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Today at Ms. | July 18, 2022
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Abortion How-To: The Ms. Q&A on Menstrual Extraction With Carol Downer [[link removed]]
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“I had an illegal abortion that was quite a searing experience. Better than most women’s as a matter of fact, but life-changing as far as my attitudes toward the subject,” said Carol Downer, pictured here holding a Del-Em Kit, with her cat, Red. (Courtesy of Carol Downer)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Before Roe v. Wade , one of the ways women bypassed the medical system to get necessary abortions was a technique feminists called “menstrual extraction,” using a syringe, flexible plastic tubing and a mason jar to extract the contents of the uterus.
Ms . spoke with activist Carol Downer about her experiences teaching people to perform menstrual extractions and how the procedure could help post- Roe .
“How in the world can that Supreme Court sit up there and deny this thing to us? How can they get away with that? You can guarantee that Amy Coney Barrett has not seen her own cervix.”
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Our Abortion Stories: ‘The Justices Who Signed the Dobbs Opinion Do Not Care About 14-Year-Old Me’ [[link removed]]
BY PHOEBE KOLBERT and MICHELLE MOULTON | On June 24, the Supreme Court overturned the longstanding precedents of Roe v. Wade , representing the largest blow to women’s constitutional rights in history. We’re chronicling readers’ experiences of abortion pre- and post- Roe .
“Even a medically safe abortion cannot be truly safe if it is illegal and shrouded in secrecy.”
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The Dark Money Behind Abortion Bans: Go Inside Ms. Magazine’s Summer 2022 Issue [[link removed]]
BY KATHY SPILLAR | In the Summer issue of Ms. , we delve deep into the impact of the Court’s decision, the dark money behind the bans, and legal strategies that will determine where we go beyond Roe.
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After a Supreme Court term unlike any other in nearly a century, confidence in what was once a revered body has sunk to a historic low. On the latest episode, we’re recapping the recently ended Supreme Court term—exploring a slate of critical rulings that will have wide-ranging impacts from abortion access to climate change and beyond.
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