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Teenagers protest the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case on July 2, 2022, on the main street in Driggs, Idaho—one of the most extreme anti-abortion states in the U.S. (Natalie Behring / Getty Images)

BY AISHA MAYS and SUBASRI NARASIMHAN | Idaho’s anti-abortion legislature and governor created a new crime this year: “abortion trafficking,” a fallacious and deliberate attempt to spread misinformation on abortion. Laws like this will likely begin to appear in another anti-abortion states and state legislatures.

Equating abortion-seeking to ‘trafficking’ undermines the brutal and inhumane realities that youth trafficking survivors endure. Ultimately, for vulnerable children, so-called anti-‘abortion trafficking’ laws codify the human rights and bodily autonomy abuses that true anti-trafficking laws aim to reduce. Adolescent health professionals and advocates must remain vigilant and continue to mobilize a multi-strategy response to ensure adolescents’ reproductive rights amid current assaults.

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Trump supporters and critics gather outside of a Manhattan courthouse on on March 21, 2023, as the nation waits for a possible indictment against former president Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

BY JACKSON KATZ | In addition to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Trump is also facing 37 counts of potential mishandling of sensitive government materials. The investigation—led by Jack Smith, Justice Department special counsel—found over 300 classified documents that Trump held onto after his White House term ended in January 2021. They included maps, military plans and operations, and nuclear secrets from top national security and law enforcement agencies of the U.S. government, including the CIA, the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency.

Since news broke of the former president’s latest indictment, violent rhetoric has been on the rise in online forums and far-right militia groups. Trump and his Republican allies have joined in the extreme messaging: Kari Lake, election denier and failed Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, urged supporters “to cling to our guns and our religion.” And U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) tweeted to his 730,000 Twitter followers, “We have now reached a war phase. Eye for an eye.”

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BY CAMILLE HAHN | In the Summer issue of Ms., we look into the new Florida law that could decimate degree programs in women’s and gender studies, Africana, ethnic and queer studies, among others—part of a radical right-wing strategy that extends nationwide.

Also within the pages of the Summer issue: A look back at 50 years of women in hip-hop. A solution to inequality in professional sports: Let women and men play together. Solutions to men’s violence toward women. And more!
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