Feminist News Digest | Week of July 18-July 23

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ACTIVISM | POLITICS
“Good Trouble Vigils for Democracy” Held Across the Nation to Honor John Lewis [[link removed]]
Across the country, people gathered to honor the legacy of the late Representative John Lewis (D-GA) with candlelight vigils on Saturday.


ABORTION | COURTS
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Banning Almost All Abortions [[link removed]]
On Tuesday, a federal judge placed a preliminary injunction on an Arkansas law that would ban most abortions. The temporary block ensures that the law will not go into effect until a final ruling on the legality of the ban is made.


LGBTQ| COURTS
Anti-Trans Laws in Arkansas and West Virginia Blocked by Federal Judges [[link removed]]
On Wednesday, federal judges blocked two anti-trans state laws from going into effect. The first, an Arkansas law, would prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth. The second, a West Virginia law, banned transgender girls and women from playing in women’s public-school sports.



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