Rape and the Good Ole Boy’s Club
ABORTION, MEDIA, POLITICS, Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor One almost has to thank Todd Akin and his verbal calamity of ignorance for showing us what Eve Ensler so brilliantly calls “a window...
View ArticleI Hear We Have Teeth Down There, Too…
ABORTION, MEDIA, POLITICS, Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large New York Times Op-Ed columnist, Gail Collins, writes about the new dialogue that has sprung open, thanks to the blunderous...
View ArticleNo More Wire Hangers
ABORTION, MEDIA Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large In Medical News Today, Sy Kraft writes: More and more doctors are unwilling to perform abortions, according to a recent survey. In the...
View ArticleIt’s a Boy’s World
From The Lancet: India’s 2011 census revealed a growing imbalance between the numbers of girls and boys aged 0—6 years, which we postulate is due to increased prenatal sex determination with...
View ArticleWomen v. Haters
ABORTION, MEDIA, POLITICS Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor We have this new conversation going on these days, and it’s been dubbed, “the abortion wars”. It plays on past issues and present...
View ArticleMy Own Abortion
ABORTION, HEALTH Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large When my mom took me to the gynecologist for the very first time, I remember very little about the examination itself. I do however recall...
View ArticleMy Legitimate Rape
ABORTION, PREGNANCY Sandra Harmon | VenusBlogs Contributor It was 1959. Eisenhower was President, “Ben Hur” was the highest grossing picture, with “Sleeping Beauty” coming in second, and “Some Like It...
View ArticleA Celebration of Choice
ABORTION, HEALTH, PREGNANCY, SEX Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large An older friend of mine told me a story about what it was like to grow up female in the 1950s. I got the impression that...
View ArticleResume the Position
ABORTION, MEDIA, POLITICS Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor What a week. With the election behind us now, we have a chance to reflect upon everything that affected us so intensely throughout...
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Abortion In Ireland: Denial and Death
ABORTION, MEDIA Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large Robert Mackay, of The New York Times writes in his article, Vigils in Ireland for Indian Woman Who Died After Being Denied Abortion: More...
View ArticleCuomo Defends Abortion Proposal
ABORTION, MEDIA, POLITICS Dr. Stephen Chasen / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS writes: New York needs new abortion laws The current statutes don’t do enough to protect women’s health late in pregnancies Opponents...
View ArticleMaking Late Term Abortion Safe
ABORTION, MEDIA, POLITICS Adrian Lamb | VB Blogger Found at The Stir by CafeMom: Jennifer McKenna Morbelli was a 29-year-old, married, expecting mom. She and her husband were excited about their baby...
View ArticleMenstruating on the Front Line
MEDIA, POLITICS Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large photo: http://www.rawstory.com/ Women in combat. Do you think having one’s period might affect a woman’s judgement during battle? Should...
View ArticleMum’s Not The Word
ABORTION, HEALTH Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large What if we lived in a world where the word — abortion — didn’t come with heaps of controversy, guilt and judgment? If such a world...
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