Category — Reproductive Rights

An Open Letter to All Feminists: Statement of Solidarity with Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Women Facing War and Occupation
by Piya Chatterjee and Sunaina Maira
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cm130308.html
As feminists and people of conscience, we call for solidarity with Palestinian women in Gaza suffering due to the escalating military attacks that Israel turned into an open war on civilians. This [...]

Tenth Annual Women’s History Month Conference
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (20 minutes from midtown Manhattan)
Black Power, Black Feminism: Black Women’s Activism and Development of Womanist/Feminist Consciousness in the Era Black Power.
This Conference is FREE and open to the public.
Register at:http://www.slc.edu/womens-history/conference/index.php
Traditionally scholarship on the Black Power era has [...]

In hindsight, I don’t believe it was women who gained sexual freedom from the introduction of the birth control pill.

The pill can wreak havoc on a woman’s body with side effects ranging from sexual dysfunction (ironic, no?) to frequent migraines to a heightened risk of breast cancer. It protects you from pregnancy but not STDs.
The [...]

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/greater-iowa/events.htm
Not Ready for a Baby Yet?
Prevent pregnancy today…and for years to come!
Take part in our FREE Plan B, FREE IUD or Implanon, and FREE vasectomy offer!

FREE Plan B (the morning-after pill)
FREE IUD or Implanon (long-term, reversible birth ontrol)
FREE Vasectomy (long-term, irreversible birth control)

Visit your local Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa on MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 or [...]

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) HIV/STD Program, in partnership with the Center for Health Training (CHT) and Workers Assistance Program (WAP), is conducting a call for presentations for the 16th Texas HIV/STD Conference, scheduled for May 18-22, 2008 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. This event is designed for [...]

An estimated one million people are currently living with HIV in the United States, with approximately 40,000 new infections occurring each year. Half of all new infections in the United States occur in people 25 years of age or younger.
 
Please join us Saturday, December 1, 2007 to raise awareness about this growing epidemic. Hear [...]

I recently read an article in Self magazine entitled “Is Your Doctor Playing Judge?”. The article, in short, is about the challenges and discrimination women are facing when it comes to their health care and specifically in terms of their reproductive health. On the page facing the main title and article is a [...]