My Story: The Other Side of Abortion

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“Ain’t no love in the hood only hearts torn/Love letters to the innocent and unborn/All the babies that died up on the table/Wasn’t able to breathe, cause the family wasn’t able/Can’t, blame her I would do the same/All I could give it was my debt and my last name” ~2Pac Words 2 My First Born

F*** Them Kids: Alabama’s Abortion Ban Is Not About the Sanctity of Life

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“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” ~B. R. Ambedkar (Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer)

How Italy is Emptying Its Abortion Law

Women manifesting in Italy to defend their right to abortion. Image by Antonella Beccaria via Flickr.com under licence CC 2.0

Italy has on paper a liberal abortion law. Yet, in practice it is becoming more and more complicated for women to terminate their pregnancy, and the number of illegal abortions is reportedly increasing. Religious beliefs and political weakness when it comes to defending this constitutional right of women are keeping Italy in the Dark Ages of reproductive rights.