Truthout
Reproductive Justice
Screeching to the Choir: Anti-Abortion Terrorism and Christian Fundamentalism
Like a social thermostat, the virulence of the antiabortion movement has intensified with every victory in women's rights, its rage stoked with each instance of female empowerment and self-determination.
“It’s a Basic Healthcare Issue”: Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards Reacts to Birth Control Ruling
In a closely watched case, the US Supreme Court has ruled most private companies that claim religious objections can refuse to provide birth control in their employee health plans.
“Open Season on Reproductive Health Care Clinics”: A Clinic Escort Responds to McCullen Ruling
“Terrorizing those seeking legal medical procedures is now an important First Amendment expression of ‘free speech,’ according to the Supreme Court Justices.”
Songs in the Key of Choice: Pop Music and Reproductive Justice
One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, yet in pop culture accurate portrayals of real people's stories are rare.
The Forgotten Mothers
The majority of women in prison are domestic violence survivors. Most women in prison are also mothers.
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, …
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Not Everyone Who Has an Abortion Is a Woman – How to Frame the Abortion Rights Issue
We should begin to grapple with why we continue to be so reluctant or unable to be more gender inclusive.
Wichita Abortion Clinic Continues the Fight for Reproductive Justice
Four years after Dr. George Tiller's death, the newly reopened and renamed South Wind Woman's Center continues the fight for reproductive justice in the conservative state of Kansas.
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Reproductive Rights Receding More Quickly for Some Women: A Review of “Crow After Roe“
Crow After Roe: How Separate But Equal has Become the New Standard in Women's Health and How We Can Change That, by Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo, details …