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International Safe Abortion Day 2019

Tomorrow, reproductive rights advocates and activists around the world will commemorate International Safe Abortion Day. (For more information about the background and history of this day, please visit our post from last year.)

This year’s theme is “Abortion is Healthcare”, utilizing the hashtag #MyAbortionMyHealth. Specifically, this theme is meant to call attention to the fact that the…

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Anti-Choice Politician Defends Rape and Incest

TW: Rape and Incest

Historically speaking, the rape of women has been rampant. It has been (and still is) used as a tool by conquering armies to subjugate the peoples they are invading. Until 1993, it was legal in parts of the U.S. to rape your own spouse. Slaveowners raped their slaves throughout the centuries.

So when U.S. Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) said, “Wha…

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#Abortion #Rep. Steve King

Getting an Abortion while a Minor

There are so many barriers to women in the U.S. procuring safe abortions: Cost, ability to travel to a clinic, language, and pressure from friends and family, to name a few. One barrier that doesn’t get talked about as often is age—perhaps because it’s less socially acceptable for women under the age of 18 to get pregnant. But minors do get pregnant, and some minors want abortions. What about…

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#Abortion #Reproductive Health #Reproductive rights

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Birth Control Access through Delivery Services

After the 2016 election, many women ran out to get IUDs. Why? Because they worried that their access to affordable contraceptives would be compromised in the coming years. That fear continues to be prevalent. But some women already struggle to access birth control, despite the fact that it’s legal—young women who live with their parents.

In fact, there are some states that require parental…

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#birth control #birth control access #birth control pill #Reproductive Health

Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Pennsylvania

We have talked about Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) before, discussing how they are facilities that claim to provide comprehensive pregnancy care to women despite being anti-choice organizations. They are often religiously affiliated and may not be staffed by any qualified healthcare professionals. Usually these facilities are located near abortion clinics or women’s health clinics and intend to…

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#Abortion access #Reproductive rights

Effect of State Anti-abortion Laws on Provider Availability

It is bad enough that certain states such as Iowa are well on their way to making abortion illegal for women at any gestational age. But what is the other negative impact of these antiabortion pieces of legislation? Well, when providers cannot practice to the full extent of their personal philosophy, or even the full extent of the federal law, they lose a big incentive to work in certain areas.…

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#Abortion access #abortion rights #Reproductive rights

Retirement of Justice Kennedy

Swing Vote Shift

The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has come as a terrifying shock to the abortion rights community. The crucial role that swing vote Justice Kennedy has played in the protection and progression of abortion rights cannot be ignored. Now with the position opening up and Trump getting to nominate the next Justice, the abortion rights community is scared. And…

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#abortion rights #Reproductive rights #SCOTUS

International Safe Abortion Day

On September 28, reproductive rights activists around the world will commemorate past efforts in the fight for reproductive rights. International Safe Abortion Daystarted as a day of action within a select few countries, but it’s primary goal has evolved into bringing attention to the various obstacles and boundaries that still face modern women in relation to reproductive rights throughout the…

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#letstalkabortion #international safe abortion day

Mexico City Policy Has Far-Reaching and Diverse Health Consequences

Recently, the Center for Health and Gender Equality (CHANGE) issued a report that highlights just how detrimental the Mexico City Policy (former global gag rule) is proving to be for global health.

Since 1973 US lawhas prohibited US foreign-aid from using their funds to provide abortion services abroad. The Mexico City Policy which was adopted in 1984 takes this is bit further by requiring…

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Supporting Abortion Access

Changing Abortion Law

It’s all fine and good if you are Pro-Choice and support women’s rights, but ultimately we all need to take action to make real change. However, that can be easier said than done. Federal and state law can be difficult to understand, and it can also be challenging to know what your role is and how you can execute it. This post will provide a simple guide to help you get…

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#Abortion #Abortion access #abortion rights #NARAL #Reproductive rights

Susan G. Komen Defunds PP

Sometimes it’s easy to forget just how insidious the anti-choice movement can be. With loud, boisterous opposition like Randall Terry and Operation Rescue; not to mention the very distinct attacks on abortion rights going on at the state level recently it can sometimes seem like everything they do is intentionally portrayed to “save the unborn babies.” Sometimes though, they are…

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#abortion rights #breast cancer #Health care #Planned Parenthood

Birth Control Recall

Birth control pills come in numerous brands and types with varying degrees of manufactured estrogen and progestin. These hormones stop ovulation and help prevent an unplanned pregnancy. Most pill packs have two types of pills, one set of 21 pills with active ingredients and 7 pills that are placebo pills usually only containing sugar or sometimes a lower dose of the hormones used. To ensure…

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#birth control #FDA #preventing pregnancy

Politicians Stand Up for Women’s Health Care

We write about political attacks against women’s health care, specifically reproductive health care, a lot on this blog. We feel it is important to make as many people aware of the widespread contempt many conservative politicians seem to have towards ensuring women get proper and timely medical care. From mandatory ultrasounds before abortion laws to cutting funding from programs…

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#Abortion #abortion rights #birth control #federal government #preventing pregnancy #Reproductive Health #State Government

Misopolis Campaign

The Abortioneers Blog introduced me to an interesting new ad campaign that was released earlier this month. It is a series of ad’s set in “Misopolis” a fictional city where the factory workers have the right to control their own lives/bodies and can get abortions on demand and without apology. Some of the ad taglines are “Abortion Pills are a Gift from God” and “Immaculate Contraception- When the…

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#Abortion #abortion rights #pro-choice

Kansas has a Few Ridiculous Bills in Committee

Well, it’s only February but Kansas seems to be dead set on being named “abortion hater state of the year.” Last year more abortions restrictions were passed by the Federal and State governments since, well ever. 135 anti-abortion and anti-family planning laws were passed in 2011 alone. 92 of those specifically target abortion access. Kansas seems to want to make 2012 a repeat record breaker in…

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#Abortion #abortion rights #preventing pregnancy #Reproductive Health #State Government

Lack of BC access Equals Higher Unintended Pregnancy Rates

It’s a bit of a no brainer to deduce that lack of access to effective birth control has a direct correlation to higher rates of unintended pregnancy. A new report from the Guttmacher Institute takes this information one step farther and shows how programs that provide access to birth control impact unintended pregnancies at a state level. The research shows that women who are not insured and who…

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#birth control #emergency contraception #preventing pregnancy #public policy #State Government

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