Today at Ms. | December 14, 2021


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Abortion Pills in Your Medicine Cabinet? Advance Provision Medication to End Early Pregnancies [[link removed]]

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Advance provision of abortion pills is a growing trend among clinicians. This model could significantly shorten the time between the decision to end a pregnancy and having an abortion, and short circuit the medically-unnecessary obstacle course that currently exists in many states for people trying to access medication abortion.
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Think Build Back Better Is Expensive? Wait Till You Hear the U.S. Defense Budget. [[link removed]]
BY MARTHA BURK | The main objection to President Biden’s Build Back Better plan by Republicans and so-called “moderate” Democrats is the price tag—$3.5 trillion over 10 years. If that sounds like a lot of money, it is—until you compare it to the boys and their toys.
We don’t need a rocket scientist to tell us why women’s jobs aren’t recovering: a lack of childcare and universal pre-kindergarten, a lack of paid family leave. The Build Back Better Act would go a long way toward fixing that.
“Any Day They Could Deport Me”: Immigrant Children in Legal Purgatory [[link removed]]
BY RACHEL LEYA DAVIDSON and LAILA L. HLASS | More than 200 civil rights groups urge the Senate to pass voting rights legislation before they leave for recess—and before it’s too late to ensure safe, fair 2022 midterm elections.

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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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