The Right’s Attack on Roe at 40: The Hyde and Helms Legacy

Monday, January 28, 2013

Originally posted at Truthout on January 25, 2013.   By Malika Redmond While celebrating the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must a...

Why Abortion Matters to Me

Friday, January 25, 2013

by Nadia Hussain Abortion is the kind of issue you can lose friends over, it is the kind of issue that leads to never ending arguments f...

On Her Fortieth Birthday, What Does Roe Mean for Me and Mine?

Friday, January 25, 2013

Shivana Jorawar by Shivana Jorawar, J.D.  At 40 years old, Roe is in a midlife crisis. She has given so much of herself to so many peo...

The New Roe

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Originally published at the Huffington Post on January 22, 2013 By Kierra Johnson The more I sit and consider what the Roe v. Wade dec...

40 at 40: My Lifetime with Roe

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Originally posted at California Latinas for Reproductive Justice on January 22, 2013.   By Laura Jimenez  On January 22 of this year,...

Reproductive Emancipation

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

By Heidi Williamson This January marks the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 40th Anniversary of the landmark d...

Happy 40th: 5 Ways Roe v. Wade is Undermined in Mississippi

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

By Jazmine Walker As a Mississippian, I have watched government officials, church leaders, anti-choice activists, and citizens fight tirel...

Wading in Uncomfortable Waters: Abortion and the Politics of Experience

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Originally posted at Feministe on January 22 , 2013. By Taja Lindley Forty years after abortion became legal in the United States we a...

Masculine of center voices on Roe v Wade

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

By Zerandrian Morris To date, fewer moments in American History have been more wrought with divisive and cataclysmic energy than 40 years ...

The story that's taken ten years to tell: On abortion, race and the power of story

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Originally posted at Crunk Feminist Collective on Jan 22, 2013 by Shanelle Matthews By Favianna Rodriguez, www.favianna.com “Are y...

5 Things I Learned About Abortion By Checking My Assumptions At the Door

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Originally posted at Colorlines on January 22, 2013. By Samara Azam-Yu When it comes to the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade , I have t...

Choosing Jonah—a family history of abortion, choice and love

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Originally posted at Autostraddle on January 22, 2013. By Kristen Zimmerman I have a photograph of my mother that I love. She is 21 ...

Forty--not young, not old

Monday, January 21, 2013

By Mariotta Gary-Smith 40. This past summer I turned 40, a milestone year in my life. Not too young, not too old. I wonder which way I a...

The Road to Roe

Monday, January 21, 2013

By Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell Every year when the anniversary of Roe v. Wade rolls around, I am troubled by the loud silences in our triump...

Are We Our Choices?

Monday, January 21, 2013

By Christopher Roberts What are we if not our choices? Every day in every aspect of our lives we choose different things. We choose what t...

Roe v. Wade and Recovering from Shame

Monday, January 21, 2013

By Mai Doan In talking to the young women we work with through SAFIRE, I am reminded just how much low-income women of color have to carry...

Policing African-American Motherhood From Every Angle

Monday, January 21, 2013

By Alicia Walters A study by Lynn Paltrow (National Advocates for Pregnant Women) and Jeanne Flavin (Fordham University) recently publish...

Covering Our Base: Why I Fight for Affordable Reproductive Care

Monday, January 21, 2013

By Morgan Meneses-Sheets Rachel Atkins once said, “There aren’t women who have abortions and women who have babies. Those are the same wom...