Stories by Pamela Merritt
Pamela Merritt is a staff writer for RH Reality Check, a contributor to the Shakespeare's Sister blog, and a featured contributor on National Public Radio’s (NPR) “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin. Her work has been published in the Chicago Sun-Times, on Salon.com and featured in Salon.com's Broadsheet. Pamela serves as PAC Chair for PROMO (Missouri’s Statewide LGBT Equality Rights Group), is a mentor through Big Sisters and teaches various classes at several shelters in St. Louis, Missouri. She also writes and maintains her personal blog.
Posted on Jan 27, 2012, Source: RH Reality Check
A task force in North Carolina recently ruled that survivors of that state’s eugenics program should be paid $50,000 each in financial compensation.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008, Source: RH Reality Check
One in 100 American adults are incarcerated. Their reproductive rights are crucial in the struggle for social justice.
Posted on Mar 19, 2008, Source: RH Reality Check
As many as two-thirds of hysterectomies may be unnecessary because un- and under-insured women continue to lack a full range of health care options.
Posted on Feb 19, 2008, Source: RH Reality Check
Reproductive justice advocates need to reach out to communities of color in order to fight rumors and battle racisms past and present.
