Feministing Holds Pro-Voice Space Online

With the caveat “If you’re against abortion or you are easily grossed out by talk of graphic surgical procedures, don’t read,” mayfly on Feministing shares her personal story with abortion: I Had an Abortion (And I don’t regret it).
Here is most of it:

I had an abortion last month. It was probably [...]

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The Science of Support: Why We Need Research that Promotes Well-Being After an Abortion

The National Institutes of Health is hosting a series of regional meetings across the nation to gather input and ideas from scientists and communities about their research priorities to promote women’s health. The University of California, San Francisco, is hosting one of these meetings next week, during its conference: Moving Into the Future – [...]

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Dare I Say It: President Obama Models a Pro-Voice Approach (almost)

Not to be outdone by Miss California USA, President Obama takes on the contentious cultural war around abortion and reminds us that respect for each other is paramount. His commencement speech at Notre Dame reminds us to “open our hearts and our minds to those who may not think precisely like we do [...]

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Miss California USA Models Pro-Voice Approach

That’s right. Pro-Voice isn’t just about abortion. I believe in PRO-VOICE FOR ALL.
After all, at its core, pro-voice is about support and respect over difference and for each person’s unique human experience. It is about humanizing contentious political issues. It is about community-based grassroots approaches to social change which [...]

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Ayelet Waldman Models a Pro-Voice Approach

Ayelet Waldman, noted author of Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace; Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (I went to her reading when it came out and got a chance to celebrate with Ayelet and friends afterward); Daughter’s Keeper; and the Mommy-Track Mysteries, has had two abortions. [...]

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Pro-Choice Or Pro-Voice (Or Both)? | RHRealityCheck.org

Amanda Marcotte from RH Reality Check invited me to join her in a recorded debate/conversation about the differences and similarities between pro-choice and pro-voice. A staunch pro-choice advocate, Amanda questioned the pro-voice approach earlier this year, in an article on RHRC. While Amanda and I do not always see eye-to-eye, we both believe [...]

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Out Of Office Reply: Enjoying Sun, Sand

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Fundraising Day 2009: Adventures in New Media!

We had a very, very packed room at our workshop “Adventures in New Media” at Fundraising Day today. People standing in the back, sitting on the floor and lots of really great questions about how you measure the impact of social media strategies on fundraising. I learned a lot from the panelists, Jennifer [...]

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Adventures in New Media at Fundraising Day 2009

I am stoked for tomorrow! I will be moderating a panel called “Lessons Learned: Adventures in New Media” tomorrow at AFP’s Golden Gate Chapters day-long conference called Fundraising Day. I have been involved, on and off, with this conference for many years and this year was a member of the Program Committee. [...]

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In Case You Missed It: Me on NPR’s Talk of the Nation

I had a great conversation today with a potential publicist and realized that I never posted my appearance on Talk of the Nation on NPR (January 22, 2008) on my blog. So here goes.

Please listen to the show. We invited women who have had abortions to call in and share their [...]

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