Texas now has the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the nation and to enforce it, there’s a $10,000 reward for civilians who successful sue anyone who assists in an illegal abortion. Has Texas beaten Roe v. Wade? Will Senate Bill 8 stand up to legal challenges? Texas Public Radio hosted a Dare to Listen conversation…
Month: January 2022
Abortion Rights
The right to safe and legal abortion is a fundamental human right protected under numerous international and regional human rights treaties and national-level constitutions around the world. Human rights bodies have repeatedly condemned restrictive abortion laws as being incompatible with human rights norms. Today, 970 million women, representing 59% of women of reproductive age, live…
They Don’t Understand That We’re Real People
This episode contains strong language. A month ago, Texas adopted a divisive law which effectively banned abortions in the state. Despite a number of legal challenges, the law has survived and is having an impact across state lines. Trust Women is abortion clinic in Oklahoma just three hours north of Dallas — one of the…
The Abortion Underground
Before Roe v. Wade, there were thousands of illegal abortions in the U.S. every year. Some of these were incredibly dangerous; women would use knitting needles or coat hangers to end pregnancies. This, and other illegal methods, could lead to injury or death. In the 1970s, one group of women got fed up and decided…
Fake Islands
Featured January 10th, 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Mayah Eden Lasky • Milly Carmichael • Yumu Yoshida • Indigo Tait-atkin • Since creation pristine, now Earth’s waters we see Are vast ponds of pollution and plastic debris. In the misguided minds of too many who lead More important than oceans are power and greed. Seas are rising as…
The Mother
Featured December 4th, 2021 • Alain Pottier • Jaya Prisco • Aleena Shaji • Natasha Lancaster • Kamila Gray • Kara Iacobellis • Is global warming an on volcano?Are the world leaders aware and know?Do they know entire universe is on fire?Industries and pollution sill they admire, Weather change and unseasoned rains,Flood’s havoc is worry main,Everything to loose and nothing to…
My Choice
Featured December 4th, 2021 • Sulaiman Enayatzada • Jaya Prisco • Harriet Ripley • Mami Metherell • Saphire Gaskas • Nisal • Dear Womenof the patriarchal state Who have broken themselvesinto so many irreconcilable piecesto fit into this fractured world Who split and ripped themselvesinside and sidewaysto seem, to seemhumanbeneath a greedy, dehumanizing gaze I see youwe see youwe sisters…