We had an amazing diversity of perspectives during our Roe Week examination of reproductive health, rights and justice 40 years after the Roe v. Wade decision affirmed Americans’ legal right to abortion.
- Introduction
- So That On Day I May Become A Father: On Abortion Rights Ezekiel Reis Burgin on how abortion rights impact him as a trans man.
- Happy 40th: 5 Ways Roe v. Wade is Undermined in Mississippi Jazmine Walker explores some surprising and distressing barriers to reproductive healthcare in the Magnolia State.
- Reproductive Justice For All Daughters Veronica I. Arreola on fighting for justice as a feminist mother of a daughter.
- Reproductive Rights Through An Intersectional Lens Lutze on the realities of, and hopes for, reproductive issues for people of color.
- Choice and Access, Morality and Money Mara Clarke of Abortion Support Network explores the financial barriers to abortion access and how abortion funds work to eliminate them.
- Roe Was The Start Of The Fight, Not The End Soraya Chemaly on the need to remain vigilant about the rights recognized by Roe.
- The Things I Didn’t Know is Carolyn Jones’ personal reflection on things she learned when seeking abortion care for complications of a wanted pregnancy.
- Blogroll: Roe v. Wade at 40 a collection of links to various Roe anniversary pieces.
- Roe at 40 our own Melissa McEwan provides a graphical snapshot of the status of reproductive rights and abortion in the U.S. today.
- A White Kid and Roe Tawny Tidwell, shares her personal path into activism.
- What Roe v. Wade Means to This Pro-Choice Mississippian René Nash discusses the guarantees of Roe in a state that’s doing everything possible to close its last abortion clinic.
- Just Go to Atlanta: The Southern Anti-Abortion Solution Betsy Phillips unpacks the problematic concept that as abortion rights are constrained across the south, there will always be access in Atlanta.
- Abortion: A Provider’s Perspective one of the physicians for the new clinic opening in Wichita, Kansas, shares her motivation for becoming an abortion provider.
- Forty Years Later: Reflections on Roe, Gender Identity, and Moving the Movement Forward Verónica Bayetti Flores on the needs and challenges of increasing the inclusivity of LGBTQ people within the reproductive justice movement.
- Keeping the Faith in the Pro Choice Movement Nicole Clark discusses the integration of religious faith and pro-choice activism as a path toward expanding reproductive justice.
- Kansas: “Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide” is an excerpt from Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo’s upcoming book Crow After Roe: How “Separate But Equal” is the new standard in women’s health and how we can change that looking at some of the more shocking anti-choice measures enacted last year in Kansas.
- Roe v. Wade Anniversary: Why I Am Not Satisfied After 40 Years Lily Bolourian’s a personal expression of disappointment of the status of reproductive rights, decades after the Roe decision.
- Policing African American Motherhood from Every Angle Alicia Walters breaks down of the disproportionate impact on black women from targeted attacks on choice and the “new Jane Crow” criminalization of bad pregnancy outcomes.
- A Snapshot of the State of Abortion Across the Asian Region a status report from ARROW, a reproductive issues NGO based in Kuala Lumpur.
- Stand Up and Be Counted Morgan Hyde reports from her counterprotest of anti-choicers in Canada, where abortion is not subject to legal constraint, but still faces cultural attack.
[...] a couple of weeks ago I spearheaded a week-long series on reproductive health, rights, and justice that ended up including 20 posts spread out over 5 days. It was an inspiring and challenging group [...]