abortion
California Launches Website to Help Those Seeking Abortions
By Heather Allen A new website is now available for anyone who is seeking reproductive care in California, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. The new abortion resource website, abortion.ca.gov, provides information regarding privacy rights, abortion steps, types of abortion, how to find emotional or financial support and where to find
Oakland is First City in CA to Declare Itself Sanctuary City for Abortion
By Keith Burbank and Katy St. Clair The Oakland City Council has unanimously passed a resolution to make Oakland a sanctuary city for women seeking abortions, Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan announced on Tuesday evening. The resolution is in response to the potential that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
Why We Need To Restructure The Supreme Court
Written by: Habibi Bridges and Abraham Woodliff Are we seriously doing this again? On what would be the largest setback in gender rights in decades, a leak via Politico on Monday revealed the Supreme Court’s draft decision overturning Roe v Wade, a landmark decision on gender and reproductive rights handed
The Cruel Sickness of How Texas Just Outlawed Almost All Abortions
At the stroke of midnight last night, almost all forms of abortion in Texas just became illegal. The second largest state in the nation just outlawed abortion — even in the case of rape or incest — at any point after six weeks of pregnancy. Most women do not even know
Planned Parenthood Opens New Flagship Facility in San Francisco
A new 12,000-square-foot flagship Planned Parenthood facility opened its doors in San Francisco Tuesday, and all made possible by donation funding. The new location at 1522 Bush Street is expected to serve upwards of 13,000 patients each year for a wide range of care with its four surgical suites, eight
Jesus Never Said Anything About Abortion
Abortion was common during Jesus’s life, and he had nothing to say about it.
Abortion was common when the U.S. Constitution was written, and the founders had nothing to say about it, except for the adoption of British common law, which allowed it up to the sixth month of pregnancy, and abortions after that were considered a misdemeanor, though rarely enforced.
Full Disclosure: Christianity Ruined My Sex Life
When I tell people who I used to be, they don’t believe me. And not just because I used to be black. It’s because I was withdrawn, lacking in all things self-esteem, clad in Matrix gear (complete with trenchcoat), and emphatically Christian. People who knew me then hardly recognize me