Women's Health Journal articles

Recent articles from Women's Health Journal

You can be a feminist and be against abortion ... but you are wrong! Frances Kissling.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Frances Kissling, the founder of the United States organization Catholics for a Free Choice, has long been a committed champion of women's right to access safe, legal abortion. Her prodigious efforts have drawn special attention to the fact that Catholic women can make the personal decision...

To promote the decriminalization of abortion, we must draw on our skills and expertise: Marta Lamas.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... GIRE, the Grupo de Informacion en Reproduccion Elegida (Reproductive Choice Information Group) is a touchstone in Mexico and throughout the region on issues of sexual and reproductive rights and above all on abortion. The active participation of GIRE in the women's movement has been of vital...

Abortion in Chile: contributions to the debate from women's perspective.
October 1, 2008... This article was originally presented at the debate forum, Legalizacion del Aborto en Chile, No Abortemos el Debate (On the Legalization of Abortion in Chile, Let's Not Abort the Debate), organized by Corporacion Humanas and the Foro Red de Salud y Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (Forum...

Catholic by baptism, feminist by choice.
October 1, 2008... The author is the president of Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir-Chile (Catholics for the Right to Decide, Chile), a member organization of the Red Latinoamericana de Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Latin American Network of Catholics for the Right to Decide). "We are Catholic women by...

Abortion for health-related reasons: an urgently needed debate.
October 1, 2008... The authors belong to the PROGENERO research team at the Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, which undertook the 2007 study on reinstating abortion in Chile for reasons related to the woman's health. The research was carried out with a contribution from a fund administered by the...