stillness is a lie, my dear
The United States likes to advertise its health care system as the best in the world, with top of the line treatments and pioneering care, but the truth is more complex. Financial status can have a huge influence on the type and quality of care received, as can race, especially when the two are compounded. […]
Pregnancy: Quite common for nearly half of bodies in the United States! Often a not only desired but actively sought out state, followed by delivery of an infant and parenting of a child! For many people, a pretty significant life event! For some, one of the most significant interactions with the health care system that […]
This is the year of fecund friends. Every time I turn around, someone I know is pregnant. I’m starting to fear walking into a room lest my uterus spontaneously sprout a foetus in order to join in the party. I’m very happy for all of them, as they all appear to be very happy about […]
The United States has what may well be one of the most bizarre cultures surrounding pregnancy, labour, and delivery in the world. Though having children is not on my agenda (so much so that I went to considerable lengths to rule it out as a possibility), I follow this among other health care issues out […]
The war on reproductive rights is a complicated and seemingly endless one; just when I think I know what’s coming next, some clever legislator comes up with a new way to attack the rights of people with the capacity to carry children. Since the vast majority of those who meet that qualification are cis women, […]
News broke in Ireland over the summer that an immigrant woman who had previously been denied an abortion was subjected to a forced Cesarean section at just 26 weeks after her pregnancy became unstable as a result of a hunger strike. The case, and the anonymous patient, have revived the fiery debate over abortion rights in Ireland, but it also […]
Miscarriages occupy a deeply strange role in pop culture, appearing primarily as plot devices rather than actual life events for the characters. The events surrounding a miscarriage seem to be less about the experience of the formerly pregnant character than the convenience, and the reactions, of the people around that character—who is almost always depicted […]
Here’s a thing about the right that puzzles me, and it’s something I have written about before: many conservatives claim to be deeply concerned about ‘the children,’ yet they actively work against their welfare on a regular basis. Most are specifically interested in foetuses, creating a sort of fetish for them that I find deeply […]
A number of cities across the United States in recent years have cracked down on condoms. Their logic is that anyone caught carrying a large number of condoms must be a sex worker, and sex work is illegal, so not allowing people to carry large numbers of condoms will eradicate sex work. Apparently they believe […]