“The medical industry is always trying to preserve women’s ovaries to have a baby,” lamented Erin Barnett, a woman with […]
The Mifepristone Case Hinges on Whether or not Pregnancy Should be Considered an “Illness” – What Can We Learn When We Look for Medical Precedent?
In November 2022, a group of physicians filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) seeking to revoke […]
Singing and Dancing Fetuses: Art, Life, and Abortion at “The Appointment”
My earliest days in healthcare were at abortion clinics. First as a counselor and then as a nurse, I cared […]
Looking Back to Look Forward: Learning from the Boston Women’s Health Center in a Post-Dobbs World
On Friday, June 24th, 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A contested court case that faced […]
Pennyroyal, Mifepristone, and the Long History of Medication Abortions
Around midnight on September 16, 1866, Dr. W. A. Wilcox of Saint Louis, Missouri, was called to the home of […]
Law, Medicine, Women’s Authority, and the History of Troubled Births: Review of Proving Pregnancy
With Roe v Wade upended, the balance of power and authority among lawmakers, medical practitioners, and pregnant and birthing people […]
The Season of NICU
We spent all of winter in the NICU. When I was 25 weeks pregnant, I went into preterm labor and […]
Pregnancy Test: An Interview with Karen Weingarten
Karen Weingarten is a regular contributor to Nursing Clio and Associate Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY. She has […]
No Real Choice: How Culture and Politics Matter For Reproductive Autonomy by Katrina Kimport
In the United States, the “right to choose” an abortion is the law of the land. But what if a […]
Empathy in the Archive: Care and Disdain for Wet Nursing Mothers
Before the advent of infant formula and the regulation of the dairy industry, babies who were not breastfed faced mortal […]
