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Today at Ms. | November 14, 2022
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The Senate Must Prioritize the Needs of Pregnant Workers and Moms Like Me During the Lame Duck Session [[link removed]]
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Parents, pregnant people and kids rally outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 28, 2022, to deliver boxes of petitions urging Congress to bring the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to a vote. (Paul Morigi / Getty Images for ParentsTogether)
BY DENIZER CARTER | In 2019, I was working as a cashier for a large grocery store chain in Louisiana when I became pregnant with my second child. When the store’s management found out about my restrictions, they pushed me out of my job.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would close a legal loophole in the landmark Pregnancy Discrimination Act by ensuring that all employers provide pregnant and postpartum workers with modest accommodations on the job. The bill has passed in the House twice but it still hasn’t gotten a vote in the Senate, even though it has enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass. It is urgently needed and wildly popular. A recent poll showed 90 percent of Americans support the bill.
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Abortion Rights and the ‘Quick Child’: The Misuse of History in Wisconsin’s Abortion Ban [[link removed]]
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Abortion rights supporters rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8, 2022. (Probal Rashid / LightRocket via Getty Images)
BY KIMBERLEY REILLY | The history of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law shows us that abortion into the second trimester of pregnancy has a long legacy in the state and the nation.
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Francesca Gabbiani’s Art of Transformation [[link removed]]
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Francesca Gabbiani, Sea of Fire, 2021. Single channel digital video, 7:30 min. Soundtrack by Eddie Ruscha. (© Francesca Gabbiani)
BY PAMELA STACEY | Francesca Gabbiani’s art explodes with color and luminosity, and challenges the viewer with emotions of beauty and terror, with echoes of mythology, ecofeminism and finally, community and excitement.
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