Author Archives: Valerie Tarico

Unknown's avatar

About Valerie Tarico

Seattle psychologist and writer. Author - Trusting Doubt; Deas and Other Imaginings.

Meet Amy Hagstrom Miller – The Texas Abortion Provider Who Refuses to Lie Back and Take It (full interview)

This gallery contains 2 photos.

Amy Hagstrom Miller has defended her group of Texas clinics, Whole Woman’s Health, all the way to the Supreme Court. She and her staff have paid a tremendous personal cost. Molly Ivins, Anne Richards, Sarah Weddington, Wendy Davis, Cecile Richards … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Meet the Texas Abortion Provider Who Refuses to Lie Back and Take It

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Amy Hagstrom Miller has defended her group of Texas clinics, Whole Woman’s Health, all the way to the Supreme Court despite tremendous personal cost. Here’s why. Amy Hagstrom Miller will face the Supreme Court tomorrow in defense of her group … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Mosquito vs Monsignor: For Catholics, Zika Pits Tradition of Authority against Tradition of Conscience and Compassion

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Even without Pope’s recent allowance for birth control “in certain cases,” Catholic tradition has long taught that each person must look to his or her own conscience as the final moral guide. A brain damaged baby or an eternity in Hell—which would … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , | 17 Comments

MAD Men vs Zika – Can Marketers Save Pandemic Aflicted Families?

This gallery contains 2 photos.

A barely dressed seductress draped across the hood of a car. A seductor with piercing eyes holding a diamond watch. A girl-next-door with a new shampoo. A MILF savoring a once-frozen entrée. Madison Avenue’s “Mad men” work round the clock to sell … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Will Reproductive Rights Advocates Stand Up for Men?

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Frozen embryos open new questions about forced parenthood and whether men, too, might have rights under Roe v. Wade. Those of us on the Left like to say that we’re all “in it” together: rich, poor; white, brown; queer, straight; … Continue reading

More Galleries | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments