Posts tagged: pregnancy

Something that has been getting under my skin recently is the preservation of “life” at all costs by anti-choice activists and politicians. No matter what … Read More

What is the typical picture that anti-choice politicians paint of a person who chooses abortion? She is a cisgender straight woman (of course). She consented … Read More

Earlier this year, I shared my abortion story for the first time. Opening up about it felt hard because I had waited ten years — … Read More

“Mom, I love you! You’re the best!” I get to hear this every day from my amazing 6 year old son who I have been … Read More

The current conversation around young mothers is not only stigmatizing, it’s also incredibly insensitive. Campaigns such as #NoTeenPreg, launched by the Candies Foundation, present young … Read More

Remember Thomas Beatie – the pregnant man on Oprah, claiming to be the first? Well he wasn’t.  He was the first post-transition, transgender man to … Read More

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