Passing along some info about what looks to be an interesting discussion later today: On Monday 03/18 at 1pm EST, Mother Jones reporter Kate Sheppard will host a live discussion about how reproductive rights are being increasingly eroded at the state level. We’ll focus on the case of Mississippi, but discuss how this narrative is playing out…
I wrote a series of posts in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade on Tuesday, Jan. 22. What is the state of Roe today? What is our legacy? These questions and more are examined in the links below. 40 Years of Roe: Choice in a Post-choice Era Abortion and Maternal Instinct People…
When it comes to Roe, I always circle back to access. My mom was in high school when she got pregnant with me in 1976. She contemplated abortion but there were many hurdles, just three years after the Roe decision, in her small, rural Midwest town. (I wrote about it in a post a few…
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision handed down on Jan. 22, 2013. The case validated a woman’s right to privacy, a right guaranteed by the due process clause within the 14th Amendment. Perhaps it is no accident that it is the 14th Amendment — the very…
The Sin City Sirens bowling team for the National Network of Abortion Funds bowl-a-thon will be playing Sunday (April 15) at 1pm at the South Point Bowling alley! Sign up for the team here! Or click on the link in the right-hand column to sign up now! ——>> Don’t have time to sign up online?…
This looks to be a fun event: PPSN’s Voices for Choice event is this Saturday January 28th! Saturday January 28th 7 – 9 pm PPSN on Charleston (3220 W. Charleston Blvd.) Celebrate the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade by stepping up and speaking out about what having the right to choose means to you! Express yourself…
I couldn’t be happier with the news coming out of Mississippi tonight: The amendment to grant personhood to a zygote has failed. Hallelujah! That’s right, tonight those who fight to protect a woman’s autonomy over her own body and the right to choose all available forms of safe, legal health care WON! Many put odds…
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