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Supporting Someone You Love Who is Pregnant: How to be an Ally
In social justice movements, we talk a lot about how to be good allies in our public and private spaces. I would argue that pregnant folks need allies too in those public and private spaces. Still, I...
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We Are Not Baby-Haters
A baby is going to be born today, and I couldn’t be more excited! Remember my post about my work-bestie who is pregnant? Well, she’s in labor and I’m so excited for her! Her little girl is going to be...
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How to be an Everyday Reproductive Justice Hero
Recently, I left my job in abortion care. Although I have a social justice, nonprofit, world-saving job that I love now, I miss the clinic, as I knew I would. I knew I would miss my coworkers of...
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Unexpected Motherhood
A guest post by ninersgirl. My friend recently had a baby. Savannah was born two months early, due to several difficulties that my friend had during her pregnancy. Mom has gone back to work...
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The $11,000 Convenience
A couple weeks ago I had a girls weekend with 2 very good friends. Both of them would describe themselves as feminists. My one friend was recently married but doesn’t expect to have kids any time...
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How to support breastfeeding without being a jerk
Last week, there was a FULL OUT FEMINIST BATTLE in the blogosphere over breastfeeding. I found it, quite frankly, pretty disheartening. We fight for abortion access for all women, even those who...
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Beyonce and Pressures of Fertility
Beyonce announced her pregnancy just a month or two ago, and there was just a flutter of excitement for the first big-time Hip-Hop baby. And, then, yesterday, Beyonce’s prosthetic baby bump collapsed...
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Able of Mind and Body: Why Reproductive Justice Needs to Address Mental...
“An estimated 500,000 pregnancies in the United States each year involve women who have or who will develop psychiatric illness during the pregnancy.” Think about that. Half a million women each year....
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The Ties that Bind: It’s Time to End Shackling
By: Catrina Otonoga They’ve been saying that love has made its way to PA this week. They’ve been saying that equality for all has worked its way down the winding East Coast and is on the brink of the...
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Reclaiming a Crisis: Backline is Working to Open the First All Options...
By: Catrina Otonoga If you dare utter the initials CPC in a room full of pro-choicers in a positive light, you better be prepared for some backlash. Talking about crisis pregnancy centers as a positive...
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