By Rachel Ventress Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2023 Specters of birth ties broken shimmer as glossy reflections in...

By Kristin Turner Honorable Mention, Music, Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: In Spring of 2022, anti-abortion activists Terrisa...

By Ellis Carlson Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: This watercolor art piece is of Harriet, a...

By Elise Ketch Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2023 Artist Statement: I spray painted this on the pedestal of the...

by Sean Wild — As he rises onto the national stage, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to be a polarizing political figure. With the...

by Grattan Brown, STD and Elizabeth Nelson, MD — Sometimes what a pregnant woman needs most during a complicated pregnancy is emotional...

by Grattan Brown, STD and Matthew Harrison, MD — When the US Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade permitted elective abortion in 1973,...

by Judith Evans — An inmate is strapped to a chair and blindfolded. A white circle is placed on their chest, over the heart. Six...

by Grattan Brown, STD — When the US Supreme Court published its decision in Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Center, many media outlets...

by Liliana Zamora — One year ago, on March 25, 2022, 115 deceased infants were discovered by Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU)...

by Briana Grzybowski — I have a friend who had her first child when she was working toward her PhD in psychology at Florida State. For...

by Lauren Pope — Content warning: discussion of porn and sexual violence My husband showed me a video a few days ago that depicted Jerry...

by Sophie Trist — For most of human history, people with physical and mental disabilities have been killed, institutionalized,...

by Samuel B. Parker — “A word of command has made these silent figures our enemies; a word of command might transform them into our...

by Briana Grzybowski — March 8th is International Women’s Day: a time to celebrate women’s dignity and their contributions to the world....

by Kristina Artuković — From the standpoint of global prenatal justice, the fall of Roe is undoubtedly the most important event of 2022....

by Lauren Pope — Like Jessa Duggar, I had a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure performed after a missed miscarriage. And — despite...

by Samuel B. Parker — A humanitarian crisis is ravaging Yemen and, despite numerous promises, U.S. politicians — including President...

by John Whitehead — The Ukraine-Russia war has highlighted a relatively subtle but deeply disturbing trend in warfare: a growing reliance...

by Samuel B. Parker — Before the Super Bowl on February 12th, the NFL ran a brief segment on Pat Tillman, a former linebacker who quit a...