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PODCAST: Carol Downer revolutionized the women’s health movement, and refuses to quit, decades later
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Carol Downer, a pioneer of the women’s liberation movement, putting wom…
Modern American feminism is an embarrassment
Elizabeth Warren cannot simultaneously claim to fight for women’s rights while advocating to endanger women in pri…
Anti-abortion arguments are increasingly secular, but remain unconvincing and misogynistic
Any ideology that grants embryonic or fetal “right to life” is dangerous for women and girls.…
Why don’t we consider violence against women and girls terrorism?
From female genital mutilation to domestic violence to femicide, women and girls around the world are living in fear.…
Mary Lou Singleton: ‘We need to go back to rallying for abortion on demand without apology’
“We can’t do this as individuals — we have to do this as sisters.”…
PODCAST: Toward reproductive sovereignty, not reproductive rights
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Mary Lou Singleton, a midwife, nurse practitioner, and reproductive sovereign…
PODCAST: ‘Birthright: A War Story’
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Civia Tamarkin, director of “Birthright: A War Story,” a new docu…
Dominican Republic to uphold total ban on abortion
On May 31, the Dominican Senate voted to uphold a total ban on abortion. Even in cases of rape and incest, and when the …
‘Gestators,’ ‘hosts,’ and ‘pregnant people’: The bipartisan pact to erase women
The headline of an opinion piece pubilshed in prominent Spanish newspaper El País, “We are not sheep,” implies a story o…
Man recreates Beyoncé pregnancy photos to celebrate white male bodies
Actor Ben Yahr is on a mission: He wants white male bodies to be valued in our society just as much as the pregnant bodi…
Are we women or are we menstruators?
Planned Parenthood, as you may know, is the largest single provider of reproductive health services in the United States…
Purvi Patel appeals feticide conviction, 20-year prison sentence for self-induced abortion
Yesterday, the Indiana appellate court heard oral arguments from Purvi Patel’s lawyers, appealing her conviction on char…
Sex & Zika: On contraception and the coital imperative
It has been hard to miss the growing media coverage of the Zika virus. With a possible link between the infection of pre…
I am here to breed a boy: On ‘Esperancita’ and death by penal code
A total ban on abortion has been reaffirmed in the Dominican Republic. “Total,” meaning that even if you are…