A feminist with body image issues: not mutually exclusive categories
The other day, I was prepping to head out and, as soon as I stepped out of the shower, I took a look in the mirror and one word immediately ran through my head: Disgusting. As someone who has struggled...
View ArticleA Response to Jennifer Fulwiler: Why “40 Days for Life” is Harmful
A woman named Jennifer Fulwiler recently wrote a piece called “What I Learned from Praying in Front of an Abortion Clinic.” This piece provides an interesting and disturbing look into the anti-choice...
View ArticleSmall Town Activist
If you pay attention to pro-choice events, walks, rallies, fundraisers, and other activities, you’ll notice that almost all of them take place in big cities like New York City. This makes a lot of...
View ArticleAnimals and Abortion: Similar Movements?
Hello readers of Abortioneers and Abortion Gang! Welcome to the second installment of our Abortion and Animals series, hosted by Vegan Vagina and ProChoiceGal. You may remember our last post which...
View ArticleWhy YOU Should Be An Abortion Provider
Let’s face it: providing abortions is not the most popular job that a person can choose. Even among the pro-choice medical community, providing abortions is not something that you do; it’s something...
View ArticleAnimals and Abortion Part 1: How PETA gets it wrong
Crossposted at The Abortioneers. Today, I am pleased to announce that we are beginning a new series called Animals and Abortion. I got together with Vegan Vagina from The Abortioneers and, with us both...
View ArticleReview of Silent Choices: Black Women and Abortion
The other day, I watched (and enjoyed) a documentary called Silent Choices. Silent Choices is about abortion and other reproductive justice issues in the black community. The idea itself is wonderful;...
View ArticlePre-Abortion Provider Stigma
For those of you who don’t already know me, I’m a pre-med student working towards getting into the health care field as an abortion provider. In high school, I shocked all of my friends and family (and...
View ArticleThe Truth About Fetal Pain Laws
Let me set something straight about anti-choice laws; they are never what they seem. It is never about getting minors to talk to their parents, ensuring that women make choices that they don’t regret,...
View ArticleRemembering Women in the Politics of Abortion
There are so many reasons why I am pro-choice that it would probably be impossible to list them all. I can, however, summarize these reasons fairly easily; it’s for women. Women need abortion. Some...
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