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Today at Ms. | February 10, 2022 |
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The Equal Rights Amendment Is Ratified—Now What? |
BY CARRIE BAKER | Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution sets out two requirements for amendments: approval by two-thirds of both chambers of Congress and ratification by three-fourths (38) of the states. On Jan. 27, 2020, the Equal Rights Amendment finally achieved both of these requirements, but the Trump administration blocked the certification and publication of the amendment.
With a new president and control of Congress, Democrats are now fighting for recognition of the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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BY SARAH SHAW | Despite a wealth of research that concludes that a medical abortion at home with a consultation by phone is effective, safe, acceptable, and improves access to care, 19 U.S. states are introducing laws to block access to the medication.
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Harriet Tubman’s Disability and Why it Matters |
DEIRDRE COOPER OWENS | Most 19th-century writers focused on Tubman’s bravery and strength. Her supporters praised her for her successful solo journeys into the slave-holding South to free dozens of enslaved people. Yet, as an enslaved woman who lived in a patriarchal and anti-Black America, Harriet Tubman’s freedom dream and fugitive activism demonstrated something else. She offered up a version of freedom where a disabled Black woman sat at the center of it, where Black women were liberators, and where liberation was communal and democratic.
Launching Tuesday, Feb. 1, and culminating on March 10, the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project pays tribute to this feminist icon with a special commemorative issue through Ms. online and in print. Explore the interactive groundbreaking site here.
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