Tag: Reproductive Justice
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Abortion Talk: Five Reasons to Ditch “Women’s Health” and Switch to “Reproductive Health”
While abortion rights are being fiercely debated around the world, it’s important to think about the language we’re using in these conversations. Here’s five reasons to stop talking about abortion as “women’s health” and instead call it what it is: “reproductive health.” READ MORE
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Blog Series
Shameless reminded me that another world was possible
For our fifteenth anniversary we’ve reached out to the Shameless community and asked what the magazine has meant to them. In the fourth post in the series, Shameless reader Kaleigh Trace describes how she found solace in Shameless. READ MORE
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WEEKLY ROUND UP: JUNE 20
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Weekly Round Up: February 12
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WEEKLY ROUND UP: JANUARY 15
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The “Spring” of Women’s Movements in Brazil
If you are following the latest political news from Brazil you may have noticed that women are taking the frontlines of the legislative battle to uphold their already limited sexual and reproductive health rights. The background of this process is not a new one. A conservative wave has taken over Congress and, unfortunately, many of the bills being proposed are intended to take away many of the current guaranteed rights, which has raised the … READ MORE
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MID-WEEK ROUND UP: AUGUST 20
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Mid-Week Round Up: February March 18
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Mid-Week Round Up: March 11
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Anti-choice politician set to become Newfoundland premier
The topic of abortion has been making headlines in Newfoundland and Labrador with the nomination of Frank Coleman as the leader of the provincial Conservative party, making him the premier-in-waiting. READ MORE
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Guest Post: Carrying on his Legacy
by T. Sunday I was packing up at the end of a workday, a while back, and a coworker, we’ll call him “Tim,” invited me to join him and some friends for dinner. I told him I couldn’t, because I’d already made a commitment: I was going to a pro-choice rally outside an abortion clinic in Toronto. “But we’ve already won the right to choose!” Tim smirked. Then, clearly not the kind of guy who quits when … READ MORE
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Cross-Post: Goodbye, Dr. Morgentaler
Originally posted at Abortion Gang by Peggy Cooke This morning [Wednesday, May 29, 2013] Dr. Henry Morgentaler died of a heart attack in his Toronto home. He was 90 years old, in increasingly failing health these last few years, and with a lifetime - many lifetimes - of work behind him. May we one day win a world where all abortion providers can safely die of old age in their own homes. Thank goodness Dr. Morgentaler was … READ MORE
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Fairness Wins the Day
What started as a mean-spirited attempt by an anti-choice group to sabotage a youth-leadership campaign has come turned into a positive story of fair-play and collaboration. This year, the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation’s (ACIC) Active 8 Campaign became the battle ground for Prince Edward Island’s fight for access to abortion. PEI is the only province in Canada that does not provide this service, and Kandace Hagen, an Active 8 Ambassador from PEI intends to change … READ MORE
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Which feminist messages dominate?
Tumblr is one of the many online networks I, and thousands of others, use in the course of a regular web browsing day. For those of you not familiar with the website, all you need to know is this: it’s basically a microblogging and social networking site which allows you to post many different kinds of content (links, quotes, images) to one “.tumblr.com” space. You can “follow” any number of individual tumblr blogs. When you … READ MORE
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Youth Engagement Contest Targeted by Anti-Choice Group
The Active 8 is a campaign that highlights eight youth from across the Atlantic provinces who are active and engaged in work for positive social change in their communities. This is the 3rd year that the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation has launched this contest. The spirit of the Active 8 campaign is that individual actions can inspire others to take action to make positive change. As such, everyone is encouraged to “vote” for each … READ MORE
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PEI Rally for Reproductive Rights
Saturday November 19th, 2011 was the date set by the PEI Reproductive Rights Organization (PRRO) for the first rally for reproductive justice to happen in almost 25 years. The Campaign Life Coalition announced that they too would hold a rally - same time, same place - a counter rally to the renewed demands for access to abortion services on PEI. Saturday was a chilly but sunny November day. On Friday evening I had volunteered to … READ MORE
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Saying the “A” word: Breaking the Silence about Reproductive Rights in PEI
Reproductive rights - specifically access to abortion - are finally being demanded by the women of Prince Edward Island. Following 25 years of silence, and two weeks of media circus, the first rally for reproductive rights is scheduled for this Saturday, November 19th, 2011. Kandace Hagen co-founded the PEI Reproductive Rights Organization (PRRO) after being given incomplete and misleading information by her doctor. PRRO was the catalyst that broke the silence surrounding PEI’s lack of access: … READ MORE
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I stand with Planned Parenthood
Brad Trost, Conservative party candidate (and incumbent MP) for the Saskatchewan riding of Saskatoon-Humboldt, announced on Saturday that the Conservative federal government, if re-elected, would stop funding the International Planned Parenthood Association. “Let me just tell you, and I cannot tell you specifically how we used it, but those petitions were very, very useful and they were part of what we used to defund Planned Parenthood because it has been absolute disgrace that that organization and … READ MORE
