[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
September 28, 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 Abortion, Stupid: How Dobbs May Have Cost Republicans the Midterms [[link removed]]
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Abortion rights activists at the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Ind., during a protest vigil a few hours before a near-total abortion ban was set to take effect. On Thursday, Sept. 22, an Indiana circuit court temporarily blocked the ban, restoring abortion access in the state. (Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
BY LINDA BURSTYN | When the ultraconservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court took away the fundamental right of American women to control their own fertility, the justices surely did not anticipate the wave of outrage they would unleash. Or perhaps they didn’t care.
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the immediate relegation of U.S. women to second-class status, some Republicans in politics—including those on the Supreme Court—have seemed unhinged. Zealous. Suddenly, it seemed, striking down the nearly 50-year-old precedent was not enough.
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote of his desire to revisit other rights like contraception and marriage equality. Some state legislators are trying to pass laws to punish those who travel elsewhere to get medical help to end their pregnancies. Other Republican politicians have ensured there is no exception for survivors of rape or incest. Doctors fear the threat of criminal charges. In some states, women’s pharmacy purchases are being scrutinized.
And it’s not just those choosing abortions who are being punished. In anti-abortion states, women who want to continue their pregnancies are confronting the fact that if something goes wrong, they may not get the lifesaving medical care they need, given that their doctors may be fearful of prosecution by state authorities.
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The Desperate Effort to Silence Iranian Feminists [[link removed]] In Swing State of Arizona, a Near-Total Abortion Ban From 1864 Takes Effect [[link removed]]
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Will There Be Violence if Trump Is Indicted? Notes on the Gendered Subtext [[link removed]] The Prosecutors Pledging Not to Enforce Abortion Bans: ‘Courageous Leadership the Moment Demands’ [[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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"Opinion:
What
the
West
should
learn
from
the
protests
in
Iran"
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The
Washington
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"University
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Faculty
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Fired
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Providing
Condoms
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Even
Talking
About
Abortion"
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Jezebel
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