Abortion access is anticipated to push voters to the polls in the wake of a Supreme Court decision earlier this year. Democrats have rallied voters around the issue for months, hoping to drive turnout in an election that will determine the balance of power in...
“Relief,” A Film by Seyla Hossaini
Richmond multimedia artist Seyla Hossaini released her first silent film, Relief, last month amid the uproar following the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion on the vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. The film is drenched in emotion and upholds the honesty of the real...
Bans Off Our Bodies: Fighting To Protect Reproductive Rights In America
Around the country, a great many people got a very rude awakening last Monday, May 2, when Politico published a draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, which appeared to indicate that the court would rule in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health...
The Truth About Abortion, and Why It Matters
Protecting reproductive rights requires accurate knowledge, and shows like Shrill help shed light on facts about abortion and contraception that are largely absent from political debates around the issue. In the first episode of the Hulu comedy series Shrill, writer...
Loose Tweets Sink Ships
Social media hate directed at Catholics and presidential candidates led to gubernatorial appointee Gail Gordon Donegan's resignation. “Abortion is morally indefensible to Catholic priests bcuz it results in fewer children to rape.” These are the words of Gail...
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