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Today at Ms. | April 7, 2022
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U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Nine Anti-Abortion Extremists for Clinic Invasion [[link removed]]
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Lauren Handy, 28 (left) and Joan Andrews Bell, 74 (right) are two of nine anti-abortion extremists named in a recent DOJ indictment for a 2020 clinic invasion. Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, stands behind them. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
BY ROXY SZAL | On Oct. 22, 2020, a group of anti-abortion extremists hailing from six different states and armed with a chain and rope forcefully pushed through the doors of the Washington Surgi-Clinic, a reproductive healthcare facility in Washington, D.C. Using furniture, they barricaded the door to the treatment area and chained themselves to each other in order to shut down clinic operations; they also injured a nurse during the course of the invasion while terrorizing staff and patients for well over an hour.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week criminal indictments against the nine anti-abortion extremists associated with this obstruction and violent invasion, charging them with violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
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Join the Conversation: Why Abortion Is Essential to Democracy—and Democracy Is Essential for Reproductive Justice [[link removed]]
BY JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF | Join a special event streaming from NPR’s studio in New York City on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
Panelists will dig deep on key questions:
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How
should
we
consid­er
parallel
affronts
to
participation
and
representation—the
wave
of
voting
restrictions
and
outsize
role
of
big
money
in
polit­ics?
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Can
we
look
to
state
courts
to
provide
new
avenues
in
the
aftermath
of
the
Supreme
Court’s
Dobbs
ruling?
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What
are
the
legal
and
soci­etal
impacts
of
crim­in­al­iz­ing
preg­nancy
and
abor­tion,
espe­cially
on
communit­ies
of
color?
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Ranked-Choice Voting Is Key in Alaska Special Election; How Latin America Is Achieving Gender Parity [[link removed]]
BY CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: The Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court; why so many countries in Latin America are achieving gender parity; major barriers for women in China and South Korea; ranked-choice voting takes center stage in Alaska special election; the 2018 law that more than doubled the number of women on boards in California has been struck down; it’s National Poetry Month; and more.
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Last month, we tuned in to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. How did a process meant to be rigorous, but respectful and fair turn into days of badgering, bullying, and a litmus test on religion? Join us to break down the events leading up to her recent confirmation with leading legal experts.
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!
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