Jessica DelBalzo
Jessica DelBalzo is an activist writer from Flemington, NJ. Her work has appeared in Open Salon as an Editor's Pick, as well as in Clamor Magazine, Countercurrents, and Eclectica, and her essay on reproductive exploitation is featured in the Opposing Viewpoints series on adoption.
Despite Progress, Forced-Adoption Practices Persist Throughout the United States
May 15, 2012 - 10:35am (Print)
This has been a good year so far for an international community of mothers seeking redress for millions of forced adoptions that took place in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s.
I Love Abortion: Implying Otherwise Accomplishes Nothing for Women's Rights
March 14, 2012 - 11:32am (Print)
Suggesting that abortion be “safe, legal, and rare,” and crowing that “no one likes abortion,” accomplishes nothing for women's rights. Rather than trying to cozy up to the forced-birth camp, women who value their freedom should be proud to say that they like abortion, the one final, definitive instrument that secures our bodily autonomy.
