by Amy Allina, Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need President Obama likes to talk about the fact that he lives in a household of strong women. When he does it, he seems genuinely pleased and proud to be able to talk about his daughters, his wife and his mother-in-law in those terms. [...]
by Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, blogging on Huffington Post There’s not a lot we agree on in this country. And yet, there is one topic around which there is practically universal agreement: the right of women to access birth control. That’s right–99 percent of women in the U.S. who have been sexually active [...]
by Abigail Collazo, Fem 2.0 The Catholic Church and I have had a bit of a contentious relationship, to say the least. From its longtime suppression of women’s rights to its absurd defense of the Pope’s infallibility, well, it’s hardly the institution I look to for the be all and end all in moral direction. [...]
by Kat Sabine, the Bitch in the house Over the last few years, my policy of truth in sexuality with my kids has received a lot of criticism from just about every corner. Most surprisingly is the negativity from sex education activists who purport to support medically-accurate sex education. We are in agreement that avoiding the conversation about [...]
by Kim Gandy, Feminist Majority Foundation Welcome to the sixth #HERvotes blog carnival on the effort by the Catholic bishops to allow some institutions to refuse, under the Affordable Care Act, birth control coverage without co-pays to students and employeesof hospitals, universities, and other institutions, or other religious affiliated or connected institutions such as Catholic [...]
School is meant to be a safe place for students to learn and grow. Unfortunately sexual harassment between peers has become part of the everyday life of middle and high school students, as revealed by a study released by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Nearly half, 48 percent, of surveyed students experienced some [...]
As a high school senior, when it comes to political debate between advocates of comprehensive sex education versus abstinence only education, the political is personal. Having lawmakers decide whether or not students receive information on sex is a frightening reality to me. Abstinence-only education would pose American kids with the conundrum of choosing between being [...]
by Meghan Yee On October 31, the world population reached 7 billion. According to one Chinese demographer, however, if not for China’s one-child policy, the world population would have hit that number five years ago. China has the largest population on earth with 1.4 billion people. However, since 1979, the National Population and Family Planning [...]
“God is not mocked! You will swim forever in a lake of fire! You are a murderer!” This voice overpowered the passing Ft. Worth traffic as I escorted a patient into a women’s clinic on October 22 this year. I stood directly in between the patient and the man, doing everything I could to conceal [...]
This is Part 3 of a blog series on Feminism and the Occupy movement. Read Part 1: Why Feminists Should Care About the Occupy Movement and Part 2: Why Women’s Economic Issues Must be Central to the Movement. The Occupy movement is an incredible opportunity to be a part of something bigger that confronts [...]
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