Amie Newman

Amie Newman is a communications officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Amie’s professional advocacy for women started at the Northwest Women’s Law Center (now Legal Voice) and continued at Aradia Women’s Health Center where, for seven years, she directed the feminist women’s health center’s communications and outreach activities. Amie was also the Submissions Editor for the amazing publication Our Truths/Nuestras Verdades and a former editor of Rewire. Amie lives in Seattle with her family: her designer/musician husband, two beautiful and crazy children, two dogs, two chickens and a pair of fire-bellied toads.

When Getting Baked Means More than Just a Bun in the Oven

Amie Newman

The majority of pregnant women will experience some nausea or vomiting. For a some the extreme, nausea and vomiting is unrelenting. For an unlikely few, that condition becomes extreme - requiring an IV and treatment to ward off potential malnutrition.  Some women turn to marijuana for relief - and evidence shows it works. But can we have a "real" conversation in this country about the risks vs. benefits of illegal drug use during pregnancy?

Afternoon Roundup: CNN Asks “Is She A Hero Or A Danger?”

Amie Newman

A woman births her fourth child at home, against the wishes of her doctor, after having had three prior c-sections and being told she'd need to have another; The ACLU urges the superintendent of the California school district where a young teen committed suicide from anti-gay bullying, to do something about it; and reproductive justice advocates in Minnesota fear they are in for a rough haul this upcoming legislative session.

Am I Pregnant?

Amie Newman

If you're worried, check out Planned Parenthood's newest online tool - a widget designed to help you figure out if you're pregnant, what options are available and how to access those options.

Catholic Bishop Castigates and Threatens Hospital that Saved Woman’s Life

Amie Newman

In November 2009, a young mother of four was given a life saving, emergency abortion from doctors at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Bishop Thomas Olmstead of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix called it "immoral" and is now threatening the hospital president in an effort to make sure they never save a pregnant woman's life again.