A Federal Court Finally Connects the Dots Between TRAP Laws and Stigma

Judge Myron Thompson took 172 pages on Monday to prove the point that the anti-choice purported crusade, involving policy that requires abortion providers to gain hospital admitting privileges, for patient safety is nothing more than an effort to further stigmatize poor women.

Through the Rain (moments before an abortion)

The protesters brought children today. One child stands in a red hoodie under a tree, motionless. The other child, his small head barely visible over a sign which reads, “Abortion is Murder,” rocks side to side, holding on to the outer edges of the placard

A Few Bold Members Of Congress Join Fight Against Long-Standing Anti-Abortion Policy

The advocates argue that the Hyde amendment and abortion insurance coverage bans discriminate against low-income women and women of color — particularly the 9 million reproductive-aged women enrolled in Medicaid

Study Finds Something Disturbing Happens to Kids Forced into Traditional Gender Roles

Trying to live up to these unreal ideas of masculinity and femininity leads to a range of problems; low self-esteem, bullying, physical and verbal violence, health problems and a tragic loss of potential in our young people,” Dr. Pereira noted in a university press release.

The readers’ editor on… the online abuse that follows any article on women’s issues

What he sees as the pervasive misogyny of the web is an example of how the democratising potential of the internet has not been fulfilled.