It sounds like a plot line from a dystopian novella, but it’s real and happening right now: your doctor may be being forced to lie to you, and you have no way of knowing if what they are telling you is based on their expertise and scientific consensus, or if they are just mouthing the […]
Author: Tara Murtha
Tara Murtha is a journalist, author of Ode to Billie Joe and associate director of strategic communications at Women’s Law Project, the only public interest legal organization devoted to women’s rights in Pennsylvania. To stay up to date on the Patient Trust Act, sign up to Women’s Law Project’s blog and action alerts. Follow Tara on Twitter.
“BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez” Is Bound to Be Good
At 79 years old, Sonia Sanchez—the legendary writer, civil rights activist and leader of the Black Arts movement—is more badass than ever. Soon you will be able to see for yourself in BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, a forthcoming documentary about her life and work—which are as inextricable as two sides of the same coin. For the […]
Pennsylvania Governor to Sign Yet Another Anti-Abortion Bill
As we saw with 2011’s targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) bill, the Republican-dominated Pennsylvania legislature routinely ignores protests from medical associations and professionals in passing bad-faith bills that politicize and endanger women’s health. Now, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, already suffering low approval ratings in large part because of a significant gender gap, is poised […]