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Doctors need to talk openly about race — our patients depend on it
By Aisha Wagner Once again, Black History Month has ended and led us directly into Women’s History Month. Despite these back-to-back opportunities, we are still not talking enough about the ways our society is failing these populations, especially women of color. I confess that I’ve been a part of the problem—keeping my head down and […]
How Asian American Women Are Resisting Reproductive Injustice in the US
By Sung Yeon Choimorrow Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women are at the forefront of many movements for social change — from economic justice to immigrants’ rights and dismantling white supremacy. We’re also leading the movement for gender equality and reproductive justice. AAPIs are the fastest-growing population in the country, and as we rise in numbers and influence, we […]
The end of abortion? In your dreams, Mike Pence
By Jessica González-Rojas Vice President Pence has predicted that legal abortion would end in the U.S. “in our time,“ echoing his promise during the 2016 campaign to consign Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that upheld legal abortion in the U.S., to the “ash heap of history.” Read more.
Official: Teens in migrant shelters have no abortion rights .
By Nomaan Merchant HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government official whose office oversees shelters for unaccompanied immigrant minors said in testimony released Wednesday that pregnant teens in his agency’s care have no right to an abortion under the Constitution. Scott Lloyd, the director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee […]
Mike Pence Believes Access To Legal & Safe Abortion Will End “In Our Time”
By Andrea González-Ramírez Vice President Mike Pence once again made clear the priorities of the Trump administration by predicting that legal abortion would end in “our time.” Pence made the remarks while at a luncheon hosted by the anti-abortion organization Susan B. Anthony List & Life Institute on Wednesday. Read more.
It’s not enough for abortion to be legal; It must also be accessible
By Lea Rose Emery As the 45th anniversary of Roe v Wade passed just weeks ago, nobody was ignoring the elephant in the room — that is, that it’s forty-five years later and we still don’t have accessible, affordable abortion in this country. Yes, it is legal. At the bare, bare minimum, it is legal […]
Abortion and reproductive health divide communities
By Sam West Abortion is one of the most contentious issues on the University’s campus. To see proof of this, you don’t need to look further than the sidewalk. Read more.
Brooks Misses the Point on Abortion
By Pamela Merrit David Brooks must have been playing a Groundhog Day trick on us all. Like Bill Murray’s character in the comedy classic, I woke up on Friday to a nightmare that has repeated itself too many times to count. In this case, the nightmare is the assertion, again, by a white Democratic man, that a […]
You Do Uterus: Years after Roe, the fight continues
By Kylie Cheung This Monday marked the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, a ruling that made abortion legal on the federal level. What preceded the Roe decision was a dark age for women; in the many states that had not legalized the procedure, socioeconomic status and the government had the unilateral power to force […]
Women’s health care attacked on Roe v. Wade anniversary
By Sue Davis The notoriously women-hating, blatantly white supremacist, anti-abortion Donald Trump administration timed a draconian law and hostile new federal rulings to precede the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, on Jan. 22. These were rolled out as fodder for his base at the annual anti-abortion march in […]