by Sharon Grigsby What already has been a terrible week for democracy ended in the darkest of days with the Supreme Court decision that the right to abortion, upheld for almost 50 years, no longer exists. Everything in this country has turned inside out. We’ve lost all sense of ...
Now, as a father, I worry my daughter won’t get to choose by John Caragozian In 1997, my wife Janie and I welcomed our first child, a healthy daughter born after an uncomplicated pregnancy. The baby thrived and became the light of our lives. A year later, we tried for another ...
by Jay Ambrose In the loud, raucous Roe v. Wade debate, we’ve heard a lot about the overreaching sacrifices women can face when having unwanted babies and about their rights to control their own bodies through abortions. Sympathy is widespread, while other, less-discussed issues need ...
“We had choices then.” – June“Now you have respect. You have protection. You can fulfill your biological destinies in peace.” – Fred“Biological destiny?” – June“Children. What else is there to live for?” – Fred -- From the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s ...
The Trump/McConnell court dismantling rights When Donald Trump was in office, he and Mitch McConnell made three lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court. McConnell went so far as to defy Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish — that the next president appoint her replacement — by packing ...
It opens with a woman’s voice and a black screen. “I had no other options,” she says. “I wanted it over with.” Then you see her. White, gray-haired, maybe somewhere in her 70s. And she continues her story. “I didn’t care how it was done. I was that desperate.” Someone ...