Tag Archives: reproductive rights

Medical Emergency: Catholic Hospitals Usurp Patients’ Rights

  • by: Rob Boston
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You can’t expect that every hospital will provide all of the medical services you’ll need. Some procedures are so specialized that you might have to travel to get them done. Conversely, some procedures are so basic that any hospital should

Published in the March / April 2011 Humanist
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Liberté, Egalité—de Féministes! Revealing the Burqa as a Pro-Choice Issue

  • by: Amanda Knief
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“Ban the burqa! Ban the burqa!” Across Western Europe this resounds as the rallying cry of the day among the public and politicians. At least Belgium, France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and the United Kingdom are in various stages of

Published in the September / October 2010 Humanist
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The Pill: Still Safe, Effective, and Threatening after All These Years

  • by: Jessica Sheehy
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With the passing of the pill’s fiftieth birthday, much ink has been spilled over the effect oral contraception has had since its initial release in 1960. Women’s rights have certainly progressed in leaps and bounds as women took control of

Published in the September / October 2010 Humanist
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A Questionable Pro-Choice Strategy (in 140 Characters or Less)

  • by: Karen Frantz
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In February a woman named Angie Jackson made national headlines by live-tweeting her abortion. In doing so, she sparked a firestorm of criticism and raised important questions about what role, if any, such efforts to demystify abortion should play in

Published in the May / June 2010 Humanist
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