Congress Members introduce a bill to repeal the Helms Amendment | three ways Congress can protect the November elections | WNBA teams stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

*"Today at Ms."** | **July 31, 2020*

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*First-Ever Legislation to Repeal Helms Amendment: Abortion Is Health Care Everywhere Act [ [link removed] ]*

BY SARAH MONTGOMERY | This week, feminists in Congress introduced the 'Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act'-the first-ever legislation to repeal the Helms Amendment, which prevents U.S. foreign aid from being used for abortion funding.

*Three Ways Congress Can Protect the November Elections [ [link removed] ]*

BY SARAH MONTGOMERY | The President threatened election inference this week, as a pandemic rages on and the U.S. Postal Service faces unprecedented shortages. Seems pretty clear to us that Congress must take action to protect our elections.

*We Heart: WNBA Players Walk Off Court to Support Breonna Taylor and #SayHerName [ [link removed] ]*

BY AUDREY GIBBS | Members of the Seattle Storm and New York Liberty WNBA teams walked off the court before the National Anthem began last week, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
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