
How Anti-Abortion Forces Are Invading Your Privacy
Collection of people’s menstrual cycles by anti-abortion state officials as well as anti-abortion organizations is not only a gross overreach, but is also dangerous.
By showing up, I met a coalition of Georgians from all over the state who, like me, had also grown up in Georgia public schools, with conservative parents, or in religions that oppose abortion, yet we learned to fight for what we believe in anyway, even if it made us different.
Collection of people’s menstrual cycles by anti-abortion state officials as well as anti-abortion organizations is not only a gross overreach, but is also dangerous.
Homelessness is a public health issue, and unhoused people - particularly those who resided in Tent City - deserve to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect.
Beyond misunderstanding intersectional feminism, it’s clear that “pro-life” leaders are fanning the flames of gender panic, racial dog whistles, and Christian fundamentalism to shore up their base.
Participants at the Columbia event spoke about the things that mattered to them when deciding if and when to start a family.
It is imperative that people are able to decide for themselves if and when to start a family, which is why birth control access is a vital component of Reproaction’s mission to advance reproductive justice.
So much of what we celebrate in Roe is the right to personal liberty and privacy, and Wisconsin’s Act 292 restricts those rights by mandating an investigative response by the state to private dialogue between healthcare providers and patients.
Clearly, despite the landmark Whole Woman’s Health ruling, we still have our work cut out for us to ensure abortion remains accessible in reality, and not just a theoretical right.
‘Pro-life feminism’ is just the same old oppressive misogyny packaged in pop culture jargon and a ‘boss babe’ façade.
This installment is an interview with Sue Gibson, an independent feminist activist from mid-Missouri. Gibson is a retired registered nurse and clinical trials coordinator in infectious diseases, and has been living with HIV for 30 years.
The hypocrisy of the ‘pro-life’ movement would be laughable if it wasn’t so horrifying.