Today at Ms. | September 27, 2021


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21 Years After FDA Approval, Abortion Pill Is More Critical Than Ever [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE BAKER | Twenty-one years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the abortion pill mifepristone for distribution in the United States. As states are now passing laws to ban abortion and the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the abortion pill is what will make a post-Roe world very different from the pre-Roe world, when thousands of women died each year from illegal abortions, and many more were left permanently harmed by unsafe and illegal abortions.
Abortion pills are safe and effective, widely accessible online and easy to use. A grassroots movement led by the organization Plan C is now working to ensure that women across the country know how to get abortion pills and how to use them.

Texas Abortion Ban Called Out for Women’s Rights Violations at the U.N. [[link removed]]
BY MARJORIE NEWMAN-WILLIAMS | This month, leaders from around the world are gathering in New York for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. But as the world comes together to discuss urgent problems, the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has a message for the United States: New abortion restrictions in Texas violate women’s fundamental rights.
“This law is alarming,” U.N. experts said of Texas’s six-week abortion ban. “It bans abortion before many women even know they are pregnant,” with no exemptions for rape, incest or fetal health. Experts warned the law will disproportionately impact the most vulnerable: “This law is simply a blatant attack against women in situations of poverty as those with the means will be able to terminate their pregnancy in another state.”

The Trauma of COVID-19 Persists as College Reopens [[link removed]]
BY SWATHI KELLA | “Everyone is just wanting to have a collective sigh of relief—‘Oh, we’re back in school and everything’s gonna be okay again’—when in fact, there are people who are still struggling significantly and will continue to do so.”
“The pandemic isn’t over. But even if and when it is, your trauma doesn’t just miraculously go away the day everyone is vaccinated and there’s no more spread of the illness, it takes time to recover.”


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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]] .
Dr. Goodwin is joined by Professor Dorothy Roberts to unpack Texas’ new abortion ban, the Supreme Court’s decision to let it stand, and what the legacies of legislative interference with reproductive decision-making and autonomy mean for women, people who can become pregnant, and for our American democracy.
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!


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