reproductive rights

Beyond Abortion – A Struggle to Win Our Future

July 11, 2022 fwstaff

By Cheryl LaBash Havana, Cuba — When you have touched a woman you have struck a rock, says a South African proverb. It continues, you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed. The U.S. […]

Detroit demonstration in response to overturn of Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022

Detroit Holds Emergency Demonstration After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

June 30, 2022 fwstaff

Photos: Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan African News Wire By Fighting Words staff Women and their allies rallied and marched in downtown Detroit on Friday afternoon, June 24, 2022, just hours after the Supreme Court in a […]

Ex VP Pence at center of table during negotiations with the House Freedom Caucus, with all the white men

Reproductive Freedom, Patriarchy, and Control

June 13, 2022 fwstaff

By Cassandra Devereaux In March of 2017, news media exploded when a photo was published showing Vice President Mike Pence at a White House health conference that featured a room full of white men, with […]

Detroit demonstration takes the street in defense of reproductive freedom

Detroit Women March for Reproductive Freedom

May 13, 2022 fwstaff

Photos: Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire By Fighting Words Staff Joining thousands of others across the United States, women and their allies rallied and marched through downtown Detroit on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The protests […]

Justice Taney and Justice Alito

May 7, 2022 fwstaff

By David Sole The right-wing dominated United States Supreme Court is moving to overturn the historic 1973 Roe v Wade decision that recognized a woman’s right to choose abortion. On May 2 a copy of […]

NLG Statement on Overturning Roe v. Wade

May 7, 2022 fwstaff

By National Lawyers Guild This statement is about a draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, meaning that it is not yet an official SCOTUS opinion and has not yet had any legislation […]

Detroit Women's March for reproductive equality on Sat. Oct. 2, 2021

Women’s Reproductive Rights March in Detroit Joins Efforts Around the United States

October 13, 2021 fwstaff

By Fighting Words Staff Women and their allies gathered in downtown Detroit for a rally and march on Saturday, October 2, 2021. The manifestation was one of over 600 gatherings throughout the country held to […]