As should be clear by now from the discussions in class, finding information online is not a straightforward proposition, especially when it comes to politically charged health issues such as reproductive health. Harkening back to a day when "Operation Rescue" operated storefronts that posed as "women's health clinics," The Rosetta Foundation's "TeenBreaks.com" is a front for pro-life advocates. They are using the website to push forward a claim for something called "post-abortion syndrome," which is not a clinically recognized diagnosis, but rather, an insidious attempt to question women's right to choose.
And, this has real life consequences for us here in New York City, as the abortion opponents gear up their fight nationwide and the city becomes a refuge on a kind of underground railroad for women seeking safe, legal procedures.
Into this fraught online (and offline) environment, comes this breath of fresh air: RHReality Check, a blog and website devoted to fighting the agains the disinformation around reproductive health. Via Jeanne Flavin, Fordham University.
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