Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

In case you missed it, some major shit went down in Oklahoma on Tuesday. The Legislature voted to override previous vetoes on two abortion ...

Pro-Earth Angels

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet...

Get involved!

I've been thinking recently about how more people ought to get involved in the politics of reproductive rights. It's not enough to ...

It's NEVER Too Late to DONATE!

Hi guys, I'm running myself ragged and of course running late once again. Maybe you're getting tired of hearing us say it, but we ne...

Tax time

Sorry, I know you've seen this one before. It's just so apt.  Did you file your taxes on time? I did, but just barely, because unlik...

Utopia

I'm sitting here in my apartment, looking out the window at the trees dancing in the spring breeze. My cat walked by and gently rubbed m...

"Hello, my name is XXX. I am the proud parent of an Abortioneer"

Last week, Daughter of Wands posted a tale of talking with her mother about a clinic experience and how her work as an Abortioneer relates t...

Abortion Abroad: Part 2

I visited a semi-rural reproductive health clinic in Kenya. Impressive! My org has done a great job recruiting talented clinic staff and o...

Religious AND Pro-Choice?

There are so many deeply rooted assumptions about people who are pro-choice, about women who have abortions, and about people who work in re...

a monday morning rant

You know what really gets my goat? (yes, I just said that…bringing it back) The answer: med students who say they are “pro-choice, but am no...

The Sunday Not-So-Funnies

THIS IS YOUR BODY UNDER NEBRASKA LAW : The fetus replied, The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I ca...

The kiss of death

T here is a solid, almost silent, understanding in my blood family that if I left abortion tomorrow no one would miss it but me. I still re...

Bowling for Abortion Access

She’s a single mom with two small children. She can’t find a job, and her unemployment will soon run out. If she can barely take care ...

Money Makes The Difference

Money is about survival. Money determines the choices we make in life, which choices are available to us, which option we decide, and how th...

Reserving all the judgment for ourselves

You know that saying: the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft awry? Well, because of our extensive experience with the going-awry, many o...

Heartbreak

The most heartbreaking case isn't the 12 year old who was raped by her stepfather. It's not the woman who is pregnant with a very m...

Abortion Abroad

As many of you know, I am visiting another country for a few weeks. So I get a break from abortiony stuff, right? Wrong! I have engaged, af...

Admitting My Bias

Recently, Revolutionary Vagina wrote this post asking what our bias(es) is/are. I really get annoyed with pro-choice people who get all jud...

the women

I have delivered a baby and performed a 9-week abortion. Although both procedures were very different, they were equally powerful. In the d...