Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Nigel Morton

Kansas Law Creates a Bounty for Trans Students

March 29, 2016

This month, the Kansas state legislature passed two bills that pay students to openly discriminate against their trans peers. Unfo… Read more »

Posted by Hanna Foster

#BlackLivesMatter at Texas State

March 29, 2016

On Monday, #BlackLivesMatter co-founder, Opal Tometi, spoke to students at Texas State University. Tometi, a keynote speaker for a… Read more »

Posted by Jason T. Frost

Alabama Debates Anti-Choice Amendment

March 28, 2016

While most of Alabama has spent the past few weeks following the sexual misconduct scandal surrounding Governor Bentley, the Alaba… Read more »

Posted by Guest Blogger

My Premature Birth and Pro-Choice Activism Are Not at Odds

March 24, 2016

In my final semester of college, I had to make a film. With my degree in sight and 16 years of academic struggle and achievement b… Read more »

Posted by Caitlyn Martin

Let’s Shout About Birth Control!

March 23, 2016

Today, the Supreme Court will hear the oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell, yet another case involving reproductive health. The cas… Read more »

Posted by Hanna Foster

Stop Telling Me What to Do

March 22, 2016

This is an open letter to men (and women) everywhere. Stop telling me what to do. I’m so tired of seeing posts all over social med… Read more »

Posted by Jason T. Frost

Perspective: It’s Time to Allow Foreign Doctors to Provide Care

March 21, 2016

Though many religious leaders say it is not required given the circumstances, diabetic and pregnant Muslims often try to celebrate… Read more »

Posted by Kristen Barton

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Can Improve the Workforce

March 18, 2016

We know far too well that discrimination comes in many shapes and forms, and too often it happens to pregnant people in the workfo… Read more »

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