by Priscilla Smith While watching the totally hip video of the Orthodox Reggae beat rapper Matisyahu’s song Miracle, I began to dream about miracles in what
by Jeannie Ludlow “You know, illegal abortions aren’t all bad.” A few years ago, I found myself saying this to students in an Introduction to
by Justine Goodman I am the daughter of a woman who wrote in 1970 that “involuntary motherhood is slavery.” That was 13 years before I
by Faith Pennick The debate over reproductive choice continues to burn, even with a pro-choice president currently in the White House. As we enter another
by Andrea Plaid I’m not an aberration because I’m a childless, employed, divorced, college-educated Black cisgender woman — regardless of what the promulgated stereotypes undergirding the media
by Sarah Flint Erdreich I was 13 years old during the anti-choice “Summer of Mercy” in 1991 when anti-choice activists laid siege to Dr. George
by Susie Day Dear Western Civilization – My name is Mary. Not Mary of Had-a-Little-Lamb fame. Holy Mary. Or, if you will, Maria. But not
In the wake of the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, reproductive activists have watched the abortion debate make national headlines surrounding the controversy caused
by Eleanor J. Bader When retired clinic owner Patricia Baird-Windle contacted me in 1998 and invited me to collaborate with her on a book about
by The Editors “Abortion is a matter of the heart,” the late Dr. George Tiller once said. “For until we understand the heart of a
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