[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
August 24, 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.
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 | For women in the U.S., this week is usually a cause for celebrating the date in 1920, when our right to vote was finally enshrined in the Constitution. But this year is marked by a cruel irony. On Thursday, laws in Texas, Tennessee and Idaho will take effect that either outlaw abortions entirely, or increase penalties for doctors who perform them. The very next day, the U.S. will commemorate Women’s Equality Day. You’ll understand if we don’t feel much like celebrating.
Abortion bans harm women—not only their health, but also by denying them equal opportunities in education, employment and politics. A report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates if all state-level abortion restrictions were eliminated, there would be over a half a million more women aged 15 to 44 in the labor force.
Before this week, total bans were already in effect in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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Black and Brown Moms Urge Breastfeeding Support [[link removed]] Groundbreaking Massachusetts Law Protects Telemedicine Abortion Providers Serving Patients Located in States Banning Abortion [[link removed]]
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Safe Haven Laws Were Never Supposed to Be an Alternative to Abortion [[link removed]] Policing Pregnancy: Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Ratchets up Women’s Fears of Prosecution [[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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"Most
abortions
are
done
at
home.
Antiabortion
groups
are
taking
aim."
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The
Washington
Post
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"Looming
press-freedom
threats
in
post-Roe
America"
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Columbia
Journalism
Review
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"Undoing
of
Roe
v.
Wade
Leaves
US
as
Global
Outlier
on
Abortion"
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Guttmacher
Institute
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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]] .
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.
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!
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