Trump has a history of violating civil rights, so I am confident his administration will not make disability rights a priority. A few weeks ago, we experienced the unimaginable in the form of Donald Trump winning the presidential election. And as a woman with a disability, I am terrified. I was, and am, a strong Hillary Clinton supporter, with […]
Reporting this way about an issue as important as this one does a serious disservice to public understanding and our ability to frame problems and seek solutions. “One Year Later, Many Are Finding Relief in Health Care Law,” read Sunday’s New York Times front-page headline on the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. “The law has clearly reduced […]
Over these last nine months I have pumped everywhere from storage closets to bathrooms. My first foray back to the office after giving birth came just nine days after my son was born. I was still on maternity leave, technically. But I needed to be present for something that couldn’t wait. I hadn’t had the […]
I will never apologize for doing what is right for my body. Well, maybe there’s one wrong way, I thought, inspecting my surrogate little sister’s half-used pill pack, every second or third pouch punched out like answers on a Scantron sheet. “These aren’t like Advil, babe,” I told her. “In order for them to work, […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. Criminalization of pregnancy and unpaid maternity leave are some of the obstacles mothers face in the U.S. It’s ironic that while women are constantly bombarded with attacks on abortion rights, our society and economic system provide virtually no support for women when they decide to have […]
