Ellen Sweet
Ellen Sweet is the former vice president, external affairs at Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. She has focused on issues of women’s rights for more than 25 years, as an editor at Ms. magazine and in the nonprofit community. She is a board member of Girls Write Now.
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Mentoring the Next Generation of Writers
Girls Write Now, in the midst of its annual CHAPTERS readings now in New York City, sponsors pairings that can seem at first surprising via its afterschool arts program. More »
Abortion Services: A Family Doctor’s Perspective
Approaching the 40th anniversary of the decision that legalized abortion, Dr. Linda Prine describes its provision as part of a continuum of care. More »
Date Rape Revisited
Twenty-five years after an historic campus study, why are colleges still struggling to deal with the problem? More »
Komen vs. Planned Parenthood—What’s Going On?
Immediate outrage in the social media greeted the Komen foundation after it defunded breast cancer screening by Planned Parenthood. Ellen Sweet explores what’s behind its puzzling turn-about. More »
