At the Women Ignited Now (WIN) rally When my friend Ann called me a few weeks ago to invite me to speak at a rally for women’s reproductive rights, I was a little conflicted about whether I wanted to get any more public with my story. But after a series of...
The seed of an idea In August of this year, Todd Akin, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, made public comments about “legitimate rape” and how a woman’s body “has ways of shutting down” to prevent pregnancy. I found his remarks ignorant and...