Throughout the pandemic, the message has been clear: My death would only register as a pre-existing conditions footnote.
My life has meaning, you say? Prove it: Vaccinate all high-risk people with disabilities. Now.
Author: Katherine Macfarlane
Katherine Macfarlane is a law professor in Boise, Idaho. Her writing has appeared in BUST, The Huffington Post, The Hairpin, the Intima, and Northwestern Magazine. Follow her on Twitter @KatAMacfarlane.
Uterus Transplants and the Social Pressures of Biological Motherhood
Last week, the Cleveland Clinic announced that it would begin performing uterus transplants on U.S. women. Over the next several years, 10 women participating in the clinic’s transplant trial will receive a uterus from a deceased donor. They’ll spend the following year healing, and then they’ll attempt to get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization. If a […]