[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
August 10, 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.
Top Indiana Employers Voice Concern Over State’s New Near-Total Abortion Ban [[link removed]]
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Abortion rights activists in the Indiana Senate during a special session to ban abortion rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Gov. Holcomb signed the bill into law. (Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
BY LINDA BURSTYN and ROXY SZAL | In Indiana, a bill banning nearly all abortions became law on Friday after passing through the state Senate and being signed by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb. The law, Senate Bill 1, takes effect on Sep. 15. S.B. 1 makes Indiana the first state to pass an abortion restriction after Roe v. Wade ‘s overturn and ninth state to ban abortion outright, alongside Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.
In response to the extreme legislation, some of the state’s largest employers are raising concerns about the harmful effects of the law—both on the health of current and future residents of Indiana, and on the companies’ abilities to recruit top talent.
Drug company Eli Lilly employs over 10,000 Hoosiers alone. “Given this new law,” the company said in a statement, “we will be forced to plan for more employment growth outside our home state.” The company has offered to cover travel costs for employees seeking reproductive services out of state, but admitted this provision “may not be enough for some current and potential employees.”
Soon after, a spokesman for Cummins, a Columbus-based engine company employing 10,000, voiced similar concern over S.B. 1. A statement expressed “deep concern” with how the law impacts employees of the company and impedes its ability to attract and retain a diverse workforce in Indiana. “Cummins believes that women should have the right to make reproductive healthcare decisions as a matter of gender equity, ensuring that women have the same opportunity as others to participate fully in the workforce and that our workforce is diverse,” the company said in its statement. “This law is contrary to this goal and we oppose it.”
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The U.S. Just Got One Step Closer to Over-the-Counter Birth Control [[link removed]] Front and Center: Before Guaranteed Income and the Child Tax Credit, “Some Months I Would Fall Very Short” [[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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"One
Month
Post-Roe:
At
Least
43
Abortion
Clinics
Across
11
States
Have
Stopped
Offering
Abortion
Care”
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Guttmacher
Institute
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"Volunteer
networks
in
Mexico
aid
at-home
abortions
without
involving
doctors
or
clinics.
They’re
coming
to
Texas.”
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Texas
Tribune
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"The
Supreme
Court
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unscientific
and
medically
negligent”
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Fulcrum
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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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