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Taliban ex-fighters from Afghanistan’s countryside, now based in Kabul and studying in religious school, at a perfume shop in Kabul, on Feb. 4, 2024. In the country, women are not allowed to move around in public space unless they are in the company of a male relative known as a mahram. (Elise Blanchard / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY DR. SIMA SAMAR | The human rights abuses of the Taliban and re-establishment of gender apartheid in Afghanistan have largely been met with silence by the international community. A trend of normalization of the regime has begun to emerge in the media and in international assessments. Recently, The Washington Post ran an article titled “Taliban vowed to change Kabul. The city may be starting to change the Taliban”, which described a Taliban enthralled with shopping, learning English, and studying abroad. A photo of Taliban enjoying a picnic accompanies the article, but neglects to mention that women are now forbidden from going to the park or anywhere else.

Taliban revels in its male-dominated society, while women languish under house arrest or in jail for daring to defy Taliban decrees. This normalization of the Taliban is devastating to the women and girls of Afghanistan, and portends danger to the rest of the world where attacks on women’s rights have intensified.

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Abortion rights protesters march in Birmingham, Ala., during the March For Reproductive Freedom on May 19, 2019. (Seth Herald / AFP via Getty Images)

BY SAMEERA MOKKARALA | The Alabama Supreme Court decision on IVF—based neither in good science nor good law—exemplifies how the anti-abortion movement negatively affects us all, whether we are seeking to have children or not.

It is essential, now more than ever, that politicians and judges are dedicated to preserving access to full spectrum reproductive healthcare for all.

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BY CAMILLE HAHN | In the latest print issue of Ms., reporter Belle Taylor-McGhee digs into a pending Supreme Court case brought by the Justice Department against Idaho on behalf of patients who need care at hospital emergency rooms due to pregnancy complications, arguing that the state’s law banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy violates the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA. The Supreme Court’s decision, expected in June or July, will determine the fate of women suffering potentially fatal pregnancy complications and will have life-or-death ramifications for women in any state with extreme abortion bans in place.

Here’s some of what else you’ll find within the pages of the upcoming Spring 2024 issue of Ms. magazine: how to mobilize men in service of progressive, liberal and feminist ideals; the importance of the ongoing battle against gerrymandering; Dr. Sima Samar on the status of women in Afghanistan, and more.

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