Andréa Becker, PhD is a medical sociologist, a professor at Hunter College, and a writer. Her book, Get it Out: On the ...

Last I checked, my uterus was in a jar in Schenectady. An ignoble end for a thing that was once burdened with glorious purpose, like an old prizewinning racehorse going off to the glue factory. It’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For decades, the default feminist position on hysterectomy has been skepticism—and ...