[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
December 11, 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.
Elections as ‘Manhood Competitions’: Feminist Political Scientists Reckon With Harris’ Loss [[link removed]]
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By Jackson Katz | Ms. contributor Jackson Katz—creator of the 2024 documentary The Man Card: 50 Years of Gender, Power, and the American Presidency—interviewed Dr. Caroline Heldman about the 2024 election.
Dr. Caroline Heldman is a political scientist and chair of the gender, women and sexuality studies program at Occidental College in Los Angeles. She is also president and CEO of Stand With Survivors and a political commentator for Spectrum News and CNN. Heldman earned her Ph.D. from Rutgers University and a certificate in executive leadership from the Harvard Business School. She has published eight books, including Women, Power, and Politics: The Fight for Gender Equality in the United States (Oxford University Press). Her work has been featured in numerous documentaries, including Miss Representation and The Mask You Live In. She co-founded the New Orleans Women’s Shelter, the Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum, End Rape on Campus (EROC) and Faculty Against Rape (FAR) and led the campaign that overturned the time limit on prosecuting rape in California. She is the board president of the TEP Center, the first civil rights museum in New Orleans, and the chair of the board of Alturas Institute, a nonprofit fighting for stronger democracy.
Below, Katz and Heldman—longtime friends and colleagues—discuss the presidential election, the “uphill climb” for women in politics, and how political parties can combat the gender penalty.
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Conservative Supreme Court to Rule on Right to Be Trans, Medical Care, Parents’ Rights, Constitutional Sex Discrimination—and the Right to Be Different [[link removed]] ‘Project 2025 Is Tennessee 2024’: Dispatches From the Front Lines [[link removed]]
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‘Significant Victory’: Ninth Circuit Court Mixed Ruling ‘Frees Idahoans to Talk With Pregnant Minors About Abortion’ [[link removed]] Mifepristone Access, and What Comes Next for the Medication Abortion Drug [[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:
* "Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about it” — Salon [[link removed]]
* "Plane tickets and gas money will shape the future of abortion in the United States.” — The Atlantic [[link removed]]
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In this episode, we continue to assess and reckon with the 2024 election results. How did abortion rights prevail, while anti-abortion lawmakers were elected in the very same states? What will a Trump administration mean for women’s rights, federal courts, agencies and throughout government? Are there any safeguards left as a check or restraint on abuse of office? And, what silver linings can we find among the election results?
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