Today at Ms. | October 14, 2021


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Rising Gun Ownership, Incidents of Domestic Violence, and How Women Pay the Price [[link removed]]

BY BRIAN JOSLYN | Nine of the top 10 states for female homicide rates—Alaska, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, North Dakota, Tennessee and Montana—have no requirements for purchasing firearms, and they do not perform background checks for private party purchases. But new data suggests enhanced gun measures are effective at curbing homicides of women in domestic violence situations involving firearms.

Medication Abortion Is Safe and Effective—It’s Time Everyone Has Equal Access [[link removed]]

BY ANNA BERNSTEIN | Policymakers can help ensure that abortion is more accessible by allowing easier access to medication abortion care, which is the termination of pregnancy using pills, most commonly through a combination of two medications: mifepristone and misoprostol. It is safe and effective, and can be taken by patients at home. This has made medication abortion care particularly critical during the COVID-19 pandemic, as it reduces time spent in a medical setting

California Law Eliminates Spousal Rape Exemption—But “Patriarchy Still Dies Hard” [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE BAKER | Up to 14 percent of married women experience marital rape. Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill mostly eliminating an antiquated distinction in California law between “spousal rape” and rape, which has for years resulted in more lenient penalties for perpetrators who rape their spouses.
“The first question a rape victim is asked should not be whether or not they are married.”


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