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By Suzanne Grossman I recently had the pleasure of speaking on a career panel to young women enrolled in Feminist …
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By Carol Downer To secure the availability of abortion, we who are “pro-choice” need to take the lessons from the …
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by The Editors The Spring 2011 edition of On The Issues Magazine “The Ecology of Women” examines how environmental health affects …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro February 23, 2011 When I first thought about writing this essay, I was a little afraid …
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by Susan J. Douglas Today, we once again have what Betty Friedan famously called “a problem with no name.” Millions …
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by Amanda Marcotte Abortion: most of us tend to think the word has a fixed meaning, which is: terminating a …
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by The Editors Today, House Republicans pulled a frightening revision from HR3, or “The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” …
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