[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
October 11, 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.
The 2024 Election Will Be a Referendum on Abortion and Women’s Equality, According to New Ms. Poll [[link removed]]
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A woman votes in Somerville, Mass., on the evening of the 2022 midterm elections. (Carlin Stiehl / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
BY ROXY SZAL | Abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment are strong voter turnout issues separately, but even more powerful when combined, according to a new national poll by Lake Research Partners for Ms. and the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), publisher of Ms.
In particular, candidates talking about abortion and the ERA together is a powerful combination to mobilize Democrats and Independents (especially Independent women), younger women, voters who support abortion rights, college-educated women, Latinas and Black voters, and voters ages 30-39.
Almost three-quarters (74 percent) of all voters support a person’s right to make their own reproductive decisions without government interference, including about abortion, contraception and continuing a pregnancy, the poll also found. Only 17 percent were opposed.
Notably, half of Republicans and 81 percent of Independents said they support an individual’s right to make their own reproductive decisions. There is a gender gap among Independents and Republicans, with women more likely to strongly support a person’s right to make their own reproductive decisions.
Among voters who support abortion rights, especially younger women, abortion and women’s rights combined are top issues that will determine their vote next year.
Banning abortion also motivates voters to turn out in the 2024 elections, with 72 percent of voters who support abortion rights motivated, compared to 48 percent of voters who do not support abortion rights.
“The overturning of Roe v. Wade has lit a fire under voters, and continues to be a powerful turnout issue, especially among younger women, college-educated women, Latinas and voters ages 30-39,” said Kathy Spillar, executive editor of Ms. magazine, at a press conference at the National Press Club in D.C.
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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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"Narges
Mohammadi,
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Iranian
Activist,
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2023
Laureate”
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"How
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Years”
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On this week’s episode, we’re continuing our series unpacking the litigation and criminal charges that have been levied at former president Donald Trump: The Trump Indictments. But these indictments don’t just include former president Donald Trump—they also include co-conspirators. Who are they—and what do their cases mean for the case against Trump as a whole?
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