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This Saturday - Join Demonstration in Tennessee or Your State To Support Women's Rights

Rachel wrote 1 month ago: In Tennessee, our legislators this session have promoted and pushed bills to intimidate women seekin … more →

Tags: Abortion, Government, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Protests/Demonstrations, Reproductive Rights, Tennessee, Unite Women

Welcome to Tennessee - Try Not to Be a Woman While You're Here 1 comment

Rachel wrote 1 month ago: The last few weeks have seen Tennessee on several “worst of” lists for women. The popula … more →

Tags: Cancer, ethics, Government, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Bill Haslam, black women, breast cancer, Economics, Health Disparities

Over at OBOS: Emergency Contraception Access for Native American Women, Black Women's Breastfeeding, Health Effects of DES, and More

Rachel wrote 1 month ago: A couple of my recent posts at Our Bodies Our Blog that I want to share: Sign on to Support Native A … more →

Tags: Abortion, Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Cancer, drugs, Government, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Miscellaneous, black women, Breastfeeding

An Update on Tennessee's HB 3808, Another Legislative Attempt to Limit Access to Abortion4 comments

Rachel wrote 1 month ago: HB 3808, the so-called “Life Defense Act,” would have threatened the safety of women and … more →

Tags: Abortion, Government, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, abortion providers, admitting privileges, Emergency Medicine, Gary Odom, Jeanne Richardson, Life Defense Act

An Open Letter on HB 3808, a Tennessee Bill to Intimidate Patients and Abortion Providers8 comments

Rachel wrote 2 months ago: Here’s the letter I’m sending to relevant politicians in Tennessee regarding a bill to c … more →

Tags: Abortion, Abuse, Rape, & Safety, ethics, Government, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, HB3808, Tennessee, Violence

Open Letter to The Tennessean on Doonesbury's Week of Abortion Strips 1 comment

Rachel wrote 2 months ago: Here’s my note to the local Nashville, TN newspaper, The Tennessean, which decided not to run … more →

Tags: Abortion, Abuse, Rape, & Safety, ethics, Government, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Comics, Doonesbury, forced ultrasound, nashville

Why Birth Control Coverage is Fundamental - A Response to the Arguments7 comments

Rachel wrote 3 months ago: Photo by Stacy Lynn Baum and used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence. While debate has been raging abou … more →

Tags: Contraception, Government, drugs, Women's Health, birth control

Feel Protest-y Friday, Ani Difranco Edition

Rachel wrote 3 months ago: and if you don’t like abortion don’t have an abortion! and teach your children how they can avoid th … more →

Tags: Events & Observances, Abortion, Ani Difranco, Feel Good Friday

Sunday News Round-Up, Leave My Birth Control Alone Edition

Rachel wrote 3 months ago: First, some recent posts at Our Bodies Our Blog: From the White House: Women at Religious Institutio … more →

Tags: Abortion, Cancer, Contraception, drugs, Government, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, News Round-Ups

Sunday News Round-Up - Campfield and Floyd Give Me a Mad/Sad Edition3 comments

Rachel wrote 4 months ago: Recently, TN state rep Richard Floyd declared he would “stomp” any transgender woman who … more →

Tags: Laws, Legislation, & Courts, News Round-Ups, HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Government, Tennessee, Violence, Transgender

Blog for Choice Day 2012 - Let's Tackle Telemedicine in Tennessee1 comment

Rachel wrote 4 months ago: The theme for this year’s Blog for Choice Day is: “What will you do to help elect pro-ch … more →

Tags: Abortion, Events & Observances, Government, Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Blog for Choice, Telemedicine, Tennessee

Over at OBOS: HHS and Contraception, a Virtual March, and an Upcoming Webinar on Breast Cancer and the Environment

Rachel wrote 4 months ago: HHS Affirms Contraception as Covered Preventive Service – I’m glad I didn’t have t … more →

Tags: Abortion, Birth, Contraception, Government, birth control, breast cancer, Environment, Environmental health, Haiti

Tennessee State Rep Richard Floyd Threatens to "Stomp" Transgender Women7 comments

Rachel wrote 4 months ago: Tennessee State Representative Richard Floyd has introduced a bill that would make it a crime for pe … more →

Tags: Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Government, LGBT, Tennessee, Transgender, Richard Floyd, Chattanooga

Contact Your Representative in Opposition to the Research Works Act1 comment

Rachel wrote 4 months ago: HR 3699, the Research Works Act, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to undo pr … more →

Tags: Government, LibraryLand, public access, Libraries, Publishing, Research Works Act, Maloney, Issa, Medical Research

Evidence Trampled By Politics: Sebelius Overrides FDA Decision on OTC Emergency Contraception 2 comments

Rachel wrote 5 months ago: [Originally posted at Our Bodies Our Blog. Speaking of, did you know the OBOS 40th anniversary editi … more →

Tags: Contraception, Adolescent Health, ethics, Government, drugs, Women's Health, hhs, Politics, FDA

Sunday News Round-Up, Back to the Grind Edition

Rachel wrote 6 months ago: A few things that have caught my attention over the last couple of weeks: Over at Nature, which is * … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, News Round-Ups, Sex & Sex Education, Cancer, drugs, breast cancer, personhood, tampons, Human Rights

In Which I'm an Irrepressible Optimist About Obama, Birth Control, and Those Bishops1 comment

Rachel wrote 6 months ago: Over the last couple of weeks, many women’s health, feminist, and reproductive rights-oriented … more →

Tags: Abortion, Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Contraception, Government, birth control, bishops, Catholic, CDC, obama

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2011

Rachel wrote 6 months ago: Today marks Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is “set aside to memorialize those who were … more →

Tags: Events & Observances, Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Transgender, Transgender Day of Remembrance

Mississippi Votes Today on Personhood for Fertilized Eggs 4 comments

Rachel wrote 6 months ago: Update: the ballot initiative was defeated, 58% to 42%. Kudos and thanks to everyone who worked in M … more →

Tags: Laws, Legislation, & Courts, Contraception, Pregnancy, Abortion, Government, personhood, Mississippi, Ballot Initiatives


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