Maya Dusenbery

Maya is the communications assistant at NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute for Reproductive Health. She likes to blog occasionally and can be found on Twitter.

I’m Rooting for An Abortion This Friday Night

Maya Dusenbery

There’s sure to be an exciting football game in this week’s episode of Friday Night Lights, but it’s the outcome of Becky’s pregnancy, not the game, that I’ll be interested in tonight. And I'll be rooting for an abortion.

Trusting Women and Their Own Experiences

Maya Dusenbery

To me, trusting women means working for a world in which not only a woman's decision about whether to continue a pregnancy but also the meaning she ascribes to that choice are entirely hers alone--free of barriers and judgment.

From Another Young Woman: The Reproductive Rights Movement Must Look Forward, Not Backward

Maya Dusenbery

To keep attracting young people to the movement, relying on the fear of a return to a harrowing past isn't enough. And it minimizes the essential work that is yet to be done in order to achieve true reproductive justice.

Speaking of Abortion

Maya Dusenbery

I really believe that no matter how many legal battles are won, until we can talk about our experiences with abortion, it will remain stigmatized, inaccessible to many women, and constantly under threat.

Maya Dusenbery

I’m Rooting for An Abortion This Friday Night

Trusting Women and Their Own Experiences

From Another Young Woman: The Reproductive Rights Movement Must Look Forward, Not Backward

Speaking of Abortion

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