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Birth Control 101
By Literary Women in Action Image from Bedsider It may be hard to imagine but there was a time when women in this country could be arrested for using birth control. Having access to affordable, safe birth control is a right that was hard won for women and is...
Reproductive Rights in Texas: A History
Image from #HereforJaneTX By Literary Women in Action When you first start trying to get an abortion in Texas, it can seem like all the cards are stacked against you. First, there are so few clinics that it can take a week or longer to get an ultrasound appointment....
What the heck is a judicial bypass…and how do I get one?
By Catherine Shattuck Image from Mother Jone's If you’ve come to this blog, chances are you’re under 18 and pregnant, or know someone who is. Either way, we’re here to walk you through the steps a pregnant minor has to take to get an abortion, without involving her...
Title X 101: What is Title X?
by Zoë Fay-Stindt *On March 30, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Title X funding. Title X does not fund abortions, but this new measure could mean that organizations that offer abortions at some clinics and preventative...
Jane’s Due Process featured in the New Yorker!
Photo from Margaret Tablot's New Yorker review of About Abortion Why is it still so hard to get an abortion, 44 years after Roe v. Wade? That's the question that Carol Sanger tackles in her new book, About Abortion, recently reviewed by The New Yorker. In her review,...
STIs & Sexual Health: The Basics
by Lydia Blaisdell Featured image from webcomic by Sarah Winifred Searle Talking about STIs (sexually transmitted infections) is tricky. We live in a culture that tends to obscure and shame straightforward conversations about sexuality. Most people don’t’ realize how...
Talking to Your Parent(s) About Pregnancy and Abortion / Hablando Con Su(s) Padre(s) Sobre un Embarazo y un Aborto
by Jennifer duBois Realizing you’re pregnant when you don’t want to be can be an overwhelming experience—especially if you’re a teenager. Alongside the questions, decisions, and emotions you’re confronting, teens also have to consider who can—or should—be entrusted...
What to Expect At Your First OB/GYN Appointment
by Angella Beshara So, you need to make your first OB/GYN appointment. You are undoubtedly a little nervous and your head is probably spinning with lots of questions. This is completely normal. Going to the doctor for such personal and intimate needs as your...
Why I Plan to Give My Teenage Daughters Birth Control
by Catherine Shattuck Image from Bedsider Realizing that you’re pregnant when you don’t want to be is one of the scariest things that can happen to a teenager. In 2011, nearly 60,000 Texas teenagers became pregnant.* Most of those pregnancies were unplanned. That’s...
Reproductive Justice: The Birth of an Intersection
By Zoë Fay-Stindt Image from The Repeal Hyde Art Project Imagine being a minor in Austin with undocumented parents this week. You find out you’re pregnant. You’re not sure your parents would consent to an abortion, but even if they did, they’d be scared to go...