It’s Voting Tuesday! Open Call for Video, Photo, and Written Submissions
GRR! will be uplifting our generation's stories to ensure that our voices are heard! Stories are a very powerful way to communicate what can happen without reproductive rights. Some of us have stories about the first time we got contraception. Others about how...
Word to the Wise: Misogyny
Misogyny: the world’s oldest prejudice. Indeed, women have been held in contempt by many men for centuries. They are blamed for Original Sin and accused of “asking for” rape. They have been dehumanized for millennia. At the same time, statues that symbolize liberty...
It’s Voting Tuesday! Counting down to Super Tuesday
40% of Americans will vote in primaries and caucuses on Super TuesdayAlabamaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNorth CarolinaOklahomaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaAlong with Democrats who live abroad and voters in American Samoa,...
It’s Voting Tuesday! It’s all about the Senate
Don't. Stop. Thinking about the Senate. Are you fired up to rebuild a U.S. Senate that will work for the issues that are important to you? Some “Highlights” as Senate Majority Leader: - Refusing to allow the Senate to even consider President Obama’s...
Word to the Wise: African American/Black Women and their fight for Reproductive Justice
The slave owner dug a hole in the ground just big enough for a pregnant belly. Then he forced the pregnant woman to lie down face down with her stomach in the hole so he could whip her without hurting the fetus. That way, he could beat her into submission but save the...
It’s Voting Tuesday! Quick tip to participate in your state’s primary
It’s official: Primary Season has begun! Did you know that some states have closed primaries, in which only voters who are enrolled in a party can participate in that party’s primary or caucus? In most of those states, you can enroll in a party before the...
It’s Voting Tuesday! The future of the courts depends on us
Regardless of who is in the White House in 2021, the U.S. Senate will serve as the most important check on presidential power, including the authority to approve or reject lifetime appointments to the federal courts.A justice could leave the Supreme Court...
It’s Voting Tuesday: How to be a savvy media consumer
We all have read about it – foreign entities using social media like Facebook and Twitter to plant fake stories in an attempt to influence the presidential election. It was rampant in the 2016 election and the federal government has been clear that interference...
It’s Voting Tuesday: State Races to Watch in 2020
While the media is focused on the presidential and U.S. Senate races, candidates running for state legislatures are the 2020 election dark horses – and the political parties are paying attention! Eighty-six state legislative chambers are holding regularly-scheduled...
Word to the Wise: Hope
Looking ahead in the New Year, where can we find hope? The times are dark. Our country seems more divided than ever. Words of anger and hate fly across the divide. Every day something appears in the news worse than the day before. So, where do we find hope? It’s...
It’s Voting Tuesday: Here are 3 quick ways to prepare for 2020
It’s the last Voting Tuesday of 2019! 2020 is going to be BIG, so take some time now to look back on 2019 and get ready for the work to come in 2020. Here are some easy ways to get prepared: Check out the 2019 Congressional Scorecards from the Population Connection...
It’s Voting Tuesday! Why Gerrymandering Disenfranchises Voters
What do the 2020 legislative elections have to do with the makeup of Congress and Gerrymandering? As we all learned in high school civics class, the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned based on population – that is, each member...
Voting Tuesday! State Legislatures: The critical races nobody’s talking about
A year out from the 2020 election, the media’s focus on the presidential race can feel overwhelming. If you live in a state with a competitive 2020 race for U.S. Senate, you’re beginning to see the first of an onslaught of attention paid to the all-important battle...
Word to the Wise: Far from Home
It was dark and cold. Mary, a 14-year-old girl, lay on a pile of hay in a stable, frightened about what was happening to her. She had no help. The man with her, Joseph, not yet her husband, could reject her for becoming pregnant before marriage. She was alone. There...
Voting Tuesday! December 3, 2019
It’s Voting Tuesday! When It Comes to Congress, You’re Not Just Voting for One Person; you’re deciding who’s in charge! The past few years have been a lesson in the power of holding the majority in Congress. In both the US House and the Senate, the party...
Voting Tuesday! November 26, 2019
It’s Voting Tuesday!Today we’re talking about state legislative races. Why are legislatures important? Well, for one thing, the vast majority of policy regulating reproductive health care is enacted in state legislatures.Pro-choice legislatures vote to...
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights advocate across Maine for what they once lacked
Regardless of who gets elected in 2020 or who gets elected in 2024, we will never go back to times like that. It’s really important for us to be having conversations with [young people]…because soon there won’t be as many of us around as there are you, and bearing...
Word to the Wise: Lessons from History
Two important days bookend November. Election Day on November 5th and Thanksgiving on November 28. On November 5, 1919, Maine's Legislature granted women the right to vote. Maine was the 19th state to do so. Everywhere women had been fighting for this right for many...
Recipe for Action: Bird-Dogging
Bird-dogging is seeking out elected officials and asking them questions on the record. This provides an opportunity to capture a representative’s response on camera, which can be used for social media. Ingredients 1 lb. of courage A cup of determination Two cups of...
Word to the Wise: Denied
Denied-Access to abortion because of more restrictive laws. Denied-Access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care because Title X funds are not allowed to go to any health clinic that provides or refers patients for abortion care services. Denied-That...