September 8, 2021


With so much at stake for women and for equality, Ms. will be reporting on policy initiatives and progress within Congress and the Biden-Harris administration—as well as tracking the backlash to equality. Every Wednesday, we will keep you updated, informed and ready to push forward!


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

BY KATHY SPILLAR | “The act is a breathtaking act of defiance—of the Constitution, of this court’s precedents, and of the rights of women seeking abortions throughout Texas.” —Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

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. Yet the five conservative justices based their decision on what they said was their inability to rule on “complex and novel antecedent procedural questions” presented by the challengers to the law, even while acknowledging the “serious questions regarding the constitutionality of the Texas law at issue.”

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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Texas Lawmakers Achieved the Impossible: A Near-Total Ban on Abortion. Here’s How Feminists Are Fighting Back [[link removed]]

Union Membership Increases Wage Equity for Women—But Stronger Laws Are Needed [[link removed]]

First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom on Gender Justice, Feminist Backlash and the Future of Women’s Leadership [[link removed]]

Women Carry Two-Thirds of Student Loan Debt. How Does the Pay Gap, Plus This Debt, Affect Women Workers? [[link removed]]


When Human Life Begins Is a Question of Politics—Not Biology [[link removed]]

The Texas Abortion Ban Is History Revisited [[link removed]]


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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]] .
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