Feb 84 minColonialism and Pregnancy Intersect in "White Lies"by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Warning: Spoilers. One thing that has always fascinated me about issues relating to pregnancy is that...
Feb 45 minThe Most Popular Therapy for Autism Might Also Be the Most Harmfulby Kristina Artuković — I first heard about ABA therapy two years ago in a support group for parents of children with Down syndrome. ABA...
Jan 293 min"Precious": Finding Hope Amid Tragedyby Christy Yao Pellicioni — Warning: Spoilers. Precious was the first movie to give me nightmares in a while. It's not a particularly...
Jan 295 minCOVID and Clemencyby Sean Wild — As a society, we have a responsibility to each other to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. This responsibility does not...
Jan 264 minHelp for Pregnant Womenby Christy Yao Pelliccioni — I consider myself lucky to live in Maryland, and even luckier to be pregnant in this great state. Maryland...
Jan 186 minPrenatal Testing, Disabilities, and A Cause for Hopeby Christy Yao Pelliccioni — It was a hot day in July when I was finally over the worst of my “morning” (i.e., all the time) sickness,...
Jan 183 minVulnerable Canadians Deserve Better Care, Not Deathby Katherine Noble — Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program is one of the largest state-sanctioned euthanization programs....
Jan 183 min#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy: Disability Rights Activists Push Back Against CDC Director’s Ableist Remarkby Sophie Trist — During a recent video interview, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said, “The overwhelming number of deaths — over 75%...
Jan 152 minIt's Time to Abolish the Death Penaltyby Judith Evans — “Let’s do it.” Those were the last words spoken by Gary Gilmore, moments before his execution by a Utah firing squad on...
Jan 133 minGeorge Stinney Fund Will Provide Reparations for the Families of Those Wrongfully Executed in South by Sophie Trist — On June 16, 1944, fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person to be legally executed in the United...
Jan 1110 minA "New Paradigm": The Stunning History of Human Rights Violations at Guantánamo Bayby Samuel B. Parker — On January 11th, 2002, twenty inmates arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, becoming the first individuals...
Jan 63 minJanuary Events: Join Us to Stand for Life, Peace, and JusticeHappy New Year! As you may know, the month of January is typically one of the most active months for those of us who work to educate and...
Jan 64 minKeep Ableism Out of Your Conversations about Prenatal Testingby Sophie Trist — The New York Times rang in the new year by releasing its findings that many popular prenatal genetic tests are...
Jan 24 minStaving Off War: The Russia, Ukraine, and NATO Stand-Offby John Whitehead — The long-simmering conflict between Ukraine and Russia now threatens to become open war. Russian military forces...
Dec 25, 20218 minOn (Ine)Quality of Lifeby Kristina Artuković — People with a health condition, chronic illness or disability — even people like me, who have a child with a...
Dec 21, 20214 minChecking the Nuclear Threat: The Opportunity of the Nuclear Posture Reviewby John Whitehead — The Biden administration is currently re-evaluating the United States’ nuclear strategy. This re-evaluation offers an...
Dec 17, 20213 minAssisted Suicide Capsule Receives Legal Clearance in Switzerlandby Judith Evans — Swiss advocates of assisted suicide are hailing a new invention: a 3-D printed suicide capsule known as “Sarco” — short...
Dec 15, 202111 minVaccines and Abortion: Does ‘My Body, My Choice’ Work?by Sarah Terzo — The argument “My body, my choice” has long been used to support abortion. More recently, it’s been used by those who...
Dec 14, 20213 minEugenics: How Did It Start?by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Dr. Laura Rivard of the University of San Diego, founder of Genetics Generation, makes an excellent point in...
Dec 9, 20213 minThe Temptation to Escalate: Responding to China’s Hypersonic Weapon Test by John Whitehead — U.S.-China tensions increased this fall with U.S. officials’ announcement that China had tested a “hypersonic weapon”...