Support a young Canadian activist being targeted by anti-abortion folks
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012One thing the anti-choice movement seems to do pretty well at is recruiting young people. This is not really surprising, as the anti-choice perspective on abortion can be (and often is) packaged and sold as relatively simplistic: they like babies, and don’t want them to die. It can be very difficult to be a young [...]
Intervention With Young Stem Cells Makes Aging Mice Live Longer And Healthier
Thursday, January 5th, 2012Mice bred to age too quickly seemed to have sipped from the fountain of youth after scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine injected them with stem cell-like progenitor cells… This is a content summary only. Visit our website for full links, other content, and more! Thanks! Stem Cell Research
What does HHS really think of young people?
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Yesterday, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that they are blocking Plan B from being sold on pharmacy shelves to whoever needs it. This goes against FDA recommendations to remove all restrictions to accessing Plan B, including lifting age restrictions and requiring Plan B to be sold on pharmacy shelves instead of behind-the-counter. Plan [...]
Young Feminists: Alive, Kicking, Writing LTEs!
Saturday, November 5th, 2011In response to this awful piece erasing young feminists and claiming that feminism is “over the hill,” Shelby and I wrote to USA Today and asked them to get the real story. A bit of our letter to the editor: Contrary to the article’s claims, we know our movement’s history, and we are carrying it into [...]
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