Anti-abortion imagery in my community
How often are you bombarded with anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ extremist symbols and signs in your community? This past weekend, I decided to do a mini-observation to see just how often I’m subjected to viewing these repressive images in my town. A simple Saturday revealed these unsettling results. · On an afternoon walk, I passed one […]
Let’s protect abortion clinics, providers, and patients
During this time of relentless attacks on abortion throughout the United States, it is heartening to see governments elsewhere affirm the right to an abortion and stand up against anti-abortion harrassment. Last week, Spain did just that when it passed a law that anti-abortion demonstrators could face a year-long prison term if they try to […]
Reproductive health is a state/church issue
Note: This is the farewell column from FFRF Anne Nicol Gaylor Reproductive Rights Intern Barbara Alvarez. FFRF wishes to thank her for all her wonderful work and writing on abortion rights. There are many ways in which religion proves detrimental to reproductive health. Instead of adhering to evidence-based science, extremists — relying on religious texts, […]
Abortion disinformation is religiously rooted
Religiously motivated abortion disinformation fuels the anti-abortion movement. Medical communities and human rights organizations throughout the world agree that abortion is a valid medical procedure and its access is foundational to bodily autonomy. Indeed, religious groups are the only organized opposition to abortion. Using faith instead of facts, religiously motivated legislators and leaders have decimated […]
