“Congrats on killing your baby. Nice job,” the first Facebook post said. It had seven “likes.”
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Do We Love Black Mothers Enough?
A well-known African proverb reads, “It takes a village to raise a child.” It also takes a village for Black women to have healthy pregnancies and deliver healthy babies.
Claming My Mamahood After My Abortion
For me, Mother’s Day is complex. It’s an annual reminder of a path not…
A Young Mama’s Journey From Struggling Alone to Parenting in Community
Becoming a mother at 15 made me feel as if I had to prove to the world that I could do “it” on my own.
And She Still Wrote: Remembering Maya Angelou
Dr. Maya Angelou’s life could not be contained by a single autobiography.
Cost, Inequality, and Misinformation: Why Generic Emergency Contraception Is Still Inaccessible for Many
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted generic emergency contraceptive pill manufacturers to sell their products over the counter.
Lessons from the Kitchen
Like many others, I’m sure, I was raised among many women who taught me deep and powerful life lessons.
Bill O’Reilly, Beyonce, and Pseudo Findings
Bill O’Reilly believes that Beyonce does not deserve to be on the cover of Time magazine because she causes young women in the black community to have unintended pregnancies
Beyond the Politics of Voting
We do a severe injustice to ourselves, and especially young people, when we insist that to be political, we must be limited to engaging with politicians in someway.
Banning ‘Bossy’ Won’t Help Black Women and Girls Seeking Justice
This campaign presents us with the opportunity to find an intersectional approach to developing leadership skills in girls and women.