Tag Archives: Abortion

A House Member’s Scarlet Letter

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) recently wore a scarlet letter to work. We explore why.

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Soames: Sacrifice Mother, Not Baby

Soames Forsyte, who sees his wife as property, would rather sacrifice his wife than abort his baby–suggesting that right to life may be more about right to property.

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The Underground Railway Returns

In Coates’s “Water Dancer,” we see the necessity of a reliable underground railway. We will need the same for red state women seeking abortions.

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Dr. Frankenstein, Birth Enforcer

Shelley’s “Frankenstein” understands issues that have arisen around the abortion debate.

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Handmaid’s Tale Comes a Step Closer

We’re a step closer to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” But can find strength from “A Wrinkle in Time.”

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A Texas Pol Attacks Cider House Rules

A Texas legislator wants to ban “Cider House Rules,” which has a sensitive exploration of abortion. This is no surprise.

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On Grendel, a Boston Bar, and a Texas Law

A case involving a Boston bar (Grendel’s Den) may be invoked in legal challenges to the new Texas abortion ban. What would Beowulf do?

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Alabama Returning Women to Doll’s House

Friday I’m missing much of the news as I travel across country but managed to hear about Alabama threatening doctors who perform abortions with 99-year prison sentences. Here’s a post I wrote four years ago about how state legislatures are infantilizing women. I managed some optimism then but, with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh now on the […]

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Fundamentalists Send Readers to Atwood

Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” is topping bestseller lists at the moment. The reason is probably because of the GOP’s prospect of success in curbing reproductive freedom.

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