[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
April 17, 2024
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.
Federal Budget Battles Put Women and Families at the Forefront [[link removed]]
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President Joe Biden hands a pen to Mary Kay Henry, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), after signing an executive order related to childcare and eldercare on April 18, 2023. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
BY MARIBEL RAMOS | Too often, investments in housing, affordable and quality healthcare, child and elder care, paid family and medical leave—all of which allow women and families to thrive—are the first to get cut when lawmakers talk of “cutting wasteful government spending” or “balancing the budget.”
President Joe Biden’s most recent budget proposal bucks that historical trend in a big way.
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The Florida Supreme Court Didn’t Just Uphold a Six-Week Ban—It Denied Women Their Constitutional Privacy [[link removed]] Final ‘Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’ Regulations Were Released—And It’s Great News for Women [[link removed]]
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Virginia Becomes the First State in the South to End Child Marriage [[link removed]] The Arizona Supreme Court Winds Back the Clock to 1864: ‘The Eyes of the World Are Watching’ [[link removed]]
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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"O.J.
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domestic
violence.
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on
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In this episode, we’re joined by the indomitable Lizz Winstead with a live studio in Washington, D.C. She bares all as we talk about the new documentary featuring her and Abortion Access Front (AAF), No One Asked You. From her childhood to her own abortion story, she tells it all, including what led her to found AAF.
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!
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