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For the mamas who don’t get love on Mother’s Day
Ed. note: This is a guest post by Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr. It is part of the Strong Families Mama’s Day Our Way celebration. You can read more posts in the series on the Strong Families blog. Strong...
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Weekly Feminist Reader: Mother’s Day Edition
“Very important group selfie with my SLR (no iphone baby!) – My mom, my sis and me.” — Syreeta Happy Mother’s Day! A Mother’s Day letter by Gloria Malone: “The problem with being a teen mom is that I...
View ArticleJudge strikes down Arizona’s 20 week abortion ban
On Tuesday, an Arizona judge struck down Arizona’s unconstitutional ban on abortions after 20 weeks. Via Mother Jones: On Tuesday, judges on the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an Arizona...
View ArticleAcceptance is not the goal
Gallup just released the results of its annual poll surveying Americans’ moral views on a number of hot topics, from adultery to polygamy to birth control. In general, respondents seem to have grown...
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Breaking: SCOTUS declines to hear defense of Indiana’s anti-Planned...
The Indiana government really, really wants to defund Planned Parenthood, but the U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear its appeal of a lower court’s ruling that the state really, really can’t do that. The LA...
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Young mamas push back against the Candie’s Foundation teen pregnancy ads
Remember these awful ads from the Candies Foundation? Well young mamas are pushing back, and are demanding that Candie’s stop shaming young parents: When the Candie’s Foundation launched a teen...
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Latinas were targeted for involuntary sterilizations for decades
Today we are reminded that pro-choice politics are as much about the right to reproduce as they are about the right to abortion. We are also reminded of our country’s history of taking away the right...
View ArticleQuick Hit: What happens to women who are denied abortions?
They’re three times more likely than those who got an abortion to be below the poverty level two years later, for one thing. The New York Times Magazine takes an in-depth look at a first-of-its-kind...
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“Farah Goes Bang.” Dare to hope again: on incarceration and parenting. Paternity leave isn’t just about fathers. Reclaiming indigenous papahood. Blast from the very recent past: the Great Dad. Listen...
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House passes 20-week abortion ban
Yesterday evening the House of Representatives passed the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” a ban on legal abortions 20 weeks or more after fertilization based on dubious evidence that...
View ArticleReproductive justice, marriage equality, and undocumented youth: The racial...
As a queer, immigrant Latina and a woman of reproductive age, last week caused me to have basically all the feelings. Between Supreme Court decisions that heavily undercut the rights of communities of...
View ArticleHow the Ohio abortion restrictions affect your vagina
Via Jamil Smith. Transcript below the jump! John Kasich: Hello, I’m Ohio Governor John Kasich. You know, there have been a lot of questions about the recent abortion amendments we tacked on to the...
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Wendy doesn’t “stand with Gosnell”
Photo via Think Progress via @Students4LifeHQ Do we really have to say it again? No, Kermit Gosnell‘s cruel and illegal procedures weren’t the stuff of pro-choice ambition. They were the result of...
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Dustin Hoffman Breaks Down Crying Explaining Something That Every Woman Sadly Already Experienced. Pat Robertson wants Facebook to add a “vomit button” so he can “switch it on” in response to photos...
View Article“It will be like having a doll in my arms”
Good morning, and welcome to the worst story you’ve read all day even though it’s only 9am. Earlier this week, we covered the story of the 11-year-old Chilean girl who is pregnant as a result of rape...
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Coverage of reproductive rights features almost no reproductive health experts
On cable news, coverage of the Texas abortion restrictions has been light on medical experts. Via Media Matters: I think there’s something to be said for including political commentators in...
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Texas Republican introduces bill to ban abortions after six weeks
Yesterday was a bad day for abortion access in Texas. Governor Rick Perry signed the state’s new law banning abortions after 20 weeks, and hours later a Republican state represenative filed a proposed...
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In January and February 2013, NYT reporters quoted 3.4 times as many male sources as female sources. CU Boulder now under federal investigation for violating Title IX. Unemployment and its symptoms....
View ArticleA Gynotician: “A BA in Biologicalish Studies and Rhetoric”
Amazing. Thank you, Amber Tamblyn and David Cross. h/t Raw Story. Apologies folks – no transcript yet. If someone could put on in comments, that would be so great!
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Chart(s) of the day: Americans consistently support abortion rights, but...
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you might have the impression that everyone and their mama, no pun intended, wants to slash abortion rights. Not true, according to recent data...
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