right to privacy
The Problematic Framing of Abortion as an Issue of Privacy
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
January 22, 2012 - 10:34am (Print)
One key reason for the success of state legislatures in restricting women's right to choose might be that the fight over abortion in the United States historically has been framed as an issue of privacy. And the right to privacy offers poor protection for what is also an issue of life, health, and—above all—discrimination.
Did We Ever Doubt the Continuing Presence of Misogyny & Ethnocentricism?
Vanya Samokovareva and roommate Ralitsa Dzhambazova, two female students from Bulgaria, discovered the hidden cameras in their apartment and reported it to a local news station and the police. This perverted invasion into women's privacy - and advantage taken of foreign women, in particular - serves as evidence of the urgency with which our government needs to address all forms of discrimination against women, and the everyday infringements upon (and acceptance of these infringements upon) their human rights and freedom.
The Public's Right to Know
May 13, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
A Tired Talking Point
What do aspirin, field trips, and abortion have in common?
Privacy Sounds Good to Pro-Prop 8 Forces Now
by Terry Cosgrove, Personal PAC
February 20, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Beyond Privacy, Toward Equality
by Priscilla Huang, NAPAWF
October 27, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
On Privacy
by Dr. Paula Hillard, Physicians for Reproductive Choice & Health
October 20, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
