Feminist News Digest | Week of January 18-January 22

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ON THE HILL
Senators and Members of Congress Reintroduce Joint Resolution to Remove Timeline on the Equal Rights Amendment [[link removed]]
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY), along with 195 cosponsors, reintroduced the House Joint Resolution to remove the arbitrary deadline for ratification from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)’s preamble. Its companion joint resolution was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).


ABORTION | GLOBAL
Biden Announces Plan to Rescind Global Gag Rule on Abortion Funding [[link removed]]
President Biden has announced his intention to rescind the Mexico City policy on January 28, a mandate which prevents the US from providing international funding to nongovernmental groups that provide abortion and reproductive health care.


ON THE HILL | ACTIVISM
Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Started Her High School’s Chapter of Girls Learn International, a Project of Feminist Majority Foundation [[link removed]]
At Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, a momentous day, all eyes were on young poet Amanda Gorman. At 22, she is the youngest poet to speak at a presidential inauguration, and her words moved the in-person and virtual audience.



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