Christina Turner feared that she might have been sexually assaulted after two men slipped her a knockout drug. She thought she was taking proper precautions when her doctor prescribed a month’s worth of anti-AIDS medicine. Only later did she learn that she had made herself all but uninsurable.

While there is growing awareness of how CPCs hinder abortion access, the centers have a broader agenda that is less well [...]]]> I found this story very disturbing. I was aware of crisis pregnancy centers and how they try to pressure women not to have abortions, but I had no idea just how terrible these places are.

While there is growing awareness of how CPCs hinder abortion access, the centers have a broader agenda that is less well known: they seek not only to induce women to “choose life” but to choose adoption, either by offering adoption services themselves, as in Bethany’s case, or by referring women to Christian adoption agencies. Far more than other adoption agencies, conservative Christian agencies demonstrate a pattern and history of coercing women to relinquish their children.

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The Testimony Project seeks to amplify the voices of women telling their stories about the asylum system in the UK and life as asylum seekers and refugees.

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The verdict? Mixture of Accurate and Inaccurate Information. This one is worth reading.

I was surprised, though not shocked, to learn that one-third of women of child-bearing age have had an abortion by the age of 45. For too long this debate has been abstract, with the women who have actually lived these choices marginalized and shamed into silence. I think more [...]]]> Saporta Reporter: The National Abortion Federation’s Blog.

I was surprised, though not shocked, to learn that one-third of women of child-bearing age have had an abortion by the age of 45. For too long this debate has been abstract, with the women who have actually lived these choices marginalized and shamed into silence. I think more women who have gone through this need to speak up, to denfend their right to do what they did and the rights of all women to have the same options in the future. For too long the other side of this issue has made it about the fetus- when does life begin, does the fetus suffer, etc. We need to take back the issue and make it about women again. Women take a huge risk, physically and emotionally, when they are pregnant. Women suffer from unwanted pregnancies, no matter what options they choose. Women die in incredible numbers when safe abortions are not available to them. Women are already living, breathing people with needs and wants, hopes and dreams, families and careers and futures that are affected by these issues, and women deserve the right to make medical decisions with the help of their doctors and without the interfearance of the government.

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As someone who struggles with my own body image issues, I find it interesting to see how many women seem to want desperately to be thin. This study brings up some interesting issues about the strange and [...]]]> A new survey relased recently shows some interesting dicotomies about how American women view themselves. Read the story here:

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As someone who struggles with my own body image issues, I find it interesting to see how many women seem to want desperately to be thin. This study brings up some interesting issues about the strange and often conflicting values women have in this country. I’m curious to see what everyone else thinks.

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