[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
April 5, 2023
From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
Bipartisan Momentum Builds Against Guns and in Defense of U.S. Children [[link removed]]
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Students rally against guns after the Covenant School shooting at the State Capitol Building in Nashville, on March 30, 2023. Johnnie Izquierdo for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
BY ROB OKUN | Within the last few weeks, citizens in Israel and the republic of Georgia took to the streets and successfully stopped wildly unpopular actions by their governments. This spring, are we about to see that happen in the U.S.?
In the 14 years since the Columbine High School massacre, there have been 377 school shootings, and more than 349,000 students have experienced gun violence at school. Yet little has changed.
Yes, a month after last May’s school shootings in Uvalde, Texas, Congress passed modest gun reform legislation, the first law in nearly three decades. In the wake of the Nashville murders of six, including three 9-year-olds, isn’t it time to go further? In the last week, we got a hint that the answer is yes: thousands of people, including many students, have flooded the Tennessee Capitol building demanding gun control.
On Wednesday, April 5, students across the country walked out of campuses in a coordinated campaign organized by Students Demand Action. The group published online a comprehensive action toolkit which, they say, can be used anytime.
I hope that not just students—but people everywhere—will organize mass demonstrations in state capitals and Washington, D.C. Perhaps they’re being planned—right now—for the day before Mother’s or Father’s Day. Or, maybe, there will be rolling actions in the streets over the five weeks between those holidays (May 13–June 17).
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Republican-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act Coverage of Many Preventative Services: ‘A Huge Blow to Americans’ Health’ [[link removed]] What a Landmark Sweatshop Case Tells Us About Julie Su’s Approach to Labor [[link removed]]
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Proposed Bill Treats Environmental Justice as a Civil Rights Issue [[link removed]] The ‘Anti-Life’ Implications of State Abortion Bans [[link removed]]
What we're reading
Because it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. Here's what we're reading this week:
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