An (incomplete) overview of some news and issues in contemporary feminism and libertarian feminist responses to them…
Abortion:
- Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Libertarians Calmly Discuss Abortion
- Telemedicine Abortion Gets Green Light From Federal Court
- Defiance & Innovation Keep Abortion Available When It’s Not Legal
- Let Midwives and Nurse Practitioners Provide First-Trimester Abortions, Says Federal Court
- Abortion Bans Failed in the 19th Century. They’ll Also Fail in the 21st.
Birth Control Access:
- Free the Pill, Already!
- Over-the-Counter Contraception Is Immensely Popular. But Partisan Politics Have Doomed It.
- Restrictions on Birth Control Show U.S. Health Sector Isn’t a Free Market
- Why Americans Can’t Have Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills
- When Does a Rubber Cup Require a Prescription? When It May Help Prevent Pregnancy
- Poll: 70% Favor Legalizing Over-The-Counter Birth Control
- Science, Sex, and Birth Control
Carceral Feminism
- Will Feminists Please Stop Calling the Cops?
- Siccing Cops on Pregnant Drug Users Isn’t Helping
- Mom Faces Felony Charges For Taking a Drug Prescribed by Her Doctor While Pregnant
- Manhattan’s prostitution move is a great first step, but a far cry from full decriminalization
- Manhattan Will Drop Charges for Prostitution, Unlicensed Massage but Continue Prosecuting Patrons
- Texas Deputies Were ‘Molested and Traumatized’ by Colleagues During Federally Funded Prostitution Stings
- Joe Biden Wants To Close the ‘Boyfriend Loophole.’ Here’s What That Means.
- Joe Biden Should Stop Bragging About the Violence Against Women Act
- Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be President
- The Phony Feminism of Kamala Harris
- Pregnant Women Increasingly Face Criminal Prosecution for Positive Drug Tests
Censorship
- FOSTA’s Failure: The 2018 Sex Trafficking Law Has Been Worse Than Useless So Far
- Texas Republicans sold new filter law with false claims about pornography
- How DOJ Censorship Helped Pornhub Dominate the Market
- The SAFE TECH Act Will Make the Internet Less Safe for Sex Workers
- Kamala Harris’ Dishonest Campaign To Destroy Backpage.com
Economic Liberty
- Does Capitalism Help or Hurt Women?
- Wisconsin Votes To Exempt Hair Braiders From Occupational Licensing Law
- Louisiana is the only state that requires occupational licenses for florists. It’s absurd.
- Reform would give military spouses more job options
- Occupational licensing reform paves the way for women’s economic leadership in Missouri
Equal Pay / Gender Gaps in the Workforce
- How an Equal Pay Law in Colorado Is Backfiring
- The Gender Gap in Pandemic Job Losses Has Been Wildly Exaggerated
- ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work?’ We’re Almost There
- 5 Quick Facts About the Gender Pay Gap
- There’s a New Wage-Gap Myth Going Around
- The Truth About the Pay Gap
- Bad Math and Worse Policy Ideas on Equal Pay Day
- The Foolish Economic Agenda of Kamala Harris
ERA
Families & Relationships
- Stop Using the IRS To Subsidize Parenting
- The Truth About the Free Market Family
- Cambridge Will Recognize Polyamorous Partnerships & Domestic Arrangements With More Than 2 Adults
- Hacking Marriage
- Should the Government Try to Bribe You Into Having More Babies?
LGBTQ Rights
- The LGBT Equality Act Puts Polarizing Politics Over Good Policy
- As Generation Z Comes of Age, America Is Getting Noticeably More LGBT
- Is Same-Sex Marriage Secure?
- Lawsuit Challenges State Department Policy Discriminating Against Foreign-Born Children of Same-Sex Married Couples
Miscellaneous:
- Porn Does Not Make Men Sexist
- Juneteenth, America’s Other Independence Day
- Tear Down America’s Immigrant Prisons
- Happy Birthday Lydia Maria Child
- Porn researchers don’t seem to understand what constitutes “violence”
- Women vs. the State
- Despite starting out as a communist, Rose Wilder Lane became a staunch advocate of individualism.
- Feminist Fantasies About Big Brother
- Individualist Feminism Under Fire
Parental Leave
- The Dark Side of Socialized Motherhood
- How Mandatory Paid Leave Hurts Low-Income Workers
- “When a Mother Has a Baby, She Should Stay Home With That Baby“
- The Beauty of Coca-Cola’s New Parental Leave Policy
Parenting/Parents’ Rights
- To Help Kids Find Their Passion, Give Them Free Time
- Why Human Progress Is Key To Healthy Moms and Babies
- Child Services Shouldn’t Bother Moms Who Let Their Kids Walk Home From School
School Choice
Regulating Reproductive Freedom
- Give Women More Home Birth Options
- Ova for Sale
- How Commercial Surrogacy Should Be
- Should Women Be Allowed to Rent Their Wombs?
- Why Is Planned Parenthood So Popular? Because Government Thwarts Alternatives
- The “Feminist” War on Reproductive Technologies
- Home Delivery: Midwifery works. So should midwives.
- Up Against the Birth Monopoly
Sex Trafficking & Sex Worker Rights
- Science-Based Policy Means Decriminalizing Sex Work, Say Hundreds of Researchers
- Sex Trafficking Panic and Victim Blaming Follow Atlanta Massage Parlor Murders
- Why January 25 Matters
- How the War on Sex Work Crushes Underprivileged Women
- As Sex Workers, We Know the “Equality Model” Is a Dangerous Mistake
- Massage Parlor Panic
- American Sex Police
- The War on Sex Trafficking Is the New War on Drugs
- The sex trafficking moral panic isn’t about sex abuse
- Visa and Mastercard Submit to Politicians Trying To Put the Squeeze on Pornhub
- Consenting To Be Paid for Sex Is Still Consenting!
- Barely Legal Strippers Now Fully Illegal in Texas
- Beware of Fake Sex Work Decriminalization, aka the Nordic Model