Blog Posts tagged as: reproductive rights

Spill the Tea, Not Your Data: Period Privacy Matters

Shelda

There’s a very specific kind of horror that comes with getting your period at the absolute worst, unexpected, and let's face it: unwanted time. You get it right before first period when you're already at school, or in the middle of plans you were really excited about. It comes when you're at the pool or on a school trip, maybe when you're on a date or in gym class. One second you’re living your life, the next you’re mentally inventorying pads and tampons, checking your outfit, and asking a friend to do the universal “can you look at the back of my pants?” inspection like it’s a military…

Reproductive Injustice: the Overturning of Roe v. Wade & What that Means for US

Djaz; Maura

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Ever since Roe v. Wade was decided by the Supreme Court in 1973, it has been under threat of rollbacks and restrictions. The Hyde Amendment, enacted just four years after Roe, may be the most widely known example. Although many of us had been expecting the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe, the Dobbs decision still came as quite a blow to the rights of anyone able to become pregnant. Limiting abortion access and reproductive care will have far-reaching implications for…