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By: Reggie Littlejohn “It doesn’t matter if you’re pro-choice or pro-life. Forced abortion is not a choice.” -Reggie Littlejohn Reggie Littlejohn is the founder and President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers. www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org. A graduate of Yale Law School, she is an acclaimed international expert on China’s One Child Policy. Her organization has been called the “leading voice” … Read more
By: Sharon E. Chin This past week, JAMA Pediatrics released two articles discussing the role of healthcare providers and education within anti-trafficking efforts in the United States. The issue of human trafficking occurring in America is still a novelty to many American citizens. This isn’t too surprising since many past studies about human trafficking have been conducted … Read more
By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D. An article from 2011 highlighting the plight of Native American women in Minnesota who were prostitutes reveals the ugly side of prostitution. The abuse these women endure leaves with them PTSD, brain damage, and drug addictions (1). Cancer InCytes focuses on the healthcare needs of disadvantaged populations in order to raise awareness, … Read more
By Sharon E. Chin In January 2014, the Obama Administration released a Federal Strategic Action Plan in response to the President’s address of human trafficking at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2012. While there has been a large effort legally to protect victims and prosecute traffickers via the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), there has … Read more
By: Mariel Matze For many American children, summer is about barbecues, corn on the cob, watermelon, and drippy ice cream cones. For others, it’s about hunger. During the school year, children from low-income families qualify for federally-funded National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and sometimes the School Breakfast Program through their public schools. Under these programs, a … Read more