Elanor Rice·4 days agoThe Reason Women Aren’t Having Babies that Nobody Wants to DiscussYou’d need to have spent the last decade living under a rock to not have seen at least a little hand-wringing about the current state of birth rates in much of the developed world. Birth rates have plummeted in most wealthy nations and many not-so-wealthy nations all over the globe…Reproductive Rights7 min readReproductive Rights7 min read
Sexy HermitinThe Hmmingbird·3 days agoMember-onlyTX Sheriff’s Random Checkpoints Yield No Abortions, but an Abundance of Bewilderment“We won’t stop until we find every single one of them,” Sheriff Larious. — Guthrie, Texas, 7:07 AM, 5/26/2023 — In a stunning turn of events that has left the community scratching their heads, local sheriffs have taken an innovative approach to enforce the controversial abortion laws by conducting random checkpoints to search for abortions. …Reproductive Rights7 min readReproductive Rights7 min read
Martha Manning, Ph.D.inModern Women·5 days agoMember-onlyIf We Have the Right to Self Defense, Why Is Abortion Being Stolen From Us?I can use a gun to protect some piece of crap in my back yard, but I can’t use a couple of pills to preserve my life. — Disaster This country is facing one of the most dramatic assaults on women’s bodies and minds in centuries. This violence varies with state legislature, geography, and a complete lack of compassion and respect for woman to make cogent decisions about themselves. The pale, self-righteous, holier than thou legislators know more than…Reproductive Rights5 min readReproductive Rights5 min read
R.M. Winter·4 days agoMember-onlyAdopted? Adoptive Parents? Or Just Curious? Questions Adopted Adults Have Asked MeOne birth “mother” answers some common questions. I hate the term “birth mother,” “birth parent,” or “biological parent/mother.” I am not a mother. I didn’t do any of the work that a mother does. I gave the responsibility to someone else. From here on I am going to use “birth…Reproductive Rights6 min readReproductive Rights6 min read
Dr.Aimee Eyvazzadeh·4 days agoPregnancy After 40 with Dr. Shannon ClarkDr. Shannon M. Clark is a double board-certified OBGYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist focusing on the care of women with maternal and or fetal complications of pregnancy. She’s a professor and clinician, runs the popular Babies After 35 account on Instagram and is the TikTok Baby Doc. …Reproductive Rights18 min readReproductive Rights18 min read
Indiegirl822inBouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·6 days agoMember-onlyStop Demanding Change — Racists and Sexists Aren’t ReadyBe patient and wait quietly — When a group demands fundamental rights, some will support and some will oppose…and then there are those who set up camp in the middle of the sociopolitical road. They say things like “I agree, but you can’t expect things to change so soon,” or “I’m with you, but let’s not…Reproductive Rights2 min readReproductive Rights2 min read
April Hawkins, Ask A BitchfaceinAsk A Bitchface·May 23Member-onlyHow’s The View?The Holier Than Thou Throne looks awfully uncomfortable, though. There a very few things a woman can say that will have me angry enough to tear into her publicly. I’m just not that woman. I believe we have enough going on, more than enough hatred just going about our daily…Reproductive Rights2 min readReproductive Rights2 min read
Lizbeth Zambrano-Sanchez·May 17Falling Short: The Alarming Gap in Post-Care Support for Birth Control at CollegesEven though over half of U.S college students are using birth control, how many would feel comfortable telling their instructor they cannot attend class due to discomfort caused by birth control? While some students have access to birth control, they may lack the support needed to stay on it and…Reproductive Rights4 min readReproductive Rights4 min read
Tom Kemp·May 18Reproductive Rights Groups Voice Support for the California Delete Act (SB 362)California Senate Bill 362 (SB 362) — the California Delete Act — would create an online portal for consumers to request that data brokers delete any data they have on the consumer and no longer track them. By giving Californians the ability to go to a single, user-friendly portal (ala…Reproductive Rights6 min readReproductive Rights6 min read
Holly J See 🐩🐕🦜inMuddyUm·May 12Member-onlyLet Me Whelp, A Doggy Song Parody of ‘I Can Help’ by Billy SwanRaise your hand if you support reproductive freedom for bitches — This parody poem is inspired by puppy love, flavored by my distaste for what’s happening in conservative states. It would def cheer me up to have some pups, let me whelp! Got a vet appointment, not sure what it’s for; All I dream of really is Big Bowser next door…Reproductive Rights3 min readReproductive Rights3 min read
