pregnancy

What’s Causing High Teen Birth Rates?

by Cara January 15, 2009

Last year, we got the news that teen pregnancy rates have risen for the first time since 1991.  But last week, figures were also released on a state-by-state break down of the teen birth rate. Mississippi now has the nation’s highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new [...]

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Anti-Choice DHHS Rule Finalized

by Cara December 19, 2008

At Feministe (where I originally intended on posting this until that jerk Jill beat me to it with a really good post), I’ve been relentlessly updating you on the proposed DHHS rule that aims to limit the availability of abortion and contraception by protecting anti-choice employees of Title X funded institutions from “discrimination” based on [...]

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Judge Bars Woman From Having Children

by Cara September 22, 2008

A Texas judge has set the conditions of a woman’s probation to include that she not have children. The order was for Felicia Salazar, 20, who admitted to failing to provide protection and medical care to her then-19-month-old daughter last year. The girl suffered broken bones and other injuries when she was beaten by her [...]

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Turning Attention to Pregnancy Prevention

by Cara September 2, 2008

After so much bullshit regarding Sarah Palin’s child and her daughter’s pregnancy, including smear tactics that I think would only serve to undermine the left in the end, I have to say that I’m absolutely thrilled that a major media organization is writing about McCain and Palin’s record on sexual and reproductive health. Republican John [...]

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“It’s Not a Choice, It’s a Child” — Except When It’s Beneficial To Say It’s a Choice

by Cara August 30, 2008

Here’s something — one of many things — that bothers me about the Sarah Palin coverage.  (Maybe I’ll get to the others in the near future; not sure.) Right here, the NY Times says it — and they’re right, and far from the only ones who are noting it: Ms. Palin is known to conservatives [...]

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The Link Between Teen Pregnancy and Sexual Violence

by Cara August 16, 2008

Ashley at SAFER recently linked to a fascinating piece on teen pregnancy by The Center for American Progress.  It’s one that I think everyone ought to read, because it so clearly illustrates the connection between sexual violence and “traditional” reproductive rights issues.  I’ve always felt that sexual violence is undoubtedly a reproductive justice issue, as [...]

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Immigrant Woman Abused By Government While Giving Birth

by Cara July 17, 2008

Juana Villegas DeLaPaz’s story is, sadly, not particularly unusual, but it is gut-wrenching and outrageous. (h/t brownfemipower) Authorities identified Villegas DeLaPaz as an undocumented immigrant and begin deportation proceedings in such a way that violated ICE’s own procedures.  She did not pose a threat, and was in the advanced stages of pregnancy.  Then she went [...]

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Sex . . . normal?

by Cara July 16, 2008

Well would you look at that? An intelligent opinion piece on sex education. In a Texas newspaper no less! As John McCain proved last week, sex and big government do not mix, except in ways that most officials would rather keep under their desks and away from the press. The topic only makes the old [...]

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God I love fake health centers that lie to women to further their own political agenda! Don’t we all?

by Cara July 2, 2008

I’ve asked myself once, I’ve asked myself a million times why the hell I keep on getting Time magazine. In fact, I did cancel it a while ago, but only so it wouldn’t renew this October. I’m now headed off to cancel immediately and get my few extra dollars back. The cover story was bad [...]

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OMG Teh Pill Killz

by Cara June 7, 2008

As many other bloggers have noted, today is “Protest the Pill Day ’08: The Pill Kills Babies.” It’s brought to you by the same women-hating nuts you would expect — The American Life League. And pro-choicers aren’t making this shit up.

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