The Feminine Mystique in Retrospect: An Interview with Stephanie Coontz, Part 2
Last month we featured Part 1 of our interview with historian Stephanie Coontz about her book A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s (Basic Books, 2012)....
View ArticlePro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Here’s a nifty little map showing the number of unintended pregnancies by state. (HuffPo) Why has the birth rate for teenagers hit an all-time low? Hint: It’s not because of abstinence. (Double X...
View ArticleCelebrating Affordable and Accessible Contraception
The following guest post comes to us via Morganne Rosenhaus, community engagement coordinator for Planned Parenthood Arizona. How appropriate that, today, World Contraception Day is only five days...
View ArticlePro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Texas is trying its best to reduce access to abortion and we’re not gonna take it. What does that mean, exactly? Can you say LAWSUIT?! #Boom (HuffPo) Speaking of Texas, Pro-Choice Princess Wendy Davis...
View ArticleGiving Thanks to Obamacare
The following guest post comes to us via Morganne Rosenhaus, community engagement coordinator for Planned Parenthood Arizona. This year, as a 20-something woman, I have a whole lot to be thankful for...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day: The Affordable Care Act Can Help in Creating the Healthiest...
Editor’s Note: The following piece is a guest blog post from Planned Parenthood Arizona President and CEO Bryan Howard. Yesterday was World AIDS Day and this year, as we work to raise awareness around...
View ArticlePro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Arizona’s abortion restrictions are making national news for their colossal suckiness. (Rolling Stone) Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is an anti-choice zealot and, unsurprisingly, so is his...
View ArticleSix 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...
View ArticlePro-Choice Friday News Rundown
When asked if they believe the government should restrict access to abortion, 70 percent of registered voters said no. It’s too bad our elected officials are so dead set on being tone deaf. (Politico)...
View ArticleMeet 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...
View ArticleToward Improved Care for LGBTQ Patients: New Guidelines Shine Spotlight on...
On January 5, Florida became the 36th state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, joining a movement that is sweeping across the United States. With federal judges striking down same-sex...
View ArticlePro-Choice Friday News Rundown
This is starting to tick me off. Too many parents are not taking advantage of the Gardasil vaccine — which prevents cancer. CANCER. Come on, people. Seriously. (Yahoo Health) Hopefully people aren’t...
View ArticleSenate Bill 1318: It’s Not Just a Bill
The following post comes to us via Brittany Frew, who is (almost) a graduate of Arizona State University with a degree in marketing. She hopes to go into either advertising or health care, but mostly...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Contraception: Contraceptive Changes on the Horizon
The Affordable Care Act has undeniably improved women’s ability to receive preventive care that includes contraception. Insured women are now able to have any FDA-approved birth control provided to...
View ArticleMeet Our Candidates: Cara Prior for State Representative, LD 16
The Arizona primary election will be held on August 30, 2016. Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona has...
View ArticleMeet Our Candidates: Scott Prior for State Senator, LD 16
The Arizona primary election takes place TODAY! Find your polling location here. Reproductive health care access has been under attack, both nationally and statewide, but Planned Parenthood Advocates...
View ArticleTom Price, Secretary Against Health and Human Services?
Protesters at Sen. McCain’s Tucson office, December 20, 2016. On December 20, I took part in a demonstration opposing changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We gathered...
View ArticlePro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Photo: Debra Sweet It goes without saying that these are uncertain, uneasy times for many of us living in America right now. We have an unstable, habitually dishonest, temperamentally unfit egomaniac...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name: Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Supporters drop off petitions and rally at Rep. Martha McSally’s Tucson office, March 15, 2017 As this post goes to press, word has come that Speaker Paul Ryan has pulled the American Health Care Act,...
View ArticlePro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Our smarmy Vice President Mike Pence was all too eager to cast the tie-breaking Senate vote to advance legislation allowing states the right to block Title X funds from going to Planned Parenthood. In...
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