By s.e. smith on 19 August, 2010
There’s a sign on the wall of a local clinic which says, according to my paraphrasing memory: You have the right to decide if you want to have children or not, and to determine their number, timing, and spacing. The clinic provides reproductive health services to low income members of the community, and plays an [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, feminism, reproductive justice | Tagged children with disabilities, involuntary sterilisation, parents with disabilities, reproductive rights
By Annaham on 4 May, 2010
RMJ: Disability and birth control, part 1 Widespread (rather than individual) centralization of birth control in feminism alienates and marginalizes their already problematized bodies: trans women, intersex women, older women, women with disabilities that affect their reproductive system, asexual women, women who want to get pregnant. Not to mention the loaded history of otherwise non-privileged [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, class issues, gender, global, introspective, invisibility, justice, medical practice, mental health, news, policy, race, recommended reading, representations, reproductive justice, resistance, work | Tagged bad science, communication, depression, global, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, invisible disability, news, race, racism, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, science, social inclusion, work
By Annaham on 20 April, 2010
Scott Carney (Mother Jones magazine): Inside India’s Rent-a-Womb Business Despite the growth in services, surrogacy is not officially regulated in India. There are no binding legal standards for treatment of surrogates, nor has any state or national authority been empowered to police the industry. While clinics have a financial incentive to ensure the health of [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, disability activism, gender, global, justice, news, race, recommended reading, reproductive justice, violence | Tagged advertising, awareness, awareness campaigns, bodies, global, health, health care, India, media and pop culture, news, reproductive, reproductive rights, shaming
By s.e. smith on 29 March, 2010
Reader note: I’ve started using my name, ‘s.e. smith,’ rather than my pseudonym, ‘meloukhia’ to identify myself on FWD. I apologise in advance if that causes any confusion! Readers may recall that way back in October, I wrote a post about the prolonged and irritating interaction I have every time I pick up my birth [...]
Posted in medical practice | Tagged pharmacy, reproductive rights
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