Topic: Women’s Rights

With Reimbursement For Abortions And Free Birth Control, France Makes The U.S. Look Archaic

Women being allowed to make decisions for their own bodies AND access to free birth control? No. Way. More »

How Do You Get An Abortion With A Gun?

122 days ago by Jennifer Wright and Ashley Cardiff
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Yes, Rush Limbaugh said something really dumb and awful again. Here, editors Jennifer Wright and Ashley Cardiff discuss why it’s dumb, how it’s dumb and attempt to parse exactly what he meant recently when he said, “You know how to stop abortion? Require that each one occur with a gun” while discussing the Sandy Hook shooting. More »

Swaziland Bans ‘Rape-Provoking’ Mini-Skirts, Low-Rise Jeans & Tight Clothing

2012 was a really mixed year for women’s rights, with some major triumphs (birth control coverage! advances in HPV vaccinations! more women are learning about and using IUDs!)… along with some deeply terrifying setbacks (pretty much every time a conservative opened his mouth on the subject of rape, we saw stars).

Sadly, here’s one more for the bad pile. More »

Breaking News: Carrying Chili Powder Will Prevent Rape

What do you mean you didn’t know chili powder prevents rapes? Are you an idiot or something? More »

Anti-Choice Group Pushing Law To Force Abortion Patients To View 4-D Ultrasound Of Fetus

This isn’t a “right.” It’s a requirement. More »

Saudi Arabian Women Being Tracked By Text Messages

It’s not a great week for women and technology, at least in Saudi Arabia, where the kingdom has put a new tracking system in place that sends text-message alerts to male guardians whenever their female relatives, wives, children or household workers leave the country. More »

Thousands Honor Savita Halappanavar Who Died At The Hand Of Ireland’s Anti-Abortion Law (And How You Can, Too)

We can never allow ourselves to forget what happened in Ireland on September 28th, 2012. More »

Woman’s Death After Being Denied Life-Saving Abortion Ignites Debate

After being denied an abortion upon finding out that she was miscarrying at 17 weeks, Savita Halappanavar died of septicaemia a week later. More »

British Pregnancy Advisory Service Launches Pro-Choice Campaign

Obviously, anti-choicers are angry with BPAS’ desire to humanize those who seek abortions. The shock! The horror! The inhumanity! (Wait…) More »

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Meet Malala Yousafzai – The 14 Year Old The Taliban Tried To Kill

The Taliban just lost the game to a 14-year-old girl who has more balls than every single one of them put together. More »

Hell Yeah: Today Is The Very First United Nations International Day Of The Girl

Sometimes we need a specific day set aside to remind us why we should give a damn. More »

Big Girl Badge: I Survived My Sexual Assault

240 days ago by Kari
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Two years ago I was raped by a man I had considered myself to be in a quasi-relationship with. More »

The Egyptian Parliament Is Seriously About To Legalize Necrophilia

Who voted GG Allin into the Egyptian parliament and why didn’t I know about it until now? More »

Video: Hillary Clinton Lays The Smack Down About Women’s Rights

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