reproductive justice
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Itās Becoming More Evident: The Stress of Racism Is Killing Our Babies…and Us
If A=B, and B=C, does A=C? Well, not always, but in the case of stress, racism and preterm birth, one researcher thinks thereās a definitive case to be made. The jarring statistics are already out there: African-American women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women. Additionally, African-American…
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As of Today, Abortion Is Effectively Banned in Kentucky
Those who want to control the wombs of women are moving closer to their nefarious goals as the Kentucky legislature passed two bills this week, which for all intents and purposes ban abortion unless a court intervenes, according to the ACLU. Kentucky is one of 22 states in the U.S. which has a āRepublican trifecta,ā…
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Meet the Black Woman Behind Reversing Roe, Netflix's New Documentary About the Legal Battle Over Abortions
Like many women in mediaāparticularly women of colorāKeli Goff wanted to be like Oprah. But not for the fame or the Oprah-size paychecks. āI always admired the fact that, for her, being on camera was really a starting point,ā Goff said, praising the mediaās mogulās ability to transform that platform into other avenues to tell…
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The Return of Back-Alley Abortions? Mike Pence Predicts End of Legal Abortion āin Our Timeā
Vice President Mike Pence continues to stick his nose where it doesnāt belong: in the reproductive organs of American women. While speaking at a luncheon hosted by the anti-abortion organization the Susan B. Anthony List & Life Issues Institute in Nashville, Tenn., Pence said that he believes legal abortion in the United States will end…
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Roe v. Wade 45: My Mother and My Abortion
My mother and I were never close. Itās probably because weāre so alikeāstubborn, unyielding and always right. Itās hard to have a healthy relationship with someone with whom you spend most of your time butting heads. There were times in my life when my mother and I went months without speaking, only coming together again…
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Shedding Light on Reproductive Health:Ā Understanding Adenomyosis
U.K. native Kat FranƧois, 44, is a reputable performance artist, writer and playwright, best known for her televised appearances on the BBC3 Poetry Slam Championships in 2004 and the World Poetry Slam Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2005. But despite her accolades and extensive global rĆ©sumĆ©, we initially found ourselves bonding over our reproductive-health…
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Reproductive Justice for Black Women, Latinas, More Critical Than Ever
For the past three years, the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, or COLOR, along with dozens of partners, has hosted a Halloween-themed social media conversation on Twitter about the frightening facts and the disparate outcomes in health, wealth, safety and well-being that reproductive-justice warriors like Sister Song have been fighting to address…
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What Happened to Your Revolution, Bernie Sanders?
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a person I prefer never toĀ talk about, especially online, but this time Iām making an exception. It appears that no matter what he does wrong, many people, especially āBernie bros,ā have been making excuses for him since we were first introduced to the senator in 2015. Itās almost as if…
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My Body, My Pain: Listen to Me and All Black Women
Pain has no color. But for black women, how they are treatedāand not treatedāfor reproductive-health pain resonates deeply with historic roots in slavery and brutality. A new study from the University of Virginia shows a proven racial bias in how medical providers assess black patientsā complaints of pain, guaranteeing that medical providers consistently undertreat black…