life | Rehumanize 3/6

May 13, 20223 min read

Justice for the Five: The Tales of Death and Disability

by Kristina Artuković — A month ago, when the images of five late-term babies aborted in the Washington Surgi-Clinic were published,...

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May 9, 20224 min read

My pregnancy was terminated at 29 weeks, but I didn’t have an abortion

by Lauren Pope — My first pregnancy was terminated at 29 weeks, but I didn’t have an abortion. Because of a preterm, premature rupture...

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Apr 26, 20224 min read

“You’re Not Alone”: The Work of Florida’s JMJ Pregnancy Center

by John Whitehead — Florida recently adopted a new law on “Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality” that, among other measures, bans many...

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Apr 6, 20229 min read

Lauren Handy, PAAU, and the Fetal Remains

A statement from Herb Geraghty, Executive Director of Rehumanize International — Last week, news rocked the nation about police...

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Mar 12, 20224 min read

No Choice in Europe Except to Be Pro-Choice?

by Kristina Artuković — The beginning of 2022 marked the start of the six-month French presidency of the Council of the European Union....

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Feb 21, 20223 min read

Pitt Fetal Tissue Research: Report Leaves Unanswered Questions

by Judith Evans — The images were horrifying: human infant hairs growing out of rodents’ backs in a University of Pittsburgh laboratory....

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Jan 18, 20223 min read

Vulnerable Canadians Deserve Better Care, Not Death

by Katherine Noble — Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program is one of the largest state-sanctioned euthanization programs....

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Jan 15, 20222 min read

It's Time to Abolish the Death Penalty

by Judith Evans — “Let’s do it.” Those were the last words spoken by Gary Gilmore, moments before his execution by a Utah firing squad on...

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Jan 12, 20223 min read

George Stinney Fund Will Provide Reparations for the Families of Those Wrongfully Executed in South

by Sophie Trist — On June 16, 1944, fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person to be legally executed in the United...

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Jan 6, 20224 min read

Keep Ableism Out of Your Conversations about Prenatal Testing

by Sophie Trist — The New York Times rang in the new year by releasing its findings that many popular prenatal genetic tests are...

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Dec 25, 20218 min read

On (Ine)Quality of Life

by Kristina Artuković — People with a health condition, chronic illness or disability — even people like me, who have a child with a...

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Dec 16, 20213 min read

Assisted Suicide Capsule Receives Legal Clearance in Switzerland

by Judith Evans — Swiss advocates of assisted suicide are hailing a new invention: a 3-D printed suicide capsule known as “Sarco” — short...

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Nov 19, 20213 min read

Trans Day of Remembrance 2021

by Stephanie Hauer — Chyna Carrillo was just two weeks away from her twenty-fifth birthday in early March of this year. She was certified...

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Nov 18, 20214 min read

ARRESTED for Speaking Out Against Unethical Fetal Tissue Research in California

a photo of Herb Geraghty being handcuffed by two police officers outside of Zuckerberg General Hospital in San Francisco

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Nov 9, 20213 min read

Harmful Assisted Suicide Bill Progresses to Committee Stage After Fierce Debate in UK House of Lords

by Sophie Trist — This recent Halloween season has been an unusually scary one. There’s not much scarier for disabled and chronically ill...

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Nov 6, 20213 min read

Paid Maternity Leave: Popular and Feasible!

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Paid maternity leave is a popular idea. A Pew study found that 82% of Americans support mandatory paid leave...

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Nov 3, 20213 min read

Maternity Leave: Is It That Big of a Deal?

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Lately, my crusade for maternity leave at work has felt like a logic puzzle that no one will explain the...

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Oct 30, 20212 min read

Towards a New Definition of Freedom for Women: The Pro-Life Arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson

by Rana Irby — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on December 1 in Dobbs v. Jackson, the case dealing with Mississippi’s ban on...

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Oct 22, 20213 min read

The United States of No Maternity Leave

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — A few years ago, I realized that I’ve long held two conflicting typically conservative beliefs: America is...

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Oct 15, 20212 min read

Maternity Leave: An Introduction

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Last fall, I took a class called “Writing for Social Change.” Our class focused on writing for a Baltimore...

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