When Britney Spears announced that she was forced to use long-term birth control in the form of an IUD and […]
The Case for Full Bodily Autonomy in Adolescent Reproductive Health Care
Are adolescents mature enough to make their own decisions when it comes to their medical care? If so, should those […]
Liberal Christians in the Making of Sex Education
In the 1960s conservative Christian leaders like Billy James Hargis and his “Christian Crusade” defined the culture wars over sex […]
You’ve Never Seen the Opioid Crisis Like This Before: A Review of Empire of Pain
It’s hard to keep up with the ever-growing body of literature on the opioid crisis, which has killed nearly as […]
Reproductive Designs and the Stories Behind Them: A Review of Designing Motherhood
Today almost all IUDs (intrauterine devices) look like the letter “T,” with arms that slightly droop and a string that […]
Echo Chambers
Anthony Antonio has been charged with five crimes related to his participation in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, including violent […]
The Handmaids of Surgery: The Role of Nurse Anesthetists
Imagine the horror of waking up in the middle of your surgery – or worse, never being asleep at all. […]
Abortion Out West: An Interview with Alicia Gutierrez-Romine
Published in 2020 by the University of Nebraska Press, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine’s From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in […]
Diseases of Body and Soul: A Review of Philippa Koch’s The Course of God’s Providence
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but it takes a long time to write a book. It takes so long, […]
Screaming Over the Rubble: The Shifting Role of the Family in American Disaster Victim Identification
When the South Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, collapsed in the early hours of June 24, I shuddered to think […]
