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Computers, Bugs and Paid Leave

Ever since I was a young girl I dreamed of having a career. I also dreamed of being a mom. Nowhere in my visions did...[Read More]

16 Sep
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Title X, Planned Parenthood & NC: Explained

Over the past week, articles about Title X, Planned Parenthood and the Trump Administration have been all over the news. If you’ve read any of...[Read More]

6 Sep
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Call for Paid Leave and Workplace Stories for September and October of 2019

Diverse women’s voices matter, but often we find ourselves absent from the table where our perspectives could make the most difference. Women are not a...[Read More]

16 Aug
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Why My Cells Matter

Buried amidst candidate town halls, presidential tweets, and memorials to the 75th anniversary of D Day in early June, the Trump Administration began a campaign...[Read More]

12 Aug
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Life of the Mother

April 11, 2015 was my daughter’s fifth birthday party. In the pictures from that day, I am wearing a knee-length fluttery skirt and an aqua...[Read More]

5 Aug
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Abortion Bans Threaten Public Health

The “Never Again” coat-hanger posters often seen at pro-choice demonstrations are at once evocative and cautionary. They conjure up images of gruesome back-alley abortions of...[Read More]

26 Jul
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Tricking Women at “Fake” Abortion Clinics is Wrong

The number of abortion clinics in the U.S. has been dwindling for quite some time, but the recent wave of anti-abortion state legislation sweeping the...[Read More]

12 Jul
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Reproductive Justice Includes Sexual Health

I never had an abortion, although those services have always been legally available to me. With two miscarriages behind me, by the time I got...[Read More]

10 Jul
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Why Does Our Health Still Depend on Politics?

The recently released Status of Women in North Carolina: Health & Wellness Report (the second in a series of four publications) gave us good and...[Read More]

28 Jun
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Love Wins

This week, I hit the two-month mark before my August nuptials. In the midst of seating arrangements, song selections and vow writing, an email came...[Read More]

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