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Birth Control Pills … Or a Frappuccino?

Published: October 11, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. As the Ms. Blog reported yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will require all health insurers to fully cover women’s preventative health services, including birth control. With birth control costing some women hundreds of dollars each year, this measure slightly reduces the financial burden of being […]

Think You’re Covered? Think Again

Published: October 11, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally posted at the ACLU Blog of Rights. If you were faced with the decision of having an abortion, would your health insurance cover it? This is a question that many women have probably never considered. It’s a health care procedure that most people just don’t plan ahead for. […]

#HERvotes Blog Carnival Takes on Health Care

Published: October 11, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Welcome to the third #HERVotes Blog Carnival! This time, the focus is on women and health care. The blog posts below share personal stories and details about the new benefits from the health care reform law, while also offering original insights on what’s at stake for women and health care. You’ll […]

HERvotes Takes On the Jobs Crisis

Published: September 15, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally posted on the Ms. magazine blog. Our first #HERvotes blog carnival was so successful, we’re doing it again! On August 25-26, to mark the anniversaries of the passage of the 19th amendment and the March on Washington, Ms. joined with 21 women’s organizations to collectively publish 77 blog […]

We Need Jobs and a Voice on the Job

Published: September 15, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally published at MomsRising.org. When I was in high school and college, I worked in restaurants. I worked for minimum wage and I worked hard – cleaning, cooking, even counting money and making bank deposits. I remember my pay going from 3.35 an hour to 3.45 an hour when […]

Where Are the Jobs for Recent Graduates?

Published: September 15, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. The recession negatively impacts young people looking to enter the workforce for the first time, and as a recent college graduate, I can easily see how the recession is impacting my peers and me. I have experienced firsthand how difficult it is to find full-time, paid employment in my […]

Reject Disenfranchisement of the Working Class

Published: August 29, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. As voter suppression laws in states throughout the country threaten to disenfranchise millions of voters, it is imperative to look at how the groups targeted by these laws also have a stake in the very issues at the heart of the upcoming election. Decisions affecting access to health care […]

You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Healthcare

Published: August 29, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Seventeen months ago I was driving back to New York with some new friends from the 2010 National Young Feminist Leadership Conference when the announcement came through – the Affordable Care Act was on its way to the President’s desk. In July, I sat in the conference room as […]

Ladies, Get Your Vote On

Published: August 26, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally published at Get Off My Soapbox. All the single ladies! Also, all the married ladies, all the divorced ladies, all the ladies in a committed and long term relationship: We’re coming up on that time of the election cycle again. To borrow the words of fellow lady voter […]

Friends Don’t Let Friends Stay Home on Election Day. Especially Not Girlfriends.

Published: August 26, 2011

Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Guest post by the WIN Writing Group, originally published on the WIN Writing Group blog. Do you like living in a representative democracy? Do you like social safety nets like social security and medicare? How about the right to full reproductive health care including abortion? Or access to health […]