Tag: reproductive
Watch Deciding Vote: A Courageous Assemblyman’s Stand for Reproductive Rights | The New Yorker Documentary
[uplifting music]
[Reporter 1] Medical history
is being made this week in New York State.
[Reporter 2] Over the last two weeks,
the New York Assembly spent more than 13 hours debating
the bill, which would make abortion legal
for any woman for any reason
up to the 24th week of pregnancy.
[Reporter 3] Advocates and enemies
of the bill brought tremendous pressures to bear
on legislators on the emotional issue.
We’re not gonna sit quietly any longer.
You are
The Catholic Women Priests Fighting for Reproductive Justice
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August 8, 2023
The church forbids women to become priests, but RCWP-USA believes that they are aptly situated to minister on abortion and offer a new, progressive stance.
A woman receives a cup of wine from Rev. Victoria Rue during mass.
(Gina Ferazzi / Getty)
Abortion Denied: Reproductive Injustice Behind Bars
“[This situation] should make you wonder whether we, as a society, should be incarcerating pregnant people in the first place.”
K. Winston didn’t know she was pregnant when she entered the Cuyahoga County Jail. The intake process required a test for tuberculosis, one that typically involves injecting a fluid beneath the skin. Winston is allergic to
Abortion Any Time Isn’t Just a Rallying Cry—It’s True Reproductive Freedom
How over-the-counter birth control pills could improve reproductive health
Being able to buy birth control pills off the shelf took a big step forward on May 10. Two advisory committees to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to make a birth control pill available without a prescription.
The pill, called Opill and known by the generic name norgestrel, is a progestin-only pill. That’s in contrast to combined oral contraceptive pills, which contain progestin—or another form of progesterone — along with a form of estrogen (SN: 4/13/23