"Though third-trimester abortions are rare, they make up about 1% of abortions in the United States and are often the most stigmatized...

"According to Population Connection , women’s rights are a particular source of concern for folks fretting that women aren’t cranking o...

"We’re sharing another episode in our WITHpod 2024: The Stakes series, in which we choose specific areas of policy and talk to an exper...

Beginning at the 11:00 mark of the podcast below there is a focused history of how women's rights have always been suppressed in the USA...

The conservative media, per usual, is spreading disinformation. This time, it is about medication abortions. Click on the following links fr...

"I have wondered lately if the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision isn’t our era’s version of th...

One cannot escape the false meme by Republican political candidates of "even at the time of birth" and "murder." Click o...

Since the dawn of human society, there has been tension between the strong arm of the law and the persuasive arm of morality. Click on the l...

Since the Republican Party united with conservative Christians in recent decades, elected Trump, and took over local politics in several US ...

"The South holds the sad distinction of having some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the U.S. Sharyn Alfonsi spoke to some of...

"From vaccination refusal to climate change denial, antiscience views are threatening humanity. When different individuals are provided...

Since at least the onset of the US Civil War, groups of people within individual states have used parts of the US Constitution to support ne...

"It’s an often cited statistic that a high percentage of late-term abortions are to protect the health of the mother, or due to some co...

" - - - This theme – women’s bodily autonomy – is intrinsic to 'The Handmaid’s Tale.' Atwood poignantly said, 'A belief is ...

" - - - the Church has consistently opposed abortion as evidence of sexual sin but has not always regarded it as homicide because Churc...

"Since 2020 Republicans across the U.S. have been undermining democracy by fabricating claims of voter fraud and passing laws to make ...

The religious claim that a God owns our rights (top-down). Secular opinions on rights essentially hold that they come from the people (botto...

"Historically, under both English common law and U.S. law, the fetus has not been recognized as a person with full rights. Instead, le...

The slogan for today's Republican Party. They have been hijacked by conservative Christians who reject science-informed morality. The US...

ANOTHER PERSON'S BODY IS NOT YOURS I have written several blog posts on the issue of abortion and bodily autonomy ( link ). As with many...