Natural Childbirth is Medicated Childbirth
An article in the Times has finally gotten me to write on a subject that has bugged me for a long time: our sexist denial of the pain of childbirth. The Times reports that some…
My cousin got married!
My first cousin Ira got married last week. So why post it here? Because his marriage would not be legal in Pennsylvania. And it may not be legal in California soon. I don’t generally cry…
Catholic and Jewish Theology and Plan B
A lot of the opposition to emergency contraception (EC), also known as Plan B–which is being debated now in the PA House of Representatives–comes from the Catholic Church and other religious opponents of abortion. Because…
Fight for EC / plan
Sometime this week—perhaps as early as tomorrow, although I don’t know for sure—the PA House of Representatives will take up once again HB 288, Daylin Leach’s bill to require hospitals to inform all rape victims…