[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
July 20, 2022
From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
Is a Public Health Emergency Declaration a Good Strategy in Response to Dobbs? [[link removed]]
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Abortion rights activists outside the White House on July 9, 2022., denounce the Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections. (Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | In a Washington Post opinion editorial on June 30, CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights Nancy Northup called on the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency for abortion in response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. Northup argued that a public health emergency declaration would allow the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help patients obtain abortion care, as well as enable out-of-state prescribing and dispensing of medication abortion in states banning abortion.
On July 8, the Biden administration issued an executive order to expand access to abortion healthcare, which Texas immediately challenged in court—but the president has not yet declared a public health emergency.
The Network for Public Health Law has issued a report laying out the U.S. government’s powers to address public health emergencies under several federal laws, including the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (the PREP Act), which provides federal preemption of state laws and immunity from lawsuits for those acting to address a declared public health emergency.
Ms. spoke with leading reproductive health law scholar and Temple law professor Rachel Rebouché about the strengths and limitations of a public health emergency declaration for increasing access to abortion healthcare.
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Senate Republicans Block Bill Protecting Right to Travel for Abortion [[link removed]] Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Carolyn Maloney and More Arrested at Abortion Rights Rally [[link removed]]
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Half a Century of Data on American Women and Politics [[link removed]] Real Representation Is the Key To Protecting Our Reproductive Freedom [[link removed]]
What we're reading:
Because it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. Here's what we're reading this week:
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"They
Had
Miscarriages,
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New
Abortion
Laws
Obstructed
Treatment"
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New
York
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"What
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Wade
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mean
for
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on
probation
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parole”
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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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