by Laura | Oct 31, 2019 | Childfree Lifestyles, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I sure remember loving Halloween when I was a kid. I loved figuring out my costume and carving a scary pumpkin.I had no clue of the roots of this holiday, and I bet that’s the case for most kids today. Of course I loved being able to run around the neighborhood...
by Laura | Jun 13, 2019 | Social-Cultural Issues
Continuing from Part I, “How Forced Birth Laws Reflect One Belief about When Human Life Begins,” we need to talk more – and loudly – about the nightmarish costs that will come as a result of these laws. Looking to Romania We can look to Romania for...
by Laura | Jun 7, 2019 | Social-Cultural Issues
This is Part I of II on discussion of issues behind and impacts of forced birth laws: With the recent wave of anti-abortion laws in America as a clear attempt of anti-abortion proponents to reverse Roe v. Wade, kudos to the public radio program, Here & Now, for...
by Laura | Jun 1, 2019 | Childfree-Related Political issues, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Rebecca Traister’s recent piece on The Cut, “Our Fury Over Abortion Was Dismissed for Decades As Hysterical,” hits hard and directly as what we must do to fight for our reproductive rights in this time of aggressive abortion ban attempts, which ultimately seek to...
by Laura | May 11, 2019 | Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Pronatalism
As Mother’s Day rolls around each year, I find myself of mixed minds. Don’t get me wrong; even more since she passed in late 2017, I love my mother and would celebrate her and how she raised my brother and me any day of the week. But as a childfree person, I...
