Who gets to celebrate independence today?
I am not celebrating my country's independence today. The history of the United States horrifies me. The atrocities committed by ‘the greatest nation in the world,’ even before it was…
50 Years
After Friday’s Supreme Court ruling was released, I kept hearing the number 50. 50 years of legal precedent had been undone; a Constitutional right that we had for 50 years…
Girls and Women Matter, Especially During a Pandemic
I haven’t written a blog post about women’s issues since February, because, well, Covid. During a worldwide health crisis, other issues tend to take a back seat. To date, millions…
Violence Against Women Doesn’t Stop When the Government Shuts Down
~24 people per minute are victims of intimate violence—more than 12 million people per year~ The fact that the Violence Against Women Act expired when the government shut down…
Don’t Let Doctors Dismiss You
It has happened to me three times prior to this most recent incident—three times that I vividly remember. I imagine there have been other incidents over the years.…
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Colorado Senators Kill National Award Winning Family Planning Program
Anyone who knows me is well aware that one of the easiest ways to make me angry is to politicize women’s health care. And the Colorado Senate State, Veterans and…