Today at Ms. | October 7, 2021


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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Abortion Ban—But “The Fight Is Far From Over” [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On Wednesday, a federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked the state’s six-week abortion ban in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Since the Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect on September 1, the ban has forced most Texans to travel out of the state for abortion health care or continue unwanted pregnancies, while others are self-managing abortions by ordering pills online.
In a 113-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin ruled that the law—S.B. 8—is an unconstitutional violation of the right to abortion established by the Supreme Court cases of Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood.
“From the moment S.B. 8 went into effect, women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution,” said Pitman. “This court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right.”

We Must Advance Maternal Health Equity in the Build Back Better Act [[link removed]]
BY REP. LAUREN UNDERWOOD | The Build Back Better Act is a once-in-generation opportunity to create jobs, cut taxes and lower costs for families across the country by ensuring that corporate bad actors and the wealthiest multimillionaires pay their fair share. This historic legislation includes critical investments that uphold a fundamental principle: that in America, every family has a right to thrive. And that principle begins with a safe and healthy pregnancy and birth.

Out-of-Body Image: How Media Teaches Young Girls to Hate Their Bodies and Young Boys to Objectify Them (Spring 2008) [[link removed]]
BY CAROLINE HELDMAN | Testimony in congress this week on Facebook’s particular damage to women’s and girls’ perceptions of their bodies brought to mind our 2008 feature on the damage caused by a steady diet of exploitative, sexually provocative depictions of women and girls feeds a poisonous trend.
A steady diet of exploitative, sexually provocative depictions of women feeds a poisonous trend in women’s and girls’ perceptions of their bodies. A strategy to counter one’s own tendency to self-objectify is to make a point of buying products, watching programs and reading publications that promote more authentic women’s empowerment

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