Two SCOTUS decisions today allow employers to discriminate against women in health insurance coverage and in employment on religious grounds; feminists react to the Court's contraceptive ruling; a new documentary celebrates the suffrage centennial.
*"Today at Ms."** | **July 8, 2020*

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*SCOTUS Strengthens Employers' Rights to Discriminate Against Women [ [link removed] ]*

















BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On Wednesday, the Court ruled in favor of any employer using religious grounds to discriminate against women in health care insurance coverage and exempted religious employers from anti-discrimination laws.

*Feminists React to Supreme Court's Limiting Birth Control Coverage [ [link removed] ]*























BY KATIE FLEISCHER & JENNA ASHENDOUEK | In a 7-2 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld Trump administration rules allowing employers to opt out of providing birth control on the grounds of religious objections. The ruling will prevent 70,000 to 126,000 women from accessing contraception.

*Celebrating the Suffrage Centennial with "The Vote" Producer Michelle Ferrari [ [link removed] ]*









BY JENNA ASHENDOUEK | "The textbooks when I went to school said women were given the vote. We weren't given anything." We took it."" - Eleanor Smeal, president of Feminist Majority Foundation _________________________________________




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