Wyoming defeated a fetal heartbeat bill in our House of Representative on Monday evening. My reward for speaking out at the committee hearing was being identified by my first name and place of employment in the statewide newspaper as a woman who had an abortion. I’m glad the bill failed, not so thrilled by the [...]

I currently use NFP plus condoms, for a combination of reasons. I was on the pill for several years, but I did not enjoy the way that it made me feel. I had the Mirena IUD for 2, but it caused horrific abdominal pain (at one point I was sitting on the floor of the [...]

Slut Walks are happening all over the world. As far as I know, you don’t have to do anything special to start one. The club that I’m in held one on our campus last week after the dialogue about sexual assault got way into victim blaming territory. We just arranged for somebody to speak, got [...]

I’m glad that action is being taken at this point, but it just feels like so little so late. It makes me so angry to know that those monsters were able to live normal, happy lives after committing such a brutal crime.

This really chills my bones. The victim appears to understand the law better than this attorney who should be upholding it. It makes me so sad to know that even in this day and age it’s ok to rape “those kinds of girls.” The last time I checked saying no to sex meant that you [...]

Jessica, that is not true. In fact, the RCC considers pulling out wrong. The Catholic Church approves of what they call Natural Family Planning, and what secular sources call the Fertility Awareness Method, which is a legitimate and effective method when people are well informed about how to use it. While the ideal situation is [...]

This is a serious issue, and I’m continually frustrated by the Catholic Church’s unwillingness to accept the reality that contraception and condoms save lives. However, I do feel that it is important to understand that Fertility Awareness, the only method of birth control that the church approves, is NOT the same as the rhythm method. [...]