We’re Not Sorry. Still.
by Jennifer Baumgardner Just over eight years ago, I decided to make a T-shirt that said “I had an abortion.” ...
by Jennifer Baumgardner Just over eight years ago, I decided to make a T-shirt that said “I had an abortion.” ...
by Amanda Marcotte As a journalist who specializes in reproductive health, I have the unique opportunity to meet a variety ...
by Susan Elizabeth Davis On a bleak December day in 1979, I had an epiphany: I would write a pro-choice ...
by Margie Kelly Abortion opponents long ago slapped their brand on the fetus, parading giant graphic images of fetuses in ...
by Ria Sen and The Feminist Press The passionate writers who record stories of abortion — personal memories, histories, theory ...
by Jasmine Burnett The Black feminist group, the Combahee River Collective, described its beginnings by saying: “It was our experience and disillusionment ...
by Priscilla Smith While watching the totally hip video of the Orthodox Reggae beat rapper Matisyahu’s song Miracle, I began to ...
By Judith Arcana February 16, 2012 Im a Jane. Another Jane said when she heard me use the past tense ...
by Jeannie Ludlow “You know, illegal abortions aren’t all bad.” A few years ago, I found myself saying this to ...
by Justine Goodman I am the daughter of a woman who wrote in 1970 that “involuntary motherhood is slavery.” That ...
by Faith Pennick The debate over reproductive choice continues to burn, even with a pro-choice president currently in the White ...
by Andrea Plaid I’m not an aberration because I’m a childless, employed, divorced, college-educated Black cisgender woman — regardless of what the ...
by Sarah Flint Erdreich I was 13 years old during the anti-choice “Summer of Mercy” in 1991 when anti-choice activists ...
by Susie Day Dear Western Civilization – My name is Mary. Not Mary of Had-a-Little-Lamb fame. Holy Mary. Or, if ...
By Sara Benincasa February 9, 2012 I’m a comedian, not a scientist or another type of professional smart person, so ...
by Eleanor J. Bader When retired clinic owner Patricia Baird-Windle contacted me in 1998 and invited me to collaborate with ...
by The Editors “Abortion is a matter of the heart,” the late Dr. George Tiller once said. “For until we ...
by Barbara Santee I am 74 years old. When I was 18, I had an illegal abortion that nearly killed ...
By Rev. Debra W. Haffner February 2, 2012 I have been an advocate for safe and legal abortion for more ...
by The Editors A new study puts another face on women’s reproductive decision-making during an economic downturn. It indicates that ...
by Mary Lou Greenberg I remember the first time I heard about Medical Students for Choice. I don’t remember the ...
by Lori Adelman In 1970, something electrifying filled the air in New York. Feminist organizing was in high gear. Betty ...
By Linda Weber January 26, 2012 Imagine the whole universe — the vast expanse of reality in which all things ...
by Aram A. Schvey What’s chutzpah? Until December 2011, I would have deferred to the classic definition in Leo Rosten’s The ...
by Ayesha Chatterjee and Judy Norsigian As current staff members at Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS), an organization that has advanced ...
By Gabrielle Korn January 20, 2012 It’s no secret that the United States is in the midst of a War ...
by Carol Mason A new anti-abortion DVD is being distributed on America’s campuses. It is called 180 to suggest that society has ...
by Corinne A. Carey Our nation’s health care system is in a period of rapid and dramatic change, and the ...
by Carol Downer If working in the abortion movement for over 40 years qualifies me to gaze into my crystal ...
By Sunsara Taylor January 18, 2012 The first time I stood up for abortion rights was back in 1994 in ...
By Manis Rayles January 18, 2012 I am a believer. If I had to name my religion, it would be ...
By K Salis January 18, 2012 War can be an intimate experience, often in a deeply personal way, even though ...
By Merle Hoffman January 17, 2012 It’s been over 40 years since I founded Choices Women’s Medical Center, one of the ...