Abortion Is 14 Times Safer Than Childbirth (No Surprise)
February 3, 2012 by Carol King · 5 Comments
This week the world was stunned by the announcement that the much-lauded, seemingly apolitical and altruistic Susan G. Komen for the Cure cut off funding for breast cancer screenings for poor women at Planned Parenthood health centers. Even though Komen is now backing off the decision, the curtain has been pulled back to reveal the [...]
Just Another Business Decision for Komen
February 1, 2012 by Lori Baralt · 11 Comments
In the midst of the many attacks against Planned Parenthood and abortion rights over the past year, the news that Komen for the Cure was halting future funding of breast cancer screening and breast health education to Planned Parenthood affiliates has still managed to create shock waves in women’s health advocacy circles. Many feel hurt [...]
The Sound of Silence: Where Is the Anti-Choice Outcry Over North Carolina’s Forced Sterilization of Women of Color?
January 27, 2012 by Pamela Merritt · 12 Comments
A task force in North Carolina recently ruled that survivors of that state’s eugenics program should be paid $50,000 each in financial compensation. Eugenics is often defined as the science of “improving” a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of “desirable” heritable characteristics. The practice of eugenics was not limited to Nazi Germany nor [...]
Do Restrictive Abortion Laws Actually Reduce Abortion Rates?
January 26, 2012 by Gwen Sharp · 1 Comment
Andrew S. let us know that The Lancet has just released a study on global trends in abortion, focusing on overall rates, access to safe vs. unsafe abortions, and how the legal status of abortion impacts abortion rates. The results shed some interesting light on the effects of efforts to reduce abortion by outlawing or [...]
Ask an Abortion Provider: Roe v. Wade Edition
January 25, 2012 by Lola McClure · 3 Comments
It’s Trust Women Week! Nearly 40 years ago, abortion was legalized in the United States. To mark the occasion, Lola McClure, a registered nurse, interviewed Dr. Nancy Stanwood, an obstetrician/gynecologist, abortion provider, mother, and board member with the Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. Here is an excerpt of that interview: Hello Dr. Stanwood, it’s wonderful [...]
Percentage of Unsafe Abortions On The Rise Worldwide
January 23, 2012 by Jessica Pieklo · Leave a Comment
Almost half of all abortions performed globally are done so without trained clinical assistance. That’s according to a new study by the World Health Organization. Overall abortion rates dropped between 1995 and 2003, then remained steady at 28 per 1,000 women a year through 2008. But the proportion of unsafe abortions rose significantly from 44 [...]
It’s Trust Women Week—Join the Online March
January 20, 2012 by Annie Shields · 6 Comments
2011 brought an unprecedented assault by anti-abortion and anti-contraception state legislatures on women’s reproductive health—135 reproductive rights laws were enacted in 36 states, 68 percent of which restrict access to abortion. Reproductive-rights groups are fighting back with a simple but powerful pro-choice message: Trust women. The Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women, a coalition of 42 national [...]
What We Left Behind: Girdles, Silence and Illegal Abortion
January 18, 2012 by Suzanne Braun Levine · 8 Comments
When I went to work at Ms. in 1972, I wore a matching pink skirt and blouse—and a girdle. I had just gotten married and was, therefore, not able to get a bank loan without my husband’s approval. I had given up playing basketball (half-court for girls) in college because no coach or court could be found. [...]
In 2012, Trust Women!
January 8, 2012 by Annie Shields · 2 Comments
The official toll from 2011′s War on Women is in. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a record-breaking 92 new state-level restrictions on abortion were passed last year, the most ever. In response, reproductive-rights groups hope to make 2012 the year that women fought back—and won. To ring in 2012, the Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust [...]
New York DA Drops “Self-Abortion” Charges
January 4, 2012 by Robin Marty · 3 Comments
The New York District Attorney is dropping charges against a woman accused of “self abortion” after a 24-week fetus was found in a dumpster. But that doesn’t mean they won’t continue pursuing the case. Via the AP: The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it was declining to prosecute Yaribely Almonte but continuing to investigate. Prosecutors [...]
