The principle of bodily autonomy, which affirms the right to make decisions about one’s own body without fear or threat of violence, is tied to transgender liberation
The anti-abortion group Students for Life is fundraising on the forced treatment of Adriana Smith, claiming they are raising money for Smith’s family though no connection between the family and their group seems to exist.
Anti-abortion activists are willing to take extreme measures to ensure the collapse of Planned Parenthood causing collateral damage may even be part of the goal.
A billion-dollar industry funded partly by taxpayer dollars, the anti-abortion pregnancy center industry has only gotten stronger post-Roe— yet they still falsely play the victim, often by claiming they are the targets of so-called bullying, harassment and discrimination whenever they are held accountable for their harmful practices.
| Laila Salaam and Jacqueline Hernandez | Reproaction
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.
If there is any absolute truth to come out of RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearings, it’s that he is uninformed, unqualified, and unfit to be the director of any government department, but especially the HHS.
As doulas reclaim and reshape their role in reproductive health, they challenge the limitations of the traditional medical model by centering empathy, support, and patient autonomy.