Category Archives: reproductive justice

Blog for Choice Day 2008

January 22, 2008 · by · in announcements, reproductive justice, Social Justice

It’s the 35th anniversary of the U.S.A. Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade, a decision which allowed the legalisation of terminations of pregnancy in the U.S.A. on what is widely viewed as essentially a technicality, which is why the case is still so important. There is no Federal legislation decriminalising abortion, merely […]

Rape and Evolution

November 12, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, masculinity, reproductive justice, violence

A rather interesting discussion is developing in the comments to “Ask A Question“, but it’s becoming more and more off-topic, and I’m also concerned that it is inappropriate for the discussion to be in that thread with no PTSD trigger warnings, so I’m going to shift all the comments here and delete their text there […]

Reading roundup

September 30, 2007 · by · in feminism, gender, privilege, recommendations, reproductive justice, Solidarity & Sisterhood, violence

The 45th Carnival of Feminists went up last week at Feminist Philosophers. Lots of good reading there, and below are links to some more great feminist reading that I’ve found in my feedreader this last week. I can’t read all the blogs out there, so obviously I miss great stuff. If you’ve read something insightful, […]

Feminism Friday Round-Up

June 22, 2007 · by · in Family & Work, Feminism Friday, reproductive justice, Sexuality & Health, Solidarity & Sisterhood, violence

As usual, not all of these posts have actually been tagged as Feminism Friday articles by their authors, but if a post appears to fit into the category I include it. Please add any other online articles you think fit the bill from the last few weeks in comments. Amanda Marcotte is out of the […]

Parenting and reproductive freedoms

May 3, 2007 · by · in Family & Work, reproductive justice, Sexuality & Health

Just came across this today: dreama (Again I Said): of note:parenting controversies edition dreama has collected some excellent reading (including a post from my co-blogger Lauredhel at my other blog) regarding the ideological and practical struggle against overmedicalised and overcommercialised views of both birth and parenting. Several excellent examples of looking at traditional practises through […]

FAQ: What do feminists mean by "reproductive freedom"?

March 17, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, gender, introductory, reproductive justice, Sexuality & Health

Reproductive freedom is so much more than merely being pro-choice. Without reproductive freedom, women’s rights to legal equality and social equity cannot be guaranteed. “Defined by feminists in the 1970s as a basic human right, it includes the right to abortion and birth control, but implies much more. To be realised, reproductive freedom must include […]

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