Texas Bill’s Proposed Pleasure Ban
It might be unsurprising, but that doesn’t make it any less shocking: Republicans in Texas have introduced H.B. 1549, a bill that would restrict sales of pleasure products at “big-box” stores and other non-adult retailers. The bill carries significant penalties…
Erotic Electrons: Challenging Censorship in the Sex Tech Era
This month, we will explore the intersection of sex technology, human rights, and online censorship. Sextech business's struggles are similar to struggles faced by advocates, researchers, and educators in the broader field of sexual rights. Individuals in sextech are navigating…
Texas’ H.B. 991: An Unconscionable Attack on Abortion Rights and Free Speech
Texas’s new bill H.B. 991, known as the Women and Child Safety Act, has little to do with protecting women or children. Rather, under the guise of concern for people’s wellbeing, H.B. 911 attacks Texans’ most fundamental human rights to…
The Popularity of Abortion Rights Ballot Measures
Earlier this month, Donald J. Trump won the presidential election. But so did seven ballot measures protecting abortion rights in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York. (Florida’s measure nearly scraped by, winning a whopping 57 percent of…
Conservatives Attack Mifepristone, Yet Again
Surprise, surprise. Yet again, conservatives are attacking mifepristone. But this time, they’re floating a new, outrageous legal theory against medication abortion. The theory? Attorneys general from Kansas, Missouri, and Idaho posit that the decreased births from abortion pills cause potential…
The False Promise of Florida’s Fatal Fetal Anomaly Abortion Ban “Exception”
Florida limits abortions after six weeks, with a notable exception: pregnancies with fetal anomalies that could prove fatal to the fetus. But in the draconian state of abortion access, it comes as no surprise that this exception brings little to…