reproductive rights

The Secret Abortion Movement That Revolutionized Feminist Health Before “Roe v. Wade”

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by Faustina Johnson
January 21, 2022 at 1:18pm
“We traveled everywhere, and everywhere there were women who wanted to learn this.”
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What’s Very Likely To Happen: The “Roe v. Wade” Endgame Comes to SCOTUS

by Bitch HQ
December 1, 2021 at 4:25pm
Today’s case is not about one state’s decision, but about overturning decades of precedent. Read more »
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SB 8 Is a Reminder That Abortion Is a Disability Issue

by Samantha Chavarria
September 17, 2021 at 10:14am
The subject of disability and abortion law doesn’t stop at hypothetical fetuses. Read more »
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“My Body, My Choice” Doesn’t Meet the Demand of this Moment

by Barbara Sostaita
September 3, 2021 at 11:14am
“My body, my choice” is highly individualistic and—in the end—fails to convey the ways we’re bound up with each other. Read more »
Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. They are wearing shirts that say “Bans off our bodies” and raising their right fist

What Just Happened: The Texas Abortion Ban

by Bitch HQ
September 2, 2021 at 2:37pm
The SCOTUS decision essentially spits on 50 years of constitutional precedent protecting abortion access. Read more »

#FreeBritney: In the United States, Eugenics Is Still Legal

by Samantha Chavarria
July 9, 2021 at 1:08pm
The history of forced sterilization of disabled communities has been hidden for too long, but stories like Britney Spears’ allow us the opportunity to educate and liberate. Read more »
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Gestational Mortality Isn’t Just a Cisgender Issue

by Sloane Holzer
July 1, 2021 at 11:00am
When we’re considering marginalized people’s bodily autonomy, we must question how we perceive who is allowed to safely make a family. Read more »
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, a Latinx man in a brown uniform, poses alongside two women officers in brown uniforms as they all hold pink handcuffs

Policing, But Make It Girlboss

by Andréa Becker
April 30, 2021 at 12:54pm
If we want to protect women and their health, abolition is key. Read more »
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Vile Villainization: Why Did Conservatives Attack Chrissy Teigen for Miscarrying?

by McKenzie Schwark
October 14, 2020 at 2:07pm
Teigen’s experience is heartbreaking, but it isn’t uncommon in a country that politicizes and distorts miscarriages. Read more »
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Finding Abortion Care Is Even Harder Than It Seems

by Shanthony Exum
September 24, 2020 at 10:55am
Abortion is our right and we get to choose what we want for our bodies. Read more »
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What Just Happened: A Victory for Abortion Rights

by Bitch HQ
June 29, 2020 at 1:51pm
There’s no question that this is good news, but we shouldn’t assume that today’s decision amounts to a wholesale fuck-you to abortion opponents.  Read more »

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by Sarah Mirk
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by Kjerstin Johnson
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Films and TV Portray Abortion as More Dangerous Than It Is

by Erica Thomas
February 19, 2014 at 3:47pm
Films and television shows tend to present a skewed portrayal of abortion—when fictional movies and TV shows include a plotline about abortion... Read more »

The Dramatic History of American Sex-Ed Films

by Sarah Mirk
June 17, 2014 at 10:29am
In 1948, in a seventh grade classroom in Eugene, Oregon, a teacher dimmed the lights and flipped on 16mm projector. A film called Human... Read more »