- 1. Forget "Camping Trips"—Here's How to Actually Help Women Get the Abortion Care They Desperately Ne
- (Feminism)
- ... vigilantes, so [doulas] need to make sure they comply with all applicable laws.” In Texas, for example, the state’s “Heartbeat Act” lets private citizens sue abortion providers or anyone else they suspect ...
- Created on 17 January 2023
- 2. America Is Down Bad Y’All: The US Supreme Court Is Gearing Up to Repeal Roe V Wade, Putting Reproductive Rights for Millions of Americans in Jeopardy
- (Feminism)
- ... rights has been heating up in recent years, with the passing of the Texas Heartbeat Act , banning abortion after the first detection of fetal heartbeat activity, becoming a recent victory for bigots everywhere, ...
- Created on 03 May 2022
- 3. Texas Doctor Violates Near-Total Abortion Ban, Writes Op-ed About It, and is Promptly Sued. Here's Why That's a Good Thi
- (Feminism)
- This past weekend The Washington Post published an op-ed by Dr. Alan Braid, a San Antonio-based physician, who revealed he had performed an abortion violating Texas’s new law banning abortions after ...
- Created on 22 September 2021
- 4. Britney Spears Calls For An End To Her Conservatorship, Says She Isn't Allowed To Marry And Have Kid
- (Feminism)
- ... She said she felt like the conservatorship had gone too far and was abusive. Her “team” doesn’t allow autonomy over her own body. It’s like opposite Texas. She’s being forced into birth control that she ...
- Created on 24 June 2021
- 5. Texas High School Valedictorian Tosses Prepared Graduation Speech, Delivers Passionate Pro-Choice Talk Instead
- (Feminism)
- Lake Highland High School’s valedictorian, Paxon Smith, deviated from her original speech to slam the new Texas “Heartbeat Bill” during her commencement speech. Smith wanted her voice to be heard and ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 6. Texas is Using Private Citizens to Enforce Its New Unprecedented "Heartbeat Bill" That Can Ban Abortions As Early As Six Week
- (Living)
- Texas has banned abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, according to the Texas Tribune. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill on Wednesday. The ...
- Created on 20 May 2021
- 7. COVID-19 Has Made Access To Reproductive Healthcare Evasive, As If Getting An Abortion Wasn't Already Hard Enough in Americ
- (Living)
- ... throughout the Covid-19 epidemic,” including those running Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Oklahoma. View this post on Instagram ...
- Created on 23 February 2021
- 8. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... amendment. In Alabama, child marriage is still legal, the heartbeat bill was almost passed and only in 1986 was marital rape deemed illegal. Alabama ratified on September 8, 1953. Texas Surprisingly, ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 9. The Supreme Court Just Struck Down A Louisiana Abortion Law
- (Feminism)
- ... would vote to uphold Roe v. Wade if it came down to it. Four years ago the court voted on an almost identical case in Texas, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. Roberts voted in favor of the law that ...
- Created on 29 June 2020
- 10. The Abortion Storyline on “Roswell, New Mexico” is the Perfect Allegory for Everything Wrong With "Heartbeat Bills
- (Entertainment)
- ... in Texas and Ohio are trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to try and weasel in a ban against abortion care. They are calling it an “elective” and “non-essential” procedure. Is a service “non-essential” ...
- Created on 06 April 2020
- 11. The Center For Reproductive Rights is Taking On The Supreme Court This Week
- (Feminism)
- ... this is not the first time a law such as this one has been proposed. Two extremely similar laws were proposed in Texas. One, which actually went into effect, caused dozens of clinics in the state to be ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 12. Where Was the Fight For Women At Last Night's Debate
- (Feminism)
- While there’s a lot to unpack about the third Democratic debate last night, one thing easy to summarize is the conversation about women’s issues — mostly because it didn't happen. Though there remains ...
- Created on 13 September 2019
- 13. Indiana's Mandatory Fetal Burial Law Upheld By Supreme Cour
- (Feminism)
- ... Back in September 2018, a federal judge in Texas blocked a law similar to Indiana’s fetal burial provision. The Texas law mandated that all “fetal tissue from abortions, miscarriages, or ectopic pregnancies” ...
- Created on 28 May 2019
- 14. How To Finesse The Best Reproductive Health Care During The Trump Years
- (Sex)
- ... that it’s “important for people to understand the legal risk” of pill-induced abortions, including laws in Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Idaho, Utah, and West Virginia that prohibit “telemedicine ...
- Created on 24 April 2019
- 15. Why Is The Satanic Temple Fighting For Abortion Rights?
- (Feminism)
- ... account of violating their member's right to free speech and religious freedom. In July, as response to a Texas school board ruling that encouraged the use of corporal punishment, Satanists installed ...
- Created on 25 January 2018
- 16. With General Elections Coming Up In November, Check Out This Primer On The Different Branches of US Government
- (Living)
- ... and voted on by state party committees). The number of college electors a state has is determined by its population. States with more people (e.g. California, Texas) have more electors than smaller states ...
- Created on 14 April 2017
- 17. Iowa Bans Abortions After 20 Weeks. Which State Will Be Next?
- (Feminism)
- Today, after nearly two hours of discussion, the Iowa House Republicans adopted a 20-week abortion ban amendment, approving the bill 11-8. Along with cutting off access to an abortion after 20 weeks, ...
- Created on 30 March 2017
- 18. Renting A Blockbuster Video, And 5 More Things It’s Easier To Do Than Get An Abortion In Texas
- (Feminism)
- Conservative legislatures are back at it again trying to control women’s bodies by preventing them from having abortions. Ohio and Texas have had some of the most visible legislative battles. The anti-choice ...
- Created on 05 January 2017
- 19. Ohio Is The Latest State To Approve This Strict Abortion Ban
- (Feminism)
- ... legal challenge. First Texas passed a law that would require women to bury their aborted fetuses, then Oklahoma and Ohio drastically changed their abortion laws. If these states are any indication, we're ...
- Created on 14 December 2016
- 20. Samantha Bee Trashes Ohio's New Heartbeat Abortion La
- (TV)
- Donald Trump's cabinet picks may seem like the worst possible stories in the news, but Ohio's state legislators are really giving Trump a run for his money. Just weeks after it was announced Texas would ...
- Created on 13 December 2016
