Today at Ms. | May 8, 2023
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Miles Apart: Texas and California Lawmakers Stake Opposite Corners of Abortion Policy [[link removed]]
Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15, 2023, where anti-abortion forces were targeting the prescription drug mifepristone. (Moisés Ávila / AFP via Getty Images)
BY JENNIFER PINSOF and HAYLEY TSUKAYAMA | State lawmakers in Texas and California are staking out opposite corners of digital public policy in the post- Roe era: in Texas by trying to ban online speech about abortion, and in California by trying to protect those seeking abortions from dragnet-style digital surveillance.
How these states legislate reproductive data privacy and information access could affect millions of vulnerable people nationwide, because the internet doesn’t stop at state borders.
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The Price of Gender Bias [[link removed]]
For Goldman Sachs, a 12-year-old class-action lawsuit alleging widespread bias against women in pay and promotions will finally go to trial in June. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
BY HEATHER FURNAS | Goldman Sachs is headed to court next month to battle a class-action lawsuit from 1,800 current and former female employees who assert they received lower pay and weaker performance reviews as a result of pervasive gender discrimination, stifling career growth.
In another male-dominated field, surgery, women continue to be undervalued—even though hospital patients tend to fare better with female physicians and have better outcomes with female surgeons.
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The Ongoing Mifepristone Legal Battle Goes Against Everything We Learn in Medical School [[link removed]]
Medical schools have an obligation to give students the information necessary to provide care for their patients. (FatCamera via Getty Images)
BY DIVYA JANE and MATT ALEXANDER | Medical schools teach their students science rooted in evidence-based medicine and patient care skills that emphasize patient autonomy. But recent lower court rulings undercut the foundational framework of our medical education, severely threatening our understanding of evidence-based medicine and patient autonomy.
Medical schools have stood on the sideline long enough. It is time for them to fight these challenges head-on and educate their students on the legal complexities of health policy.
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