The good news from Arizona is that the omnibus abortion bill, which was scheduled to go into effect today, will no longer have as much of a sting on women’s access to reproductive health care. Planned Parenthood was victorious in court yesterday, and an injunction will keep the bill from going into effect. [...]
Times are tough, and birth control is expensive. Still, unintended pregnancy would be a catastrophe for most women in this economy. A recent study by The Guttmacher Institute found that one in four women were having difficulty paying for gynecologist visits and more frightening, skimping on birth control – cutting pills in half, skipping a [...]
Phyllis Schlafy on the ERA: Feminism is Scary, Ya’ll! – Think Progress
Obama Won’t Protect Reproductive Rights – Feministing
Senate Votes to Restore Abstinence-Only Funding – AP
Michael Moore Tells Obama “Don’t Desert the Liberals” – ABC News
A reader asks:
It’s a little overwhelming when I go to the store and see all the choices of lube. Which one is the best to use?
Dear reader,
This is one of those really difficult questions to answer because there is so much that goes in to picking the right lube, and most of them are issues [...]
Its the E.R.A….take 27
Almost three decades after the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced and defeated, and eighty six years after it was originally drafted by women’s rights leader, Alice Paul, the E.R.A has made its way back to Congress. This time, in hopes of FINALLY getting the votes its been needing since 1982.
Its not [...]
Swissmedic, the Swiss agency that is responsible for overseeing the safety of medications, is currently investigating the safety of the birth control method Yaz. The investigation was launched after a woman died from a pulmonary embolism that is believed to have been caused from taking Yaz.
The Swiss investigation comes at the same time as [...]
Is a Personhood Statute Coming to a State Near You? – LA Times
Abstinence-Only Violates the First Amendment – RH Reality Check
Dr. Susan Wicklund on Native American Women & Reproductive Health Care – Blog For Choice
Google Will No Longer Accept Pro-Choice Ads – Women’s Rights @ Change.org
The Conversation on Race That Most Americans Won’t Have – [...]
Republican lawmakers and conservative activists are at it again in New Jersey. Although the momentum has slowly been growing among democrats to push forward equal marriage legislation, social conservatives have made their way out of the woodworks, pushing for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the state of New Jersey. Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) [...]
Last week the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice published an “Open Letter from Religious Leaders to Members of Congress Supporting Inclusion of Abortion Services in Health Care Reform.” The letter is signed by over 70 leaders from a wide variety of faith organizations and churches ranging from the United Methodist Church and Lutheran Women’s Caucus [...]
Guest blogger Paige Schilt is a dyke mama, a “low-femme” nerd, an activist, and a part-time professor of Feminist Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in English and Cultural Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and has published scholarly articles on queer culture at the intersections of race and class. She lives [...]
