self-determination
The Hyde Amendment at 35: Lessons for Activists
by Marlene G. Fried, Hampshire College
September 28, 2011 - 8:45am (Print)
September 30th is the 35th "anniversary" of the Hyde Amendment. Hyde's legacy is that pitted women of different economic classes against each other, and resulted in a pattern of trading reproductive health care for other health coverage.
NYT: The Courts Stand Up for Access to Reproductive Health Care
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 14, 2011 - 4:19pm (Print)
In an editorial today, the New York Times discusses the vital role the courts have played in recent weeks in blocking viciously regressive laws seeking to deny women access to both self-determination and to basic reproductive health care.
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My Happy Abortion: One Woman's Guilt-Free Story
June 10, 2011 - 8:12am (Print)
As a young twenty-something, I welcomed two very wanted, well-loved babies into the world. Once things began to deteriorate between their father and I, I knew without a doubt that any future pregnancy we faced would be terminated. In October 2010, I had an abortion.
