Category Archives: pro-choice activism

Something Fishy at Reef Restaurant in Houston

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Update 5/14/13: I don’t have all of the details yet, and want to double-check before I spread news that isn’t mine to spread, but it sounds like the Reef and Planned Parenthood folks have come together to bridge the gap, … Continue reading →

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Why Being Pro-Choice Encompasses More Than Abortion

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Fundamentally, being pro-choice is shorthand for saying that a woman—not her doctor, nor her priest, nor her state or federal legislator—is the person who should control her own body. Agency. Bodily integrity. The right to choose whether and when to … Continue reading →

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Top Twelve Most Outrageous Moments from the HB 2364 Testimony in Texas

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

The Texas House of Representatives State Affairs Committee [or what was left of it after a long day of testimony about airport scanners that can see you nekkid, fireworks, and whether abortion causes breast cancer (spoiler: it doesn’t, but the … Continue reading →

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The Outright Hypocrisy Boggles the Mind

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

The Attorney General of Texas announced a settlement with a tanning company over their false and misleading claims about tanning and cancer. The company had claimed tanning was good for you because increased vitamin D levels decrease your risk of … Continue reading →

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Roe at 40: Blindfolds & Border Pharmacists

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, which established the right, under the penumbra of privacy, for women to obtain abortions. My mom attended a women’s college in Virginia in the first half … Continue reading →

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