Centering Sexual Freedom on Human Rights Day
Happy Human Rights Day! Today marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , a document that identified the inalienable rights to which everyone is inherently entitled as a human being -- regardless of race, religion, sex, language,…
Abortion is a Human Right
The "Global Gag Rule" turns back the clock on human rights world-wide. Abortion as a human right has been affirmed by the United Nations since 2005. And, in direct violation of this fundamental human right, President Donald Trump reinstated and…
Why Planned Parenthood’s Funding is a Human Rights Issue
In a recent blog post, I talked about some ways to be an advocate for human rights. The overarching theme of these tips was to educate yourself in order to educate others. To keep up with that theme and our…
Abortion Drones Use Innovation for Justice
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of human rights. The decisions to uphold the Affordable Care Act as well as the ruling in favor of marriage equality are both steps in the direction of justice. In the midst of these…
‘God Loves Women Who Have Abortions’: The Religious Abortion Advocates That History Forgot
The year was 1967, and too many women were dying. The New York legislature had just failed to pass an incremental reform to the state’s strict anti-abortion law, leaving the status quo in place. At that time, deaths resulting from…
Human Rights Cup: Corporations=1, Human Beings=0
In a stunning (but not unexpected) decision, the anti-human rights, anti-sexual freedom Supreme Court of the United States affirmed sexual freedom for corporations and denied it to human beings. Not good. Very, very bad. The decision is not out of…
Details of your sex life, $10.00 in Florida!
In an article in the Sun Sentinel reporter Brittany Wallman share the details of a survey about the sex lives of 4100 women ages 18 to 24 being conducted of Florida's Department of Health. The 12-page questionnaire appalled some who saw it,…
Why the Women’s Rights Movement Must Listen to Sex Workers
Editor's Note: In 2008 the US Government gave Malaysia the lowest rating in its annual Trafficking In Persons Report. Rather than address the real labour trafficking issues, the government set out to close down the sex industry. Now nearly all…