When patients trying to access healthcare services at Planned Parenthood clinics face a gauntlet of anti-choice protestors, escorts offer physical safety and emotional support.
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10 Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2020
Stories by Edwidge Danticat, Etgar Keret, Valeria Luiselli, and more.
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The Mom Who Had an Abortion at 7 Months Pregnant
“I think the fact that this feels like a visceral horror to some women — though not all — and then is used as an excuse to write disgusting legislation is awful. But I don’t know that the solution is to not talk about it.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
What It’s Like to Be One of the Few Men Who Volunteer as Abortion Clinic Escorts
His job? To protect women from pro-life protesters.
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Whatever’s Your Darkest Secret, You Can Ask Me
A feature on a growing secret network women who — bucking the law and the medical establishment — are getting trained to offer abortions, safely and inexpensively, in the privacy of women’s homes.
Posted inNonfiction
What the World’s Most Controversial Herbicide Is Doing to Rural Argentina
After enormous lobbying efforts, Monsanto’s GMO soybeans, treated with Roundup, became the country’s largest export, as cancer rates and other health issues skyrocketed.
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The Sorrowful Mysteries, or Reasons I’m No Longer Catholic
Kathleen McKitty Harris recalls the series of events which led to her departure from the Church.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Essays & Criticism
The Myth of Kevin Williamson
He’s not very good at his job.
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The Criminalization of the American Midwife
New York midwife Elizabeth Catlin faces 95 individual felony counts at her upcoming trial. For what? For doing her job. Politics and patriarchy make the work of many credentialed, experienced midwives illegal — to the detriment of women and underserved communities.
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The Migrant in the Mirror
In recent novels, Ocean Vuong and Nicole Dennis-Benn tell stories in which young queer characters affected by migration and displacement are worthy of seeing themselves reflected in others.
