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Today at Ms. | January 27, 2022 |
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Equal Rights Amendment Is the Law: U.S. House Resolution Declares ERA 28th Amendment |
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | In an opinion issued on Wednesday, Jan. 26, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) helped clear the way for the Equal Rights Amendment. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), responded to the newly issued OLC memo by saying that the ERA has already been ratified and should be recognized as the 28th Amendment.
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BY AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN | Earlier this month, Pope Francis once again called childless couples “selfish,” extolling the virtues of parenthood as essential to the human experience and sparking a significant backlash. Thank goodness, then, that there’s the perfect film waiting in the wings to counter this baseless claim: award-winning filmmaker Therese Shechter’s newest documentary, “My So-Called Selfish Life.”
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Ms. Relaunches Iconic “We Have Had Abortions” Campaign |
In its 1972 preview issue, Ms. magazine ran a bold petition in which 53 well-known U.S. women declared that they had undergone abortions—despite laws in most states rendering the procedure illegal. We know it is time again.
Today in Texas, abortion has been outlawed for the vast majority of women and girls. And in a few short months, the Supreme Court is likely to rule in a case that is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and will impact abortion access nationwide.
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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on
Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, marks the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But it may very well be its last. In a few short months we face the likelihood the Supreme Court will overturn Roe. Already, 2021 was the worst year for abortion rights in almost half a century. In this episode, we discuss the relaunch of the iconic “We Have Had Abortions” petition, the history of the evolution of abortion access in the U.S. and the future of abortion rights in a possible post-Roe world.
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