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June 20, 2017 | Shauna Gold |
Health
Destigmatizing HPV and Cervical Cancer
The most obvious reason why abstinence-only education is terrible is the unintended pregnancies that frequently occur as a result from it. But there are actually even more serious potential consequenc...
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Just how bad for women Is the American Health Care Act?
Women have benefitted from the Affordable Care Act, and women have a lot to lose if the new Republican health care bill becomes law.
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Religious leaders thwart abortion rights in Sierra Leone
Last year Sierra Leone seemed on the verge of legalizing abortion for the first time in 150 years. Last-minute intervention by religious leaders derailed the bill, and now the US global gag rule poses an additional obstacle.
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April 16, 2017 | Camryn Garrett |
Health
An Interview With Sexual Health Activist Ella Dawson
Over the past two years, feminist social media manager and writer Ella Dawson has received widespread recognition for her work crushing the stigma of STDs. She has been called the “internet's foremost...
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U.S. defunding UNFPA could cost women their lives
I remember I was 5 years old as I watched my mother repeatedly climb to the highest part of the bed only to jump right back off again. I was confused. I could see that she was in emotional and physical pain. I was sad for her.
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What Trans Individuals Need To Know About Their Rights Under Obamacare
Last weekend, I felt a tiny glimmer of hope in light of the looming threat of the Trump Administration and Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Trump’s new health care bill (aka the America...
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March 21, 2017 | Susan Buttenwieser |
Health
Unthinkable: What if Roe Is overturned?
With anti-choice politicians emboldened, and hearings for Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee underway, pro-choice activists are preparing for the worst.
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Birth Control Is Not A Niche Issue
Imagine a girl who, of course, bears no resemblance to the author other than their shared gender identity. I use the word “girl” here very deliberately, because although she is in college, her m...
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How Young People Can Best Fight For Reproductive Justice
Post-Women's March, I've noticed that many of my friends feel like they're fumbling around for activist motivation. They're trying to find a way to keep the momentum going, but are failing to find way...
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Pro-choice groups fighting back against onslaught of abortion restrictions
With newly emboldened anti-choice legislators poised to pass more and more laws restricting abortion, reproductive rights groups are strengthening coalitions and working together with a new level of energy.
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We Have To Remain Vigilant About Global Reproductive Justice
Those who bear the brunt of childbirth should not have their bodies continually and unreasonably regulated by those who will never have their ankles suspended in stirrups, nor their reproductive well-...
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January 10, 2017 | Micaela Elizabeth Canales |
Feminism
After A Year of Anti-Choice Attacks, This Young Texas Latina Is Fighting Back
I don’t actually remember what happened to the condom—just that it was on one minute and then not on the next. Afterward, when my boyfriend and I realized what had happened, we sat on the edge of his ...
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What "Sanctity of Life" Really Means
As of December 19, 2016, Texas health care facilities that perform abortions must bury fetal remains instead of putting them in a sanitary landfill, like any other type of biological medical waste. Go...
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For women in humanitarian crises, contraception is vital
The recent Lancet Series on Maternal Health confirms a well-established reality: The majority of preventable maternal deaths continue to occur in areas affected by humanitarian crisis, largely as a result of poor maternal care. But this reminder is also accompanied by a chronic offense. Contraception is not given the spotlight it deserves.
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How To Go Forward With Love Post-Election
On November 9, I went to a watch party for the 2016 election. At first, it was full of hope and promise. We had spent the first half of our days giddy after filling in our very first ballots — ballots...
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Thankful For Planned Parenthood
100 years ago, a young woman named Margaret Sanger opened the first-ever birth control clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Only ten days later, police raided the clinic and a...
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Letting Compassion Win
Dear Mom,
On the eve of Election Day I was restless, unable to sleep. In an effort to find peace I wrote you a letter. Filled with nervous energy, I asked for you to be there with me, to help me stay...
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How Jane The Virgin Wonderfully Handled Abortion
*Spoilers below*
Jane the Virgin has been something of a crowd favorite since it debuted in 2014. But more than just entertaining its audience, the show has broken barriers regarding countless taboo ...
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On Being Catholic and Pro-Choice
Many people might find the two identities I hold closest to be contradictory: I am a Catholic, but am also an ardent, sex-positive, Birkenstock-wearing feminist. But I don’t think these identities con...
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What All Young Women Should Know About The Pill
When my gynecologist said I needed to go on birth control pills at the age of 13, my mother was ecstatic. I’d been skipping multiple days of school every month since my period had started one year ear...
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October 10, 2016 | Hannah Hildebolt |
Feminism
The Period Problem
Let’s talk about periods. No, not the punctuation mark — I’m talking about blood. Menstruation. You know what I mean.
It’s a touchy subject, isn’t it? Especially with boys. God, I mean you so much as...
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We Need To Make The Way We Talk About Abortion Access More Gender Inclusive
I’m that annoying person on Twitter, Facebook, and basically any outlet that will let me type out my ideas who keeps saying we need to make the reproductive justice movement more gender inclusive. A l...
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Why The Hyde Amendment Has To Go
As a college student in Ohio, I have seen what happens when anti-choice politicians decide they know what’s best for other people and it is not pretty. Watching friends go through intense anxiety whil...
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Lizz Winstead's Mission To Talk Honestly (And Hilariously) About Abortion
I've long thought that Lizz Winstead — co-creator of The Daily Show, writer on the Huffington Post, comedian extraordinaire, author of Lizz Free or Die, and founder of reproductive rights organization...
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What Young People Need To Know About Brexit
When I heard about the UK referendum that took place in June, I thought the possibility of the UK leaving the EU must be a joke. I expected the population to vote to stay in the EU and I wasn’t alone....