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Sperm and the Art of Personhood

On February 10, 2012 · 8 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Family Planning Legislation, Reproductive Health, Women's Empowerment

It’s the funniest thing this morning: after reading a couple of articles about three state legislators’ attempts to fight back against absurd, anti-women measures in their own states, I simply cannot get “Just the Two of Us” out of my head.

Here, let’s share this earworm together:

Just the two of us
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The State of the Uterus

On February 2, 2012 · 20 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Reproductive Health, Women's Empowerment

My Fellow Women.

I wish I could come here before you today and tell you that the State of the Uterus is strong.

But at this time in our history, in this country – I worry for each and every one of my sisters out there, for each and every uterus out there. [...]

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A Chronic Illness Confessional

On January 24, 2012 · 22 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Coping and Emotions, Support, Thyroid Issues

This is a difficult post to write today.

Living with a chronic illness is not easy.

This post isn’t about the Pain Olympics. I’m not here to say that one chronic illness is worse than another. It’s just like our infertility diagnoses; there isn’t truly one that’s “worse” than another because it’s such a [...]

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Who Are Your Health Activist Heroes?

On December 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Advocacy and Awareness, Blogs, Good Stuff, In the News

I realize it’s been a little crickets around here; I’ve been posting sporadically. I realized half of my problem was that I never mapped out an editorial calendar for the month of December, so three days without posting will pass and then I’m like, “Oh crap! I need to post!”

I have plenty to [...]

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In Defense of the Duggars

On December 16, 2011 · 20 Comments · In Advocacy and Awareness, Blogs, Coping and Emotions, In the News, Media, Support

Let me put this scenario out there:

Imagine a dear friend of yours – a parent – has lost their child. Their child has died. It doesn’t matter how, but merely this child that was once theirs and here in this world and perhaps their whole world – is no longer. They hold onto the [...]

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