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The Problem with Women’s Access to Abortion in Liberia II

Statistics would show that 1 out of every 3 persons you know has had an abortion or has a close/best friend who has had an abortion. Yet, we demonize abortion as if it is some farfetched concept completely out of the scope of our understanding. Maybe even 2 out of every 4 lawmakers or religious figures you know have, at one point or the other, had or paid for an abortion for their wife, girlfriend, daugther or niece. Continue Reading

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Women's Bodies & The Patriarchy II

Do I regret helping a 14 year old girl, who was not prepared and did not want her pregnancy? No. I did and still do support her freedom to choose whether she kept it or not. Do I have friends who kept their teenage pregnancies and have children now? Yes. I support those friends choices as well. Continue Reading

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Women's Bodies & The Patriarchy

“The Patriarchy, the societal structure marked by the supremacy of ‘man’. This system has become a trope, a bogeyman, and a taboo utterance that women, feminists included, shy away from so as to not be labelled as ‘crazy.'” –Shari Raji Continue Reading