Feminist News Digest | Week of December 14-December 18

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ABORTION | ON THE HILL
White House Cuts Millions of Dollars in Funding to California Because of Pro-Choice Law [[link removed]]
During an event on Wednesday at the White House celebrating the administration’s anti-abortion efforts, the Trump Administration announced a new measure to restrict abortion access: withholding $200 million in Medicaid funding from California after the state passed a law requiring health insurance companies to cover abortion care.


ON THE HILL
Rep. Marcia Fudge to Head Housing and Urban Development: “We Will Help People Believe Once Again” [[link removed]]
In a recent series of nominations, President-Elect Joe Biden chose Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) to join his Cabinet as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. She will be the second Black woman to hold the position, and first in the past 40 years.


LGBTQ | COURTS
Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Anti-Trans Birth Certificate Law [[link removed]]
On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled against an Ohio law that prevented transgender individuals from correcting their assigned gender on their birth certificate.



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