Last week, the White House named the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This year five amazing women trailblazers will receive this prestigious honor, including Dolores Huerta, Madeleine Albright, Juliette Gordon Low, Toni Morrison, and Pat Summitt. These five phenomenal women will receive the United States’ highest civilian honor. The White House says the [...]
Post by Feminist Majority Foundation Intern Yasemin Ayarci The Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States are, for the most part, a hierarchy of privileged, white men attempting to make decisions regarding women’s health. That, in itself, is puzzling enough for many people. Most remarkably, we see that their recent opposition to birth [...]
This is a guest post by student Britni Hiatt of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter I am the President of my university’s Feminist Student Alliance. Though ‘tis the season, we aren’t resuming the tradition of performing Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. Among the issues surrounding Vagina Monologues, I agree that it remains a hegemonic narrative of the [...]
Organizing around an issue and being a part of a political process is all very exciting, until you see those systems fail you and your peers. Yesterday, the Virginia Board of Health met to decide on regulations that the Governor proposed for first trimester abortion clinics. These regulations put clinics that provide first trimester abortion [...]
Wednesday at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), about 200 students, faculty, community members, politicians and activists gathered for an electrifying speak out against the Virginia TRAP laws. The Speak Out Against Virginia’s TRAP Laws blog describes the TRAP laws as “a bill that classifies women’s health centers in the state as a category of hospitals, [...]
So you’ve read Sarah’s blog about the amazing pro-choice support for Summer of Choice and Laura’s blog about the anti-choice extremists who are targeting providers and clinics here in Germantown and across the country. I know what you’re thinking – what can I do to take action, fight back, and protect access to comprehensive women’s [...]
Guest Post by Alexa Nelen, University of Central Florida When Operation Save America/Operation Rescue (OSA/OR) announced its plans for a “siege” of Orlando abortion clinics (July 16-23,) pro-choice allies did not wait long before taking action. This event drew around 40 anti-choice protestors, and organizations such as Feminist Majority Foundation, NOW, and local student groups [...]
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