Period. The end of a sentence, an era of hell for anyone with a uterus. According to Health Central, a “woman spends 3,000 days of her life menstruating,” which is approximately eight or so years. A period occurs once a month for around five to seven days, depending on the […]
Tag: Reproductive Rights
People of all ages deserve their reproductive rights protected
Photo courtesy of Coalition, Unsplash. In this gubernatorial election cycle, Democratic candidate Gov. Phil Murphy and his Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli have had two debates, both of which focused on contentious state and federal issues. Salient amongst others, however, is the nominees’ takes on reproductive rights. The topic was nearly unavoidable […]
Scotland is the first country to address “period poverty”
Photo courtesy of Marco Verch, Flickr Scotland has recently passed legislation to make all period products free, and it’s about time someone led the way. Their bill to create free access to menstrual products hopes to address what they call “period poverty,” or the inability to afford suitable menstrual products. Like […]
Senate panel approves Justice nomination for Barrett
Photo courtesy of Ted Eytan, Flickr The Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing of Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 15 proved stunning, to say the least. Almost every question directed to her was met with a short and abrupt response that did not express her viewpoint on matters in the slightest. Barrett […]
Barrett’s confirmation elicits contentious dialogue
Photo courtesy of Victoria Pickering, Flickr Republicans have succeeded in appointing Amy Coney Barrett as the ninth justice of the United States Supreme Court. She was sworn in the White House by Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday night. The event was marked with social distancing guidelines and encouragement to wear […]