Em-URGE-ing Voices

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Posted by Summer

Why Should This 21-Year-Old Woman Care about Paternity Leave?

January 7, 2014

So often the conversations around reproductive justice focus solely on what happens to a person and their (sometimes potential) fe… Read more »

Posted by Katherine

Having the Reproductive Justice Talk with Your Parents

January 6, 2014

Most of my activist friends, myself included, have developed political values leaning far left than those of their parents possess… Read more »

Posted by Allie

The Truth Behind the So-Called “Culture of Life”

January 6, 2014

Something that has been getting under my skin recently is the preservation of “life” at all costs by anti-choice activists and pol… Read more »

Posted by Nick

“Hey Mrs. Carter”: Navigating Beyonce’s Feminism

December 20, 2013

The queen Beyonce unexpectedly dropped a new album and it has been a holiday gift for all. Her 17 music videos and 14 tracks on he… Read more »

Posted by Diana

Keeping an Eye on the “Incremental” Abortion Restrictions in Ohio

December 18, 2013

I set out to write this piece about the impact that Governor Kasich’s budget bill has had in Ohio since it was signed into law six… Read more »

Posted by Summer

Five Colleges, One Definition, and Whole Lot of Complications: How My College Consortium Addresses Sexual Assault on Campus

December 17, 2013

Once or twice a month, my inbox has the misfortune of receiving a “Notification of Sexual Assault/Misconduct” from my college’s ad… Read more »

Posted by Kayla

Overweight Women Stuck with the Hope and Pray Contraceptive

December 12, 2013

It was just earlier this year that the emergency contraceptive Plan-B One Step became available for sale without a prescription. C… Read more »

Posted by Summer

Roe v. Wade, Young People and the Supreme Court

December 10, 2013

ThinkProgress recently published a fantastic yet depressing report on the Supreme Court’s gradual and subtle weakening of Roe v. W… Read more »

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