A young provider, Dr. Chastine represents the future of abortion care; she infuses reproductive justice values and transgender patient care into her practice.
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Our Faves Can Be Problematic
Can you think of a time when you were talking to someone, and you were ready to break down something problematic that a third person did, and the person you were talking to completely shut down the conversation because of their love and admiration for that other party?
Navigating a ‘Crooked Room’: Reflections From Black Women on Their Experiences in Progressive Spaces
Black women do not expect much from those whose inhumane social, political, and economic interests challenge our human rights, but we do expect respect, support, and trust from our progressive allies, who supposedly are on our side.
When you have the sex talk with your kids, address these important topics
Talking about relationships, consent, emotions and how these all play a role in sexual and nonsexual relationships is just as important — I argue more important — than telling your child storks do not deliver babies.
Percy Sutton’s 1966 Abortion Rights Bill: Groundbreaking, But Often Unremembered
By the time of his death in 2009, New York’s Percy Sutton had long earned his reputation as a pioneer and power broker.
Fighting for ‘Love and Justice’ in North Carolina: Why We Still Protest When It Seems Like We’re Losing
The march represented just one of the many ways North Carolina residents have been organizing, as part of the Moral Mondays movement, to show state lawmakers we haven’t been feeling the love.
Family Leave Laws Need to Include Teen Student Parents
Pregnant and parenting students face significant barriers that often are overlooked or discounted by schoolteachers and other people in their lives.
What I Needed When I Was a Pregnant and Parenting Teen
When I got pregnant and became a mother at 15, I experienced an overwhelming onslaught of disrespect and shame from family members, friends, and perfect strangers.
“When I was 19, I had an abortion. It was the best decision of my life.”
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Beyond the Coat Hanger: What’s Next for Abortion Rights Iconography?
For many in the reproductive rights movement, the coat hanger is more than a commonplace closet item. Activists use it to memorialize those girls and women who turned to unsafe abortions out of desperation when abortion was illegal. It transforms into shorthand for “Never again.”