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Tag: reproductive rights
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…
Why I no longer hate ‘TERFs’
When all else fails, call your opponents TERFs. Regardless of the subject matter of the disagreement. TERF = Witch. pic.…
Are we women or are we incubators? An interview with MaryLou Singleton
Who gives birth? The answer used to be: females. Today, it’s considered politically incorrect to say that it is women, s…
Anti-choice extremists target Trudeau and women’s reproductive rights
Warning: While necessary to the content of the piece, this post contains some disturbing and very graphic images. The e…