January Is a Month to Recommit to the Struggle for Reproductive Justice
With the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion—and the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March quickly ...
Health
Shonda Rhimes Joins National Board for Planned Parenthood
Each week, millions tune in to watch the intricate story lines created by Shonda Rhimes come to life on their television screens, but ...
Family/Parenting
Removing the Blindfold: Reimagining Reproductive Futures
During the height of the Clinton administration’s health care reform debate of the mid ’90s, a group of Black women coined the term ...
News
In New Supreme Court Case, Stakes Are High for Black Women in Texas
Starting in 2013 with Wendy Davis’ now-famous pink-sneakered filibuster, the raging battle to keep Texas’ abortion clinics open has become somewhat of a ...
Health
Choice Under Fire: Issues Surrounding African American Reproductive Rights
Edited by Jamilah Lemieux While driving through Memphis, Tenn., last spring, Cherisse Scott passed anti-abortion billboards, paid for by Prolife Across America, which ...
Hands Off Wendy Davis
When Texas State senator and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis made the choice to describe in vivid detail the events leading to her terminating ...
Gender & Sexuality
Black Women’s Health Care In Crisis
Earlier this month, McAllen and Beaumont, rural border towns in Texas, saw the closure of two more clinics that provide a full spectrum ...
Black Listed
Black Women Support Planned Parenthood
The women’s health organization Planned Parenthood has found itself under assault in recent years. Laws passed in states like Texas, which recently became ...
News
POLITICS AS (UN)USUAL:This Week in Politics
Seven days closer to the 2012 election, here’s a look at the political week that was…. With the news that Rick Santorum would ...
News
SERIOUSLY FUNNY:State Rep. Yasmin Neal is Playing Games to Protect Women’s Rights
Aren’t you sick of anti-vagina Republicans who attack Black women’s reproductive choices, gut programs that provide free breast exams to poor women, and ...
