| Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
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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. |
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Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on June 25, 2022, for a second day of protest against the Supreme Court’s thunderbolt ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, as state after conservative state moved swiftly to ban the procedure. (Suzanne Cordiero /AFP via Getty Images) |
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On Nov. 18, anti-abortion advocates filed a federal lawsuit challenging the FDA approval of the medication mifepristone in 2000—as well as subsequent updates to the approval in 2016, 2019 and most recently in December 2021, when the agency began allowing clinicians to mail abortion pills to their patients. The lawsuit alleges the FDA did not have proof of the medication’s safety, despite extensive evidence showing abortion pills are safe and effective—more so than many other medications, including over the counter drugs such as Tylenol.
“This is yet another attempt by anti-abortion extremists to force their beliefs on all of us,” said Kirsten Moore, director of Expanding Medication Abortion Access Project (EMAA Project), which advocates for increased access to mifepristone for abortion and miscarriage care.
The conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit on behalf of four antiabortion medical organizations and several doctors against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ADF represented Mississippi in the case that led the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade and they have helped draft anti-abortion laws adopted in many states. (Click here to read more) |
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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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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts + Spotify. Iran is currently experiencing its largest civil rights movement since the 1979 revolution. Dr. Goodwin is joined by Dr. Parmis Khatibi and Dr. Yalda Hamidi to delve into the feminist uprising, sparked by the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini—who died after being detained by the Iranian "morality police" for being improperly veiled. We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today! |
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