Feminist News Digest | Week of August 23-August 27

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ACTIVISM | ON THE HILL
Activists Join Together to Rally for the Equal Rights Amendment on Women’s Equality Day [[link removed]]
On Thursday afternoon, around 150 activists and women’s rights leaders from across the country gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, across from the U.S. Senate, to rally for removal of the arbitrary timeline placed in the preamble of the Equal Rights Amendment. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove the time limit in March of this year, but thus far the Senate has failed to follow suit despite a narrow pro-ERA majority.


ELECTION | ON THE HILL
House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to Strengthen Landmark Voting Rights Act [[link removed]]
The House passed on Tuesday the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would strengthen and restore key provisions of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The legislation is named after the civil and voting rights leader John Lewis, who died a year ago.


ABORTION | HEALTH
House Members Introduce Resolution to Compel FDA to Eliminate In-Person Requirement for Medication Abortion [[link removed]]
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform introduced a resolution Thursday that urges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to eliminate the requirement that people seeking a medication abortion must obtain the medication in-person.



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