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The Summer of Mercy: Revisiting My Hometown's Dark Anti-Choice History

Dec 06, 2012 / Amanda / Our Folks
Mercy: Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm The dark side of anti-choice politics hits home no … Read More

Anti-Choice Ohio: Stalled But Not Stopped

Dec 04, 2012 / Guest Blogger / Our Folks
By Sarah Bernstein, Oberlin College Agh. Ohio! What are you doinggg? In my past four years of living here, I’ve asked this question a lot, … Read More

“You’re on Your Own:” Assault and Abortion in the Armed Forces

Dec 03, 2012 / Lydia Stuckey / Our Folks
“It is horrible enough to be sexually assaulted; when that assault results in an unwanted pregnancy, it begins the trauma anew.” One rape that goes … Read More

California's Ban on Reparative Therapy aka No More Pray the Gay Away for Kids

Nov 29, 2012 / Lauren / Our Folks
This past October, California outlawed a practice that Governor Brown noted as, “A dustbin of quackery”.  I’m a pretty big fan of both California and … Read More

CHOICE: a poem

Nov 05, 2012 / Lauren / Our Folks
She peed on that stick It’s her third test today It keeps coming up positive In her head she starts to pray She’s got a … Read More

Reproductive Justice and the Workplace, is it under attack here too?

Oct 26, 2012 / Samantha / Our Folks
Currently we live in a country where many women choose to take on the role of mother and worker, but what is still baffling to … Read More

No on Amendment 6 is the Right Move for Florida

Oct 19, 2012 / Samantha / Our Folks
As a young woman of color residing in Florida I’m very interested in and affected by the anti- choice antics in Tallahassee. When I heard … Read More

Domestic Violence, Reproductive Justice & Young People Writing Their Own Narrative

Oct 17, 2012 / Guest Blogger / Our Folks
“He refuses to use a condom. I’ve bought them and he throws them out.” –Survivor on the National Domestic Violence Hotline “He threatened me when … Read More

Juno, Choice, and Stigmatizing Teen Pregnancy

Oct 16, 2012 / Sarah / Our Folks
When Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman’s Juno premiered five years ago, it became an immediate critical and theatrical success. Oprah, barometer of all things of-the-moment, … Read More

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