Making it to the manger
By Becca Renk Foster Reader Contributor It wasn’t quite a manger, but after I was born, my parents wrapped me in swaddling clothes and laid me in a dresser drawer lined with a blanket....
Tagged: reproductive rights
Idaho’s infant, mother death rate is rising, new report finds
By Kyle Pfannenstiel Idaho Capital Sun A new report released Nov. 28 found children and mothers are dying in Idaho at an increasing rate. Reforming Medicaid coverage in the state could make a difference,...
Most Americans want health exceptions in abortion bans. Political infighting keeps blocking them
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris Idaho Capital Sun The vast majority of Americans — 82%, according to a recent Marist poll — support allowing abortions at any stage of pregnancy to protect the life or health...
GOP tries to cut Idaho women’s last lifeline
By Rep. Ilana Rubel, D-Boise Reader Contributor Recently we’ve seen whiplash-inducing developments in the legal battle over women’s health in Idaho, but the underlying story is unchanged. Republican politicians are willing to force women...
The divine mother and the anxious daughter
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff My first official religious service, outside of weddings and funerals, was my high school baccalaureate. Dressed in my devil-red graduation robe, I sat in the dark theater, waiting for...
Inaugural women’s symposium
A crowd of about 100 people turned out for the inaugural Womens’ Symposium held Aug. 16 at the Heartwood Center in Sandpoint. The event was billed as an evening to “learn the history and...
‘Ready to be heard’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Just after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to abortion, Sandpoint woman Jen Jackson Quintano found herself eager to do something but...
