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North Carolina Bans Same-Sex Marriage and Domestic Partnerships

Published: May 9, 2012

Well, the vote is in and it doesn’t look so good. As I mentioned in my previous blog, people in NC voted yesterday on a marriage ban. Last night the constitutional amendment that defines marriage as the legal union between a man and a woman passed. Amendment One, or the Defense of Marriage Act, not […]

Approval of New Abstinence-Only Program is Dangerous to Girls’ Health

Published: May 7, 2012

Little attention was paid to the quietly-approved addition of 3 new programs to the Department of Health and Human Services list of “evidence-based” teen pregnancy prevention programs, a list that the current Administration has used to tout its commitment to science in public health. That is until RH Reality Check drew attention to one particular […]

Get Out the Vote to Defeat Amendment One in North Carolina!

Published: May 3, 2012

Yesterday I was startled by a video posted by a young man in Kannapolis, NC. In the video he pulls out a shotgun and shoots a “No on Amendment One” yard sign while discussing how marriage is between a man and a woman. In the news, a preacher from Fayetteville, NC is urging his congregation […]

Catholic Students Speak Out: We Want Birth Control Access!

Published: February 24, 2012

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 control access blatantly conflicts with the needs of […]

Why I Won’t Do the Vagina Monologues

Published: February 24, 2012

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 “penis or vagina” binary. Humans are complex and we have complex expressions of reproductive organs […]

How to Host a Birth Control Clinic in 3 Easy Steps

Published: February 4, 2012

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Crossposted with permission from Law Students for Reproductive Justice. Fordham University is a Jesuit school. Because of this, students are not able to get birth control prescribed to them at the on-campus health centers. Fordham LSRJ wanted to provide Fordham students with a way to have access to doctors and birth control prescriptions. Here’s […]

Sticking it to the March for “Life”

Published: January 25, 2012

Monday the 23rd marked the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal for women in 1973 and a resounding triumph for the feminist cause. There are numerous events hosted in remembrance of this court case. The largest organized event is the annual March for Life where thousands of anti-choice […]

Defending Roe in Mississippi

Published: November 9, 2011

When I was asked to come to Mississippi about three weeks ago to organize students against Initiative 26 or the “personhood” Amendment I honestly did not know if we even had a chance of winning. The amendment could have made abortion illegal and banned most forms of birth control including the pill. With Mississippi being […]

“The Help” and the Rights of Domestic Workers

Published: August 26, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally posted on Moms Rising. This week, I went to see the movie The Help, based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. The film focuses on the exploitation, abuse, and indignities endured by African American women who worked as house cleaners, childcare providers, and cooks in the homes […]

New Abortion Billboard in Atlanta Targets African American Leaders

Published: August 22, 2011

Not again. Another anti-abortion billboard was put on display by the Restoration Project in Atlanta last week, this time targeting African American leader Jesse Jackson. The billboard reads “What does it mean to be betrayed?” with “betrayed” written in blood-scripted letters. What’s even more insulting is The Restoration Project’s domain for their website: www.abortioninthehood.com. It […]