Parental Rights
Parental Rights at Kids’ Expense The parental rights movement is making a comeback. “Parental” might imply that kids’ needs are at the center. But as Jaclyn Friedman writes, the last thing these so-called parental advocates want is for kids to…
The Business of Birth Control Film Screening
Sixty years after the pill revolutionized women's emancipation, The Business of Birth Control examines the complex relationship between hormonal birth control and women’s health and liberation. The documentary traces the feminist movement to investigate and expose the pill's risks alongside the racist legacy…
Woodhull Statement on Roe, Human Rights, and Sexual Freedom
On Monday Night, May 2, 2022, Politico published a leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s majority decision in Dobbs v. Jackson. In the draft, Justice Alito writes the majority opinion that overturns Roe v. Wade. In this poorly argued decision,…
The Right to Gender Affirming Care
On Friday, March 25, after UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center shut down the Genecis clinic in Dallas, Texas, 850 signatories submitted a letter urging for it to remain open. Their letter is part of a larger outcry: hundreds of…
Sexual Health Education’s Impact on the Human Rights of Marginalized and Underserved Youths
This presentation examines the impact of the evidence-based Adolescent Sexual Health Education and Research (ASHER) program along with the "Choosing Myself" curriculum within the context of human rights and sexual freedom. Rather than a sexual health intervention program, the curriculum centers on…