📌This Week in the War On Women: SCOTUS nom shortlist, & other news
Scroll down to the end of the diary for a brief guide to the confirmation hearings process, with biographies & photos of the three Black women judges considered to be on the shortlist for...
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A high-profile sexual harassment case at Harvard gives us a look at how far #MeToo has yet to go. Three graduate students alleged verbal harassment, forced kissing and groping, and retaliation by...
View ArticleArizona passes its most restrictive abortion ban yet, with no exception for...
Two months into the new year and at least 13 states have already introduced legislation limiting or banning abortion. The move to ban abortion after 15 weeks in states across the country follows the...
View ArticleReproductive Rights and Freedom are the same thing
The window to force the issue of Constitutionality of the clearly currently unconstitutional Texas SB 8 is small and closing fast. Make no mistake, the Supreme Court is going to take away your ability...
View ArticleFlorida House passes 15-week abortion ban 'to allow Florida to save as many...
Members of the Florida House of Representatives approved a ban on abortion after 15 weeks on Thursday, making Florida the third state to advance a 15-week abortion plan. The decision comes ahead of the...
View ArticleDemocrats stop ‘truly disgusting’ abortion ban and bills from passing in...
As the country awaits the Supreme Court decision regarding the Mississippi law that has the ability to limit abortion rights across the country by overturning Roe v. Wade, states nationwide are...
View ArticleFlorida Republicans pass midnight bill to hijack women’s rights
Gov. Ron DeSantis is clearly continuing on his path of authoritarian leadership as he is likely to sign a 15-week abortion ban into law in Florida. It apparently isn’t enough for him to ban teaching...
View ArticleSocial justice advocates react to the State of the Union address
This story was originally published at Prism.President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address on March 1 to bipartisan support and applause, but advocates across some of the country’s...
View ArticleMissouri State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman proposes banning out-of-state...
In a grave slap in the face to women today on International Women’s Day, Missouri State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R) proposed abillthat effectively bans Missourians from crossing out-of-state to get...
View ArticleWhere Reproductive Rights Intersect with Health Care Reform
On International Women’s Day, it is a good time to look at the critical importance of access to reproductive health care with no impediments from governmental entities. Reproductive health care is...
View ArticleMissouri lawmaker says punishment for giving abortions not 'strict enough,'...
States across the country are introducing and passing legislation to limit abortion access. The moves in Republican majority states follow the passing of a Mississippi law, which is currently making...
View ArticleTexas rules against providers in abortion ban case, says state officials...
Ending health care providers’ case challenging a horrific law, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that because state officials do not have the ability to enforce Texas' six-week abortion ban, they...
View ArticleCartoon: Fun and glamorous "Abortion Travel"!
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View ArticleOklahoma House passes strictest abortion ban in nation, near-total ban on all...
Across the country,GOP majority states have taken to targeting reproductive rights. Multiple states have passed their own versions of the Heartbeat Bill or abortion bans that not only severely limit...
View ArticleAbortions are wrong … unless Republicans want them
Despite calling abortion bans that impact Republican officials a “personal matter,” GOP lawmakers are issuing abortion bans that take away the personal rights of women nationwide. After a Facebook post...
View Article"Inside the plan to create an abortion refuge for a post-Roe era"
Caroline Kitchener, (c) 2022, The Washington PostMon, March 28, 2022Abortion providers in blue-state Illinois are laying the groundwork for an influx of patients from states poised to ban abortion if...
View ArticleGOP states move from banning surgical abortions to focusing on the pill, too
Almost five decades after the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide, abortion rights are at great risk. Across the country, Republican-majority states are introducing bills to...
View ArticleMultiple Stories on Reproductive Rights Today - Some Good, Some Bad, Some...
‘A vote for gender equality’: MPs vote to permanently allow at home early medical abortions in England‘A vote for gender equality’: MPs vote to permanently allow at home early medical abortions in...
View ArticleMultiple Stories on Reproductive Rights Today - Some Good, Some Bad, Some...
‘A vote for gender equality’: MPs vote to permanently allow at home early medical abortions in England‘A vote for gender equality’: MPs vote to permanently allow at home early medical abortions in...
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A Montana judge just gave probation to a convicted rapist. This is a weird one: the two victims agreed to the light sentence because they didn’t want to “ruin his life.”I’ve just started reading...
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