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A woman casts her ballot during the Maryland state primary election in Annapolis, Md., on May 14, 2024. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)

By Carrie N. Baker | In nearly a dozen states, voters this fall will have a chance to protect abortion rights and advance equality for women.

Since June 2022, when the Supreme Court made its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, seven states have voted on abortion-related ballot measures. Voters chose to protect abortion rights in all seven states. With a 100-percent success rate so far, reproductive rights activists are pushing for ballot measures in another 11 states this fall, with the added hope of turning out voters in battleground states like Arizona and Nevada.

(This article originally appears in the Fall 2024 issue of Ms. Join the Ms. community today and you’ll get issues delivered straight to your mailbox!)

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A rally for reproductive rights and emergency abortion care outside the Supreme Court during arguments in Moyle v. United States, which deals with whether an Idaho abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

By Roxanne Szal | Kyleigh Thurman and Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz were both diagnosed with a nonviable ectopic pregnancy—a condition that can kill the patient if not treated promptly. Despite a clear diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy from their physicians, both were repeatedly turned away from two hospitals.

In Thurman and Norris-De La Cruz’s cases, the Center for Reproductive Rights is asking the federal government to enforce the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals to provide stabilizing care—including abortions—to patients with emergency medical conditions. However, the Supreme Court recently dismissed Moyle v. United States, confusing reproductive rights supporters who followed the case closely.

What happens now? What’s the broader state of abortion care? What other significant cases are making their way through the courts? How should we be fighting back? Ms. spoke to attorneys Jaime Gher of the Global Justice Center and Marc Hearron of the Center Reproductive Rights to find out.

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Abortion rights activists rally at the Texas Capitol on Sept. 11, 2021, in Austin, after state lawmakers passed SB 8, which prohibits abortions in Texas after a fetal heartbeat is detected on an ultrasound, usually between the fifth and sixth weeks of pregnancy. (Jordan Vonderhaar / Getty Images)

By Taylor Holden | As racial and gender inequality persist, the promise of American democracy will remain a promise unfulfilled.

(This essay is part of a Women & Democracy package focused on who’s funding the women and LGBTQ people on the frontlines of democracy. We’re manifesting a new era for philanthropy—one that centers feminism. The need is real: Funding for women and girls amounts to less than 2 percent of all philanthropic giving; for women of color, it’s less than 1 percent. Explore the “Feminist Philanthropy Is Essential to Democracy” collection.)

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