buffer zones to ensure public safety.
Targeted by Firebombing, Legislation, and Now Vandalism, Montana Abortion Provider Shutters Clinic
A Montana medical office that provided abortions, among other services, has been forced to close after a vandal systematically broke or slashed practically every object and surface inside.
In Health Care Suit Against Catholic Bishops, the Specter of an Early Defeat
The ACLU's case against the US Bishops Conference u2013 heralded by some as a bold legal stroke u2013 could be thwarted on procedural grounds.
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A Stillborn Child, a Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on “Fetal Harm“
Rennie Gibbs, a 16 year old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is …
The (Abortion Providers) Holiday That Wasn’t
A National Year of Appreciation for Abortion Providers u2013 while their ability to provide this fundamental women's healthcare need remains u2013 would be appropriate.
Shame Shame Shame
Radical comic artist and illustrator Sarah Rosenblatt examines the many ways in which women are shamed in our society in this graphic art.