[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
May 18, 2022
Right now, we face critical challenges to women's equality, both in the U.S. and around the world—but it can be hard to keep up. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
Ms. Relaunches Abortion Petition That ‘Changed Abortion Rights Movement,’ Says Washington Post [[link removed]]
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The original “We Have Had Abortions” article that appeared in Ms.
BY MS. EDITORS | The leaked draft opinion signaling the Supreme Court’s majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has sent shock waves across the U.S. When a final decision is issued before the end of the Supreme Court’s term (likely in June), it will represent the biggest blow to women’s constitutional rights in history.
In 1972, when abortion was still illegal throughout most of the country, 53 well-known U.S. women courageously declared “We Have Had Abortions” in the pages of the preview issue of Ms . magazine.
The Washington Post credited the petition with the “start of a powerful strategy in the U.S. abortion rights movement: ending the secrecy that had kept many women out of the fight.” Executive editor Kathy Spillar told the Washington Post in a recent interview, “It made it acceptable to speak about it.”
The next year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that abortion was a fundamental right protected by the U.S. Constitution. This year, the Supreme Court appears poised to reverse this position. In this perilous time, Ms. is relaunching the petition—with the encouragement and support of some of the original 1972 signers. This year alone, the petition has garnered almost 7,000 signatories.
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Pentagon Bucks and Masculinity’s Omega [[link removed]] Senate Republicans Block Vote to Guarantee Abortion Access Nationwide [[link removed]]
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In a Post-Roe America, Expect More Births in a Country Where Maternal Mortality Continues to Rise [[link removed]] Nine (Free) Films for Understanding What’s at Stake with the Impending Loss of Roe v. Wade [[link removed]]
What we're reading:
We know it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. That's why going forward, we'll provide a weekly roundup of the stories we think are important that Ms. may not have covered. Here's what we're reading this week:
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"Who
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overturning
Roe?”
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[link removed] [[link removed]] 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 we stare down the barrel of a Roe v. Wade overturn, providers are filling abortion access gaps with telehealth and medication abortion. So, what do you need to know about abortion pills? How do they work? How long has medication abortion been available? Is it safe? (The answer’s yes!) Is it legal? (Yes!) Is it effective? (Extremely.)
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