Today at Ms. | December 2, 2021


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The Supreme Court Must Not Reward Anti-Abortion Violence [[link removed]]

BY CHRISTIAN F. NUNES and ELEANOR SMEAL | Overturning Roe or limiting the constitutional right to abortion is not about women’s health. It’s about politicians seeking to deny women bodily autonomy and exert control over their future.
The bottom line is that abortion is a constitutional right, one in which states do not need to meddle. The Supreme Court must rule against the Mississippi abortion ban—for the rule of law.
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Texas Law Prohibiting Mailing Abortion Pills Won’t Stop Texans Seeking Pills Online [[link removed]]
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Today, Texas's S.B. 4 goes into effect. The law shortens the time window for Texans to use abortion pills, and makes it a felony for doctors to mail them to patients.
But crucially, pregnant people in Texas are exempt from the law's penalties.

An Abortion Provider on Infertility: “Not Despite, Because” [[link removed]]
BY JULIE JENKINS | "People ask me: How could I perform abortion care while struggling for so many years to become pregnant?
As someone who believes in reproductive justice—a framework developed by Black women to address the intersections of race, gender, class, ability, nationality and sexuality—I am also a firm believer in its basic tenets.
So the better question is: How could I not?"


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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]] .
As the December oral arguments date for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case fast approaches, all eyes are on the Supreme Court. But we’re wondering — what’s happening at the on the ground, at clinics that provide abortions and reproductive health services where persistent, even daily violence against patients and providers goes overlooked and under-addressed?
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