Women’s Rights
Working Mothers are Healthier, But Must Pay the Mommy Tax in the Meantime
reader diary by GWMCHstudents, gwmchstudents@gmail.com
February 23, 2010 - 8:06pm (Print)
Research is showing that working mothers who are doing it all and having it all may actually be healthier.
The Third Shift: Employment, Housework, and Now Informal Healthcare
reader diary by GWMCHstudents, gwmchstudents@gmail.com
February 23, 2010 - 12:20pm (Print)
While many women continue to struggle with striking the delicate balance between family household responsibilities and paid employment, an additional shift is taken on by many women, too: informal healthcare providers.
Surrogacy: The Next Frontier for Reproductive Justice
by Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com
February 23, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
Surrogacy is a complicated subject, to say the least. It involves many of the issues central to reproductive justice—bodily autonomy, a woman’s right to abortion, definitions of parenthood, and custody of children. It’s also an option increasingly relied upon by gay couples—usually gay men—to create families. It invariably brings up concerns about racial and economic justice when the majority of surrogates are low-income and many are women of color. It’s an issue on which few reproductive rights and justice groups are working on but one that deserves our close attention.
Pride and Parenting: Gay Fatherhood in America
November 2, 2009 - 11:40am (Print)
In her new book, Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America, Ellen Lewin investigates the nuances of gay adoption and describes the many challenges gay men face—from the “family values” Right as much as from the “radical queer” Left—as they actively seek to become parents.
Rent-A-Womb: Surrogacy in India on the Rise
by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia
January 25, 2008 - 8:53am (Print)
Debates on surrogacy in India are bound to be endless. But who is to decide which exploitation is more acceptable? A woman renting her womb or working low-paying jobs in inhuman conditions?
Faith Leaders Denounce Budget Impasse Over Misleading Claims About Abortion
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check
April 8, 2011 - 3:21pm (Print)
As a government shutdown looms and Congressional leaders indicate that the final sticking point in budget negotiations revolves around extreme proposals to strip funding for women’s health centers, pro-life religious leaders and leading advocates for preventing unplanned pregnancy are speaking out.
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ThinkProgress: Three Anti-Choice Republicans Tell Boehner to Drop Planned Parenthood Rider
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check
April 8, 2011 - 3:04pm (Print)
Today, as reported by our colleagues at ThinkProgress, three anti-choice Republicans have urged House Speaker John Boehner to drop the rider seeking to defund Planned Parenthood around which the stalemate on the budget and government shutdown revolve.
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Roundup: Missouri Senate Wants to Remove Health Exception from Abortion Law
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
April 8, 2011 - 10:02am (Print)
Missouri Senate passes bill to remove health exception from post-viability abortion law; groups sign onto letter asking for a budget bill without policy riders; women may have to think twice (!) before an abortion in Illinois; a new vaginal progesterone gel can help pregnant women with a shortened cervix.
Workers' Rights, Women's Rights, and the Social Roots of Economic Inequality
April 8, 2011 - 8:19am (Print)
In spite of all the gains we’ve made in the past fifty years, in spite of greatly improved access to education and employment, male privilege is still very much alive and well.
(UPDATED) The Budget Stalemate and the Major Media Fail on Riders
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief, RH Reality Check
April 7, 2011 - 5:35pm (Print)
As the uncertainty of the very real-life drama about the budget stalemate and threatened shutdown of the federal government drags on, there is one thing you can count on. Every single major media outlet has gotten the story about riders wrong.
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