Category: Socio-Economic Class
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The Economics of Abortion: How Women from Low-income Backgrounds have the Least Access to Abortion in the US
Harriet Whitehead is one of Breaking the Glass Ceiling’s regular contributors. In the aftermath of Trump’s election, increased fears over access to contraception and abortion procedures swept across America. A recent report[1] carried out in the USA has shown these worries to be well founded, given that the Trump administration has begun to block abortion…
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Political Feminism: Where’s the Class?
Emily O’Sullivan is a third year Religion, Philosophy and Ethics student. She likes poetry, Russians, and instigating political debates in a variety of South London pubs. Eric Andre once asked Spice Girl Mel B if she thought that Margaret Thatcher had ‘girl power’, to which Mel B replied ‘yes, of course!’ Andre countered ‘do you…