Category: Reproductive Rights

Anti-Choice Groups Use Smartphone Surveillance to Target 'Abortion-Minded Women' During Clinic Visits

https://rewire.news/article/2016/05/25/anti-choice-groups-deploy-smartphone-surveillance-target-abortion-minded-women-clinic-visits/

Pregnancy and redundancy: How discrimination laws fail new mothers

http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/top-stories/item/7058-pregnancy-and-redundancy-how-discrimination-laws-fail-new-mothers

Rising childcare costs: Let's stop subtracting it from women's salaries

http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/editors-agenda/item/7047-rising-childcare-costs-let-s-stop-subtracting-it-from-women-s-salaries

Me-ternity is insulting and detrimental to new mothers.

http://www.mamamia.com.au/me-ternity-leave-is-insulting-and-detrimental/?

Maternity leave and the problem with returning to work

http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/opinions/item/7031-maternity-leave-and-the-problem-with-returning-to-work

Children's brains "light up" at sound of mom's voice

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/childrens-brains-light-up-at-sound-of-moms-voice/

Study Shows How Abstinence Pledges Increase Risk of Pregnancy and STDs

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/the-unintended-consequences-of-purity-pledges/481059/

Big business increasingly courting Facebook mums groups

http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/big-business-increasingly-courting-facebook-mums-groups-20160421-gobn2r.html

"I want all the perks of maternity leave – without having any kids."

Another example of the media pitting women against each other. A universal basic income would resolve this conflict and give everyone more choice.
http://www.mamamia.com.au/meternity-leave/?utm_source=Mamamia.com.au

Woman pumping breast milk on flight tells Jetstar to 'retrain staff'

http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/woman-pumping-breast-milk-on-flight-tells-jetstar-to-retrain-staff-20160425-goe9im.html