Two things make me want to write this post: #TellAFeministThankYou, which is happening on Twitter right now, and Suzanne Venker’s latest assertion that “Feminism didn’t result in equality between the sexes, it resulted in mass confusion.” I’m a big fan of … Read more →
Remember our recent discussion about the alarming trend toward criminalizing the actions of pregnant women, including that of a teenage girl in Utah who paid someone to beat her up in an attempt to induce a miscarriage? Yeah, about that: … Read more →
Sigh. A bill proposed in the New Mexico legislature by Rep. Cathrynne Brown would make procuring or facilitating an abortion after rape or incest equal to “tampering with evidence.” Specifically: Tampering with evidence shall include procuring or facilitating an abortion, … Read more →
Today (or the 22nd, anyway) is the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. People have been writing all sorts of interesting things, and unfortunately I haven’t had the time to read them all, but I just wanted to put out … Read more →
Pregnancy can certainly be scary. Even for those of us fortunate to have access to good medical care, pregnancy still presents a risk of serious health complications and death. For women in abusive relationships, abuse frequently escalates with the discovery … Read more →
I recently attended a screening of the Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, which is about a woman helping her friend obtain an illegal abortion in 1980′s Bucharest. The trailer is a little strange, but the film … Read more →
Savita Halappanavar died when doctors refused to complete a miscarriage, citing Irish anti-abortion laws. From RTÉ News Ireland: Praveen Halappanavar has given instructions to his solicitor Gerard O’Donnell to proceed with an application to the European Court of Human Rights. … Read more →
The case of Savita Halappanavar, who died in Ireland because doctors refused to complete a miscarriage, is unfortunately not an isolated incident. Marta María Blandón reminds us that harsh anti-abortion laws in Nicaragua and El Salvador result in women’s deaths from lack … Read more →
Why didn’t I pay attention to this before? Republican David Frum takes the Republican party to task for its stance on abortion: Even here in the United States, where parental benefits are much less generous, abortion responds to economic conditions. … Read more →
This is a post by a prosecutor named Chris who writes a literary blog, but waded in on the personhood thing because she just couldn’t take it anymore. This perspective–that these proposed laws make no legal sense and threaten our … Read more →