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June 2016

June 27, 2016

SCOTUS Ruling on Care & Compassion for All Women

A few months ago, I got an email from a reader who said she grew...

December 2015

December 02, 2015

White Conservative Evangelical Heteropatriarchal Terrorism in a Gun Culture Hating Planned Parenthood

I’ve been too unspeakably angry about the terrorist attack on Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

Sorry, Carly: Planned Parenthood Edition

Sorry, Carly. You may have won the GOP primary debate last night, by speaking with...

September 02, 2015

For Women Who Aren’t Contrite

When I first heard about Pope Francis' offer of forgiveness for women who had had abortions,...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Planned Parenthood Would Serve Mary

After dismissing the edited videos that pretend to catch Planned Parenthood staffers in a compromising...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

Faith Leaders Issue Statement Opposing 20-Week Abortion Ban Bill

I have written here before about my involvement in the Faith and Reproductive Justice Leadership...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

Reproductive (in)Justice in Jacksonville

I wrote this piece in response to events in the Illinois town where I live,...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

“Christians Get In Jacked-Up Situations, Too”

"My belief in God tells me that the most important thing you can do for...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Trusting Women

Last night, I delivered the following as part of a series of "Big Tent" speeches...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Religious Freedom … For Bosses Only?

On March 25, the Supreme Court will hear two cases in which the argument will...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

Why Affordable Care Matters for Women

Given that the Affordable Care Act remains a political football more than three years after...

October 10, 2013

A ChildFull Life

Today is the third anniversary of Owen’s baptism. In the two previous years, I have...

October 03, 2013

Apply Now: Faith & Reproductive Justice Institute

If 2012 taught us anything, it was that the conservative forces seeking to deny women...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Fall Back Into School ~ Your Reading List

Fall semester classes start this week, so I thought I’d share the list of books...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Who Are The Women?

In the middle of a really good piece titled “The Reproductive Injustice and the ‘War...

July 12, 2013

“We Showed Up” :: Millennials & Reproductive Justice

Consider the masses of younger women who showed up at the Texas statehouse before and...

June 2013

June 12, 2013

“Where is the Motherbody?”

Many good things can be said about Terry Tempest Williams’ 1991 spiritual memoir, Refuge. Its...

May 2013

May 01, 2013

Chastity Brings May Flowers?

Well, that’s not exactly what I learned about how the bright spring blooms take hold....

April 2013

April 12, 2013

What’s Really Being Ignored in the Gosnell Case?

The case of Kermit Gosnell became the Friday faux-news-frenzy of the day. Irin Carmon over...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Even If He’s Not Your Son, He’s Still Human

It shouldn’t take a gay son to convince a senator to support marriage equality. Like...

March 12, 2013

Thank You, Abortion Providers

Sunday, March 10, was National Thank An Abortion Provider Day. I had the privilege of...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

“Our Multiple, Messy, In-Process Selves”

I first met Darcy Baxter several years ago at a Faith and Feminism conference at...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Justice, Compassion, Conscience & ‘Biblical Values’

Whenever someone claims to be talking about biblical values, they’re likely just telling you about...

January 25, 2013

Honorable Mention: Law Students for Reproductive Justice

One of the many great things about participating in the Faith and Reproductive Justice Leadership...

January 22, 2013

My Story: ‘Growing Up With Roe’

We're both over 40 now. I got there a little over a year ago. And...

January 18, 2013

Roe at 40: Racial & Ethnic Inequalities

On January 22, 2013, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that nationally legalized abortion...

January 16, 2013

Progress, Faith & Reproductive Justice as Roe Turns 40

For the past year I have been privileged to be part of the Faith and...

January 15, 2013

Roe at 40: Poverty

On January 22, 2013, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that nationally legalized abortion...

January 12, 2013

Roe at 40: Barriers to Abortion Access

On January 22, 2013, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that nationally legalized abortion...

January 10, 2013

Roe at 40: U.S. Women

On January 22, 2013, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that nationally legalized abortion...