The medical viability of uterine transplantation is challenging long-held notions about our bodies. In 2017, the United States passed a medical milestone: the first baby in the nation born through a transplanted uterus. Reports on the specific number of successful births via transplanted uterus vary, but all place the count at fewer than 30 births. […]
Before this year (finally) comes to a close, we wanted to take a look back at the 10 pieces that you all, our loyal readers, liked and talked about the most. As always, thanks for your support. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2018! I’m Done Pretending Men Are Safe (Even My Sons) by Jody […]
Transgender individuals deserve the choice to pursue all the same paths to parenthood as cisgender people. One of the reportedly seven newly banned words at the Centers For Disease Control is “transgender.” While the alleged banned list has been denied, the paradox of how we treat issues of transgender individuals cannot be denied. This is particularly true […]
“It may be obvious, but it’s critical that everyone in the organization undergo training, all the way up to the top.” After a long period of routine compliance, sexual harassment training seems to be on the minds of many organizations. By law, companies must institute at least two mechanisms to prevent sexual harassment within the […]
Plenty of women in your life are now being empowered to call you out. Be prepared. For the past month, most of the women in your life have been triggered or worse. No, make that for the past year, exacerbated by the waves of news now hitting us about issues we already knew existed — […]
I can’t, for the life of me, understand why people would think that anyone would want attention for being a victim of sex crimes. Most of us know by now about the recent news stories regarding men in positions of power abusing their jobs, money, and connections to sexually harass and assault women. If you […]
From the pro-life protesters in my hometown to the voters in Alabama: If you support Roy Moore, you do not get to call yourselves pro-life. My hometown has an abortion clinic. It is Hagerstown Reproductive Services, situated between the driving school and the county license board. When you turn the corner on to Washington Street, […]
The truth is that, as women, there are just so many dirty old men out there that if we called the cops on every single one we would never stop calling the cops. I was still in bed when the phone rang. “Oh my god I’m so freaked out. It was terrible! Just terrible! I’m […]
