Today at Ms. | September 7, 2021


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The End of Roe? A Sneak Peek into Ms. Fall 2021 Issue [[link removed]]

BY KATHY SPILLAR | In her blistering dissent from the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay Texas’s Senate Bill 8, Justice Sotomayor points out what we already knew: The Texas law, which bans virtually all abortions after six weeks is unconstitutional. In our new Fall issue, constitutional law scholar Michele Goodwin delves into the court’s decision; we take Ms. readers inside the Jackson, Miss., clinic challenging the state’s law that bans nearly all abortions after 15 weeks; and more.

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Media Repeat Junk Science Behind Abortion Ban Laws: Check the Science—There is No Heartbeat at Six Weeks [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE BAKER | The inaccuracies of the Texas law, repeated by media across the country, are part of a larger anti-abortion movement strategy to spread misinformation about abortion.
When media uncritically repeat the factually inaccurate and politically charged language of the anti-abortion movement, they create confusion, spread misleading information about abortion, and perpetuate stigma and bias against abortion, endangering women’s health and lives.


“At 9, I Had Already Started Working”: Labor Activist and Former Farmworker Demands Workplace Protections for Agricultural Workers [[link removed]]

BY LILY SENDROFF | Loopholes in labor law allow agriculture to be the only industry where children can legally work virtually unlimited hours beginning at age 12. As a child farm worker herself, activist Norma Flores López is fighting for labor protections in agriculture—especially for children and women.

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .
The recent rise in documented anti-Asian violence has raised questions about the current status of Asian American identity and safety in the U.S. How does “Asian” fit into the American racial taxonomy, which has for so long relied on a dichotomy of Black and white?
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