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A “die-in” protest outside of the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024, before oral arguments in a case challenging a federal law that requires hospitals to perform an emergency abortion when needed to resolve a patient’s medical emergency. (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

By Kendall Turner, Carrie N. Baker, Kathy Spillar, Roxanne Szal and Shoshanna Ehrlich | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from the Biden administration to send a dispute over emergency abortions in Texas back to the lower courts. The justices turned down the plea without explanation. The Court dealt with a set of similar cases out of Idaho in June (more on that below) without reaching a conclusive decision on the federal law in question, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).

“Recently, the world has heard the story of Amber Thurman, a young woman who died because of Georgia’s extreme abortion ban,” said Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates. “Today’s punt by the Supreme Court will lead to more cases like Amber’s. Women will continue to die while doctors consult with their hospital’s legal teams—all because the Court refuses to enforce federal law that would require emergency treatment to protect a mother’s health. The Court is telling women in states with bans that need abortion care to save their life: ‘We don’t care.'”

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A commemoration event for journalists who lost their lives as a result of the Israel-Gaza War at Foley Square in Manhattan on Nov. 6, 2023. (Fatih Aktas / Anadolu via Getty Images)

By The Coalition For Women In Journalism | Since the start of the Israel-Gaza War, a chilling tally of at least 128 journalists have been confirmed dead, with others either missing, detained or grievously injured. The Coalition For Women In Journalism is closely monitoring the situation on the frontlines and documenting violations against women journalists covering the conflict.

In the face of the growing threats and attacks against women journalists covering the war, it is imperative that we unite and take a stand for press freedom.

(This essay is part of the “Feminist Journalism is Essential to Democracy” project—Ms. magazine’s latest installment of Women & Democracy, presented in partnership with the International Women’s Media Foundation.)

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Left: Nico Lang (Christian Rogers). Right: American Teenager (cover art by Pace Taylor)

By Oliver C. Haug | Nico Lang’s American Teenager spans states and perspectives, interviewing transgender teenagers from all walks of life—a girl in Florida who’s trying to figure out who she is while helping support her family financially; a boy in Chicago who’s excitedly planning for his first year of college in a city far away; kids who’ve been advocates since the were in diapers; and kids who just want to live their lives, away from the limelight.

Ms. spoke with Lang about the current state of the anti-trans movement, why children are an oppressed class, and what it means to foreground trans joy in a moment when institutionalized anti-trans hate is at an all-time high.

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