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Today at Ms. | August 23, 2022
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It’s Women’s Equality Week—and Three More Total Abortion Bans Are About to Take Effect [[link removed]]
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Abortion rights activists gather at the Federal Courthouse Plaza in Austin, Texas, on June 24, 2022, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Suzanne Cordeiro / AFP via Getty Images)
BY ROXY SZAL | Before this week, total bans were already in effect in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
On Thursday, existing laws in Texas, Tennessee and Idaho will take effect that either outlaw abortion entirely, or increase penalties for doctors who perform an abortion. The very next day, the U.S. will commemorate Women’s Equality Day. You’ll understand if we don’t feel much like celebrating.
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In Post-Roe Louisiana, Things Go From Bad to Worse for Teens [[link removed]]
BY CLARE DANIEL and MELISSA GOLDIN EVANS | Abortion is a critical component of reproductive healthcare, and young Louisianans will continue to need it.
As Louisianans, we must ask ourselves: How can our legislators claim teens are not mature enough to learn about how their reproductive bodies work, while presuming they can cope with forced parenthood? Abortion is a critical component of reproductive healthcare, and young Louisianans will continue to need it.
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As Climate Change Deadline Approaches, Every Minute Counts to Urge Action [[link removed]]
BY BECCA RICHIE | Civilians gathered in a global moment of silence to commemorate the first official Climate Emergency Day on July 22. From California to Nigeria, New Orleans to London, Ghana to Pennsylvania, Rome to Jerusalem—the world watched the Climate Clock tick over from seven years to six. I led the moment of silence under the Union Square Climate Clock in New York City. It was hot, reaching 99 degrees Fahrenheit. As we faced the clock, we felt the crisis in our bodies.
When we imagine the climate crisis together, and all that’s at stake, we are feeding the momentum of a movement with revolutionary potential. Adrienne Maree Brown wrote, “We are in an imagination battle.” The Climate Clock is the drummer of this battle.
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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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