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**Today at Ms. | November 2, 2022**

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Midterm Voters Are Calling the Shots on Reproductive Freedom. Black Women Lead the Charge.

A rally in support of abortion access outside the Kentucky State Capitol on June 26, 2022. (Twitter / Protect Kentucky Access)

BY ALEXIS ANDERSON-REED | This November, voters are calling the shots. The organizing led by Black women in states like Michigan and Kentucky makes it clear that we as voters are the face of hope in our country—not lawmakers or the elite few.

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Keeping Score: Senators Push to Protect Pregnant Workers; Supreme Court Threatens Affirmative Action; Legal Abortions Down 6 Percent

BY SOPHIE DORF-KAMIENNY | In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in in this biweekly round-up.

This week: Supreme Court cases threaten the future of affirmative action; senators push legislation to protect incarcerated pregnant women and pregnant workers; Social Security Administration will allow transgender people to indicate their correct gender on documents; Hawaii high school discrimination case puts Title IX to the test; Italy swears in its first woman prime minister; 4.6 million Americans are disenfranchised due to felony convictions; and more.

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Ending Child Marriage: Restoring Choice Through Economic Security

A 14-year-old girl on her wedding day at a village in Mongla, Bangladesh. The country witnessed a 13 percent increase in child marriages during the COVID-19 pandemic last year—the highest rate of child marriage in Bangladesh in the last 25 years. (Sultan Mahmud Mukut / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

BY MICHELLE NUNN and SHERYL SANDBERG | The fight to end child marriage can no longer be confined to the shadows. The COVID-19 crisis, climate change and food insecurity have only compounded the problem. If we don’t act fast, we leave millions of girls at risk.

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