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Opinion | Stop asking women if they want children

By Grace Harris, Staff Columnist • June 12, 2024

Asking a woman you are not close to if they want to have kids or when they want to have kids is a deeply personal question. I'm sure many women, including myself, have gotten used to being asked uncomfortable and personal questions.

Opinion | Birth control access is still a problem — even in 2023

By Emily O’Neil, Staff Columnist • June 27, 2023

Birth control has changed since its initial creation and is now, finally, less stigmatized in society. However, unfortunately this does not mean it is easy for individuals who have a menstrual cycle to get access to birth control.

Opinion | Some women don’t want children and that’s valid

By Anna Fischer, For The Pitt News • October 11, 2021

Constantly telling women who don’t want to have children that they will change their mind just reinforces the idea that a woman’s main role in our society is to be a mother.