Bethanie Ryan

When I was in college, the bumper sticker on my car read, “Don’t labor under a misconception — legalize abortion.” I was one of a handful of feminists on my campus, back in the days when we were jeered at as “bra-burning women’s libbers.” As we struggled against a hazy sea of sexism, abortion rights […]

The abortion debate seems like an unresolvable conflict of rights: the right of women to control their own bodies, the right of children to be born. Can one both support women’s rights and oppose abortion? Truly supporting women’s rights must involve telling the truth about abortion and working for it to cease. Many years ago,

by Chaunie Brusie   As founder and president of my school’s pro-life group, I thought I was doing my best to support the cause. I flyered, I tabled, I marched. I even interned at Feminists for Life. But through it all, I never truly understood the reality for a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy —

For eighteen years, Feminists for Life has asked colleges and universities to examine their campuses through the eyes of a pregnant or parenting student. FFL found one place in particular where the lack of policies and resources for pregnant students could potentially devastate a woman’s education: the athletic department.   When FFL began its initial