No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power

by Laura | Aug 20, 2012

First, the caveat: I love Gloria Feldt.  I met her one year when I spoke at a Planned Parenthood conference, when she was President of the organization. She is a powerhouse when it comes to the fight for women’s reproductive rights. Her previous book, The War on...

The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America

by Laura | Dec 25, 2011

This book is a revised and updated version of historian Linda Gordon’s 1976 classic Woman’s Body, Woman’s Right. The new work is a comprehensive history of birth control and reproductive rights in the U.S. Gordon’s works from the premise that...

The Real Reason for the Attempt to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding

by Laura | Mar 26, 2011 | Childfree-Related Political issues

The House recently debated an amendment that would severely impact family planning our country. It would cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. But the bill would do more than this–it would kill “Title X” … …a 1970 law that provides...

The War on Choice

by Laura | Feb 2, 2011

Written when author Gloria Feldt  was President of Planned Parenthood, this book is a stirring political call to arms for women to defend their eroding reproductive rights. Feldt incisively chronicles the tactics of anti-choice activists—such as their coining of terms...

The Means of Reproduction

by Laura | Feb 2, 2011

“Women’s intimate lives,” author Michelle Goldberg writes, “have become inextricably tied to global forces.” Her book provides a much-needed global perspective on women’s struggle for self-determination, and on the complex ties...