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Today at Ms. | November 7, 2023 |
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Students participate in a walkout to end gun violence and to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2, 2023 in New York City. (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images) |
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BY ESTA SOLER | The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to consider the case of United States v. Rahimi, where the justices could strike down a longstanding, life-saving federal law that prohibits people subject to domestic violence protective orders from possessing firearms.
Imagine living with a violent, controlling partner, not knowing what you might face each time you enter your home. Imagine trying to protect yourself and your child in that situation, hang onto your job, and figure out how to get help. Imagine you reach out to a domestic violence program or the police get involved, eventually get legal representation and take the difficult step of showing up for a court proceeding that results in a domestic violence protective order requiring your abuser to stay away. And then imagine that they can nonetheless walk into a gun shop and purchase a firearm. How safe would you and your child be?
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A polling location in Sterling, Va. (Jahi Chikwendiu / The Washington Post via Getty Images) |
BY KATHY SPILLAR and ROXY SZAL | Tuesday, Nov. 7, is the last day for voters in several states to head to the polls to vote in a number of off-year elections. While they may be lower-profile, some of these races are still deeply consequential. We’ll be watching: Ohio’s pro-abortion ballot measure; Virginia’s state legislature; the Pennsylvania supreme court race; and the Kentucky and Mississippi governors’ races.
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Hundreds march in a rally in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on July 2, 2022, in Long Beach, Calif. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) |
BY TAMAR EISEN | On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a case in which the Court will decide whether the Second Amendment prevents the government from protecting survivors of domestic violence by temporarily disarming their abusers. Invalidating this law would exacerbate an already colossal maternal and reproductive health and rights crisis in the United States and have devastating consequences.
Violence against women is a pervasive problem globally, but in the U.S., the lethal combination of intimate partner violence against women and guns is staggering. The right to life and reproductive autonomy includes the right to live free from violence at the hands of intimate partners. (Click here to read more) |
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