While the Supreme Court considers restricting abortion pills, feminists in the Global South have shown the way forward for safe abortions outside of the law. Sociologist Naomi Braine has documented the efforts of networks and collectives of activists, some formed in the struggles against dictatorship in Latin America, who provide information, pills, and support in … Continued
Are there things about the connection between reproductive rights and the disability community that the reproductive rights movement has not yet latched on to? We interview Emily DiMatteo, the lead author of a paper called “Reproductive Justice for Disabled Women: Ending Systemic Discrimination.” The paper details considerations that should be factored into the debate over reproductive … Continued
The clamor about the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke Roe v. Wade and allow the states to make their own rules about a woman’s reproductive right to abortion has been loud. The women-led backlash to this decision may actually allow the Democrats to keep control of the House of Representatives next year. But, in … Continued
In the first of a two-part series, Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal editor Maureen Nandini Mitra speaks climate activists Josephine Ferorelli and Meghan Kallman about Conceivable Future, their initiative to unravel the complex connections between climate justice and reproductive rights and change the narrative of what construes as climate action.
We speak with Rosa Clemente about the release of former Black Panther Party member Sundiata Acoli after 49 years in prison. Later we explore the attack on women’s reproductive rights. Guest: Rosa Alicia Clemente is a Black-Puerto Rican woman born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She is an organizer, producer, independent journalist and scholar-activist. … Continued
Supreme Court storm clouds gather over a woman’s right to choose. We get the latest. PLUS: poet Raymond Nat Turner, the Town Crier.Hosted by Kris Welch.
Texas has done it: eliminated a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. And there is every indication Texas is only the beginning, of a total rollback of reproductive rights. Jessica Mason Pieklo, of Rewire News, explains. Hosted by Kris Welch.
The struggle for abortion rights has been foundering for decades and, with an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court, the future of abortion in the United States looks grim. Organizer Jenny Brown argues that the timidity of the abortion rights movement has patently failed to slow the anti-abortion assault. She argues that a bolder, unapologetic … Continued
The rightwing’s plans to overturn Roe V. Wade, eliminating a woman’s right to chose whether or not to continue a pregnancy, is rapidly escalating, with more states enacting abortion bans. We discuss. Hosted by Kris Welch.
As people around the country prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, we contemplate the reality that U.S. women are having fewer children than ever before. What are the social conditions and personal decisions leading to this development, and how does it change our concepts of family and even of womanhood? We speak with Jenny Brown, organizer … Continued
