Today at Ms. | June 9, 2021

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Women’s Health Protection Act Reintroduced in Congress: “Abortion with Dignity and Without Barriers” [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On Tuesday, June 8, members of Congress reintroduced the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA)—federal legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade in law and establish the legal right to abortion in all 50 states under federal law. “The Women’s Health Protection Act will take the power to make these deeply personal medical decisions out of governors’ mansions and state legislatures and put it back where it belongs: in the hands of patients and persons they trust,” said co-sponsor Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.).

Abortion on Demand Offers Telemedicine Abortion in 20+ States and Counting: “I Didn’t Know I Could Do This!” [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | “It’s called Abortion On Demand for a reason. It’s provocative, I know. But when you’ve already decided that you don’t want to continue your pregnancy, especially if you have pregnancy symptoms, making people wait doesn’t feel right to me," said Dr. Jamie Phifer, founder and medical director of Abortion On Demand. "Abortion care is easy. Medically speaking, it is easy enough that a robot could do it. So we built the robot.”

Keeping Score: Most Mass Shooters Have History of Domestic Violence; Kristen Clarke to Lead Civil Rights Division; Simone Biles Wins Historic 7th Title [[link removed]]

BY SOPHIE DORF-KAMIENNY | In this biweekly round-up, we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. This week in Keeping Score: commemorating the Tulsa Race Massacre; Kristen Clarke is confirmed to the DOJ; Naomi Osaka withdraws from the French Open; mass grave is discovered at Canadian residential school; and more.

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