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Pamela Merritt

Reproaction

Pamela Merritt is co-founder and co-director of Reproaction, a new direct action group forming to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice. Merritt studied Anthropology at Bard College at Simon’s Rock and Brandeis University. Merritt blogs at AngryBlackBitch.com, and was a founding member of the Trust Black Women Partnership. She has been a featured contributor on National Public Radio (NPR), and her writing has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, Guardian UK, and Salon. In 2008 AngryBlackBitch.com was named one of the world’s 50 most powerful blogs by the Guardian UK.

Fetuses as Slaves? I Don’t Think So

When anti-choice organizations charge that the most dangerous place for a Black baby is in a Black woman’s womb, they are attacking Black women’s capacity to parent and make health care decisions.

Missouri Improves On Child Welfare, But Not By Much

One would think that child welfare would be a top priority in a state where politicians running for office regularly list their tradition family values among their qualifications, but that is not the case.

An Update on Missouri…The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Faces and names may change in the Missouri legislature, but legislative attempts to restrict access to abortion services remain an unfortunate constant.

Helping Boys of Color Thrive: Healthy Communities are Key

Research finds that systemic community factors adversely affect the health outcomes and life options of African-American and Latino boys and young men.

HPV and Men: What You Might Not Know About Prevention

More than half of sexually active men in the United States will have some form HPV at some point during their lifetime. Yet many don't know the HPV vaccine was recently approved for men.

Resurrection or Reincarnation? A Low-Cost Health Provider is Reborn

What happens when a clinic is reborn with the help of a Catholic University? In the case of Casa de Salud, the hope is more for reincarnation than for resurrection.

The Radiance Foundation: Radiating Hype and Lies

The same web site that claims reproductive health care providers lie to and manipulate women sends them to crisis pregnancy centers that provide inaccurate medical information.

Anti-Choice “Freedom Rides” Seek to Curtail Freedom

A legacy of the Civil Rights movement is the struggle for rights and access without fear of violence. But those who oppose abortion rights are not fighting for anything; rather they are fighting against women's freedom.

Missouri’s Lawmakers Keep Busy Restricting Women’s Choices

There was a flurry of productivity in the last days of the Missouri legislative session. Sadly, all it produced was many more abortion restrictions.

Trust Women? Not in Missouri

A bill passed in Missouri shows how ill-informed lawmakers are about state law, how little respect they have for women, and how little they actually know about real women’s lives.

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