[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
July 10, 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.
The Supreme Court Left the Door Open for Attacks on Emergency Medical Care [[link removed]]
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Hundreds of counter-protesters during the so-called March for Life, an anti-abortion gathering, in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 16, 2023. (Ying Tang / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
BY SEN. MELISSA WINTROW | Earlier this year, I watched in horror as my home state of Idaho vehemently argued in front of the Supreme Court, asserting that due to our extreme abortion ban, doctors may not provide emergency abortion care—even if a woman’s health is failing. They were adamant, making it clear that our law only allowed providers to intervene in cases of impending death. Their argument wasn’t just unconscionable; it was in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a nearly 40-year-old federal law that guarantees that anyone can receive treatment for emergency medical condition. Idaho ignored these protections when it passed our oppressive ban, which became the subject of Idaho v. United States.
The Supreme Court handed down its decision last week and vacated the case. This conclusion—at least temporarily—protected a small sliver of the safety net that pregnant patients can count on for care. For the time being, this means that patients in need of emergency abortion care will no longer need to be airlifted out of Idaho, which has been happening since the start of 2024. You would think this decision would be comforting.
It is not.
Instead of doing what it should have done, which was affirm that pregnant people have the same protections as anyone else, the Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower courts and left the door open for other extremists to bring this argument again.
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The Fight Over Military Abortion Access: ‘The National Defense Act Being Used by Far-Right MAGA Extremists as a Wish List’ [[link removed]] Whether Abusers Like Zackey Rahimi Should Be Able to Have Guns Should Have Never Reached the Supreme Court [[link removed]]
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Nursing Parents Still Have No Place to Pump at Work. Now They’re Suing. [[link removed]] As Women’s Incarceration Rates Rise, Advocates Say Clean Slate Legislation Is Needed [[link removed]]
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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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