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Book Club: Generation Roe
Like many in her generation, Sarah Erdreich thought the freedoms that Roe v. Wade guaranteed were secure. A child of the post-Roe era, she learned that the landmark decision had legalized abortion,...
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“That’s Just Your Sickness Talking”: Psychiatry, Homophobia, and the Turning...
John E. Fryer, MD, dressed as Dr. H. Anonymous at the 1972 APA conference It wasn’t his high blood pressure or high cholesterol that caught Matthew Moore by surprise when he went to his new physician...
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Book Club: Woman Rebel – The Margaret Sanger Story
Now that comic books have become the source material for blockbuster movies, the oft-told story of the maligned and misunderstood superhero should be a familiar one, even to many who have never read a...
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From Censorship to Insufficiency: Sex Education from the Dennett Trials to Today
In an article published the day after her trial, the New York Times described the defendant as a “gray-haired, kindly-looking matron.” When she took the stand in the Federal District Court in Brooklyn,...
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Celebrating Motherhood — and Reproductive Freedom
Two months ago, a single mother’s ordeal was grabbing headlines. Shanesha Taylor, homeless and desperate for a job, landed an interview at a Scottsdale insurance office. But the 35-year-old mother of...
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Six Things Arizona Is Doing Right
The Arizona legislature has been an eager participant in the War on Women, rolling back women’s health and reproductive rights with a number of measures we’ve covered on this blog. Then there was...
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The Nation’s — and Arizona’s — Road to Marriage Equality
Protesters advocate for marriage equality as the Supreme Court hears Hollingsworth v. Perry. Image: Victoria Pickering June is often known as a big month for weddings. Last June, that was more true...
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Voting Rights, Reproductive Rights, and What’s at Stake in Arizona’s Election
Photo: Jamelah E. Perhaps the news site Vox.com said it best when summing up the relevance of the 2014 election. The day news broke of the Supreme Court’s decision to grant Hobby Lobby an exemption...
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Ethan Orr’s Record Reveals Extreme Views Behind Moderate Branding
In the 9th legislative district, we endorse both Randall Friese and Victoria Steele … not Ethan Orr! Ethan Orr brands himself on his campaign website as a leader who “has worked across party lines” and...
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Meet Our Candidates: Scott Prior for State Senator, LD 16
The Arizona general election will be held on November 4, 2014, and early voting starts today! Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned...
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Meet Our Candidates: David Butler for State Representative, LD 25
The Arizona general election will be held on November 4, 2014, and early voting is already underway! Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned...
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From Phoenix to Washington — And the World: A Short History of the...
Monica Helms (right) holding up her Transgender Pride Flag November is the month for transgender pride and awareness events. In some communities, it’s one day in November: One of the most widespread...
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Lost in Translation: What the Doublespeak of Reproductive Rights Opponents...
NARAL Pro-Choice Arizona’s Kat Sabine in front of the Capitol in 2012. A “dedication and commitment to protect the health of women” sounds like something from the mission statement of a praiseworthy...
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28 Bills Later: Cathi Herrod’s Horror Show Continues with SB 1318
Image adapted from flazingo.com In February, Sen. Nancy Barto (R-Phoenix), introduced SB 1318 in the Senate. It is a harmful bill barring abortion services from coverage in Arizona’s health care...
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Book Club: Missoula – Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Guided by his own experience as a mountaineer, Jon Krakauer first made a name for himself with a handful of books about risk-taking athletes and adventurers: Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, and Into Thin...
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Where the Revolution Continues: Inside the Second Annual Body Love Conference
A speaker at the 2014 Body Love Conference. Photo: Body Love Conference The Body Love Conference debuted last year, riding on Tucsonan Jes Baker’s breakthrough success in body-positive blogging....
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Illegal Procedure: How a 1974 Stadium Bill Put Reproductive Rights in the...
Fans of the University of Arizona football team will arrive by the thousands at Arizona Stadium on September 3, the start of the fall football season, as the UA Wildcats face off against the UTSA...
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Take Back the Night and the Clothesline Project: The Anniversaries of Two...
Take Back the Night rally in the 1980s. Photo: University of Wisconsin The statistics on violence against women can be jarring. One out of every four women in the United States reports being assaulted...
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Delgado: The Make-Believe Medicine Behind SB 1318
Dr. George Delgado, a gynecologist based in San Diego, is probably not likely to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine any time soon — or ever. Delgado’s dubious medical claims have been one of the driving...
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The 26th Amendment at 45: Bringing More Voters to the Fight for Reproductive...
Image of a button showing support for a lower voting age from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History When the question of same-sex marriage went before the Supreme Court in the summer of...
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