abortion rights Archives

April 11, 2023

Rise Up to Defend Abortion Rights!

The attempted legal ban of the abortion drug mifepristone hinges on a 150-year old, archaic and previously dormant law called The Comstock Act of 1873, which has been described as “the only realistic way to force through a national ban” on abortions in general. The Comstock Act prohibits mailing anything that could be used in an abortion procedure, so the recent ruling in Texas, if it’s held up by the Supreme Court, would mean “that all abortions already violate criminal law.”

The judge who issued the recent ruling in Texas is Matthew Kacsmaryk, member of an emerging Christian fascist organization called the Teneo Network, whose goal is to “crush liberal dominance” everywhere.

May 13, 2022

by Norell Martinez

Brujas and the Long Struggle for Reproductive Justice

Since the leaked document that surfaced last week of the Supreme Court Justice’s vote to strike down Roe v. Wade, many have rightfully declared that a ban on abortion will not stop people from having abortions. Indeed, history has shown that even under the most violent and oppressive conditions, before modern technology existed, women had knowledge of the reproductive body, of herbs, plants, and other methods to induce abortion and prevent pregnancy. Across cultures and communities, mainly women were the keepers of this knowledge, specialists in the field, whose gifts provided reproductive health services to women in their community. They were midwives, nurses and counselors.

January 25, 2022

by Kim Gasper-Rabuck

Abortion Rights Under Attack: What do we do? Stand up, fight back!

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has made it clear in a brief two-hour hearing on December 1, 2021 that there is intent on finding the Mississippi 15-week abortion ban constitutional. In all likelihood this will lead to complete overturning of Roe versus Wade, and begin the outlawing of abortion across the country. If this comes to pass, it will amount to the overthrow of an edifice of essential health practices, hard-fought political rights, and bodily autonomy for more than half of the population.