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About 85 percent of women and girls globally have experienced some form of online harassment and abuse, and women are four times more likely to experience stalking than men. (perinjo via Getty Images)

BY MICHELLE ONELLO | The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 19 in a case that could have a sweeping impact on the ability of victims of stalking, verbal abuse and online harassment to be protected from their abusers. In the case, Counterman v. Colorado, the Court appeared willing to increase the threshold for identifying speech that rises to the level of a “true threat” and overturn a criminal stalking conviction as an infringement of the harasser’s constitutionally-protected First Amendment right to speech.

Women are four times more likely to experience stalking than men, adding a gender element to the case. Additionally, Research has shown that threatening speech often leads to physical violence, and imposing a higher burden would prevent them from addressing threatening conduct before it results in violence.

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BY MICHELLE MOULTON and KEMIRA MULHOLLAND | U.S. patriarchal authoritarianism is on the rise, and democracy is on the decline. But day after day, we stay vigilant in our goals to dismantle patriarchy at every turn. The fight is far from over. We are watching, and we refuse to go back. This is the War on Women Report.

This month: Anorexia is on the rise for young girls; mifepristone remains on the market, for now; House Republicans bar trans athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports; the ERA was blocked in the Senate; North Dakota gets one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country; and more.

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Abortion rights activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 21, 2019, during a “Day of Action” after Alabama passed the country’s most restrictive abortion ban at the time, prohibiting the procedure in all cases, with no exceptions for rape and incest. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

BY PHOEBE KOLBERT, MICHELLE MOULTON and CLIO MORRISON | A series from Ms., Our Abortion Stories chronicles readers’ experiences of abortion pre- and post-Roe. Abortions are sought by a wide range of people, for many different reasons. There is no single story. Share your abortion story by emailing [email protected].

“The nurses and professionals showed me more Christian love than I had ever experienced at my church. … This has never been about saving unborn children. It’s about controlling women. When will men be held accountable?”

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on

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In this episode, Dr. Goodwin is joined by law professor and author Dr. Julie Suk to discuss her urgent, new book, After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What To Do About It, and explore how turning a lens on misogyny can help us to better understand the social, political, and legal challenges of these times. In the face of these challenges, how can women fight back?

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