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Today at Ms. | July 12, 2023 |
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Abortion rights supporters march at Indiana University in Bloomington, against Texas’ S.B. 8, a six-week abortion ban that took effect in September 2021 and was, at the time, the most restrictive abortion ban in history. (Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) |
BY ROXY SZAL | Late Tuesday night, Iowa’s state legislature voted to ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) will sign the bill on Friday, and it will take immediate effect. Once passed, there will be two states—Iowa and Georgia—that ban abortion after around six weeks since a person’s last menstrual period. Total bans are in effect in 14 additional states: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Laws that restrict abortion in this way rely on “scientific” claims that have very little grounding in actual science, and fly in the face of medical expertise. After all, most women don’t even know they’re pregnant when only six weeks along. (Click here to read more) |
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Drag queen Brigitte Bandit during a storytime reading on March 11, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) |
BY ROXY SZAL | Late Tuesday night, Iowa’s state legislature voted to ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) will sign the bill on Friday, and it will take immediate effect. Once passed, there will be two states—Iowa and Georgia—that ban abortion after around six weeks since a person’s last menstrual period. Total bans are in effect in 14 additional states: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Laws that restrict abortion in this way rely on “scientific” claims that have very little grounding in actual science, and fly in the face of medical expertise. After all, most women don’t even know they’re pregnant when only six weeks along. (Click here to read more) |
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BY KARLA J. STRAND | Each month, we provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. There is no shortage of books to inform and inspire you, soothe and relieve you. The 31 books on this month’s list are a great place to find one! (Click here to read more) |
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