
Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Jaffe is an independent journalist and the co-host of Dissent magazine’s Belabored podcast. You can find her work at adifferentclass.com and follow her on Twitter at @sarahljaffe.
Sarah Jaffe is an independent journalist and the co-host of Dissent magazine’s Belabored podcast. You can find her work at adifferentclass.com and follow her on Twitter at @sarahljaffe.
Abortion rights foes in Ireland failed to implement a range of provisions that have been pushed by anti-choice legislators across the United States.
Ireland voted in a landslide to support abortion rights. But making abortion care available will take much more.
Ireland's abortion ban "was a disaster for women’s rights, it was a disaster for the education of Irish children, but it really infected every aspect of Irish society and we are still undoing the legacy of this.”
Irish women are having abortions, but having to go through an arduous and expensive process of travel in order to do so. A referendum on May 25 may change that.
“People’s anger and animus really built over the idea that [Cuomo] continued to try to make these progressive claims while, every step of the way, he undermined progressive issues across the state."
In the wake of the recent announcement that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is creating an entirely new party devoted to “women's equality,” some women's rights supporters have wondered if the move is truly evidence of his dedication to their cause.
In the days since I heard about Elliot Rodger's violent spree, I've thought a lot about the meme “not all men”—how telling ourselves that is a requirement for continuing to exist and work in a world that increasingly requires our interactions be public, observable.
In the year since Sandy hit, reproductive heath care and care for other specific, marginalized populations, has been affected in many communities.
The storm ripped the roof off the Rockaways area of New York City, literally and figuratively, and shone a light on how woefully under-resourced the community was, and is.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn gave in to relentless pressure from unions, community groups, and the Working Families Party and agreed to pass a bill that will ensure that almost no New Yorker can be fired for taking a day off due to illness.
Christine Quinn's silence was notable because she is widely perceived to be the only obstacle standing between the bill and its passage.
New York's city council has a bill that would require paid sick days for more than 1.2 million workers. Research shows it's an economic no-brainer. But the bill's been stalled for more than 1,000 days, even as a natural disaster and flu epidemic hit the city.
In his State of the State speech in January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made passing the Women's Equality Act a centerpiece of his agenda for this year, including legislation protecting women's rights to safe abortion care. But his political allegiances make the fate of the bill unclear. Does he really support it, or is he trying to play both ends?
Ask him why funding NASCAR is more important than funding Planned Parenthood.
Meet Jerry Costello. He loves fetuses! More than women, apparently, since he's a cosponsor of both the formerly-rape-redefining H.R. 3 and the currently let-women-die H.R. 358.
Meet Daniel Lipinski! He represents the 3rd Congressional district in Illinois, and has since 2005. He was preceded in that seat by...Bill Lipinski. Yes, that's his dad. Yay, nepotism!
Peterson voted against Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal and supported the Federal Marriage Amendment. He was one of the original 19 who threatened to tank health care reform over abortion, as well as part of the crew that helped kill the public option
Dan Boren not only voted to strip you of your reproductive rights, he also voted AGAINST the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. That's right, ladies, he wants to tell you what you can do with your bodies and how much your work is worth.
Ross voted against healthcare reform, voted to repeal healthcare reform, and with his vote to defund Planned Parenthood, has made his standing on health care pretty clear.
The Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on Responsible Fatherhood thinks you shouldn't have access to health care, and you certainly shouldn't be able to have an abortion.
If jobs, the deficit, and education are the top priorities for Blue Dogs like Donnelly, why are they supporting a radical anti-choice agenda to deprive pregnant people of access to health care?
Ten Democrats are cosponsors of H.R.3, even with language redefining rape. Four of them apparently don’t care if pregnant women die. Sarah Jaffe takes a closer look at all. Number 2 is Mark Critz.
Ten Democrats cosponsored H.R.3, even with language redefining rape; four of those ten also apparently don’t care if pregnant women die. Sarah Jaffe takes a closer look at all ten, starting with Rep. Heath Shuler.