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Gov. Maura Healey was declared the victor in Massachusetts minutes after the polls closed (Erin Clark / Getty Images); Gov. Katie Hobbs defeated Trump-backed opponent Kari Lake in Arizona. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)

BY CAMILLE HAHN | From record-breaking governors to Senate gains, meet the diverse group of progressive women being sworn in this month. (Aaaany day now, boys.)

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey greets supporters at a rally in Boston on Nov. 2, 2022. Healey became one of the first two lesbian governors in the nation and first woman elected governor in Massachusetts. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images)

BY GLORIA L. BLACKWELL | Yes, it’s great that we have three more women governors now, a new record. And that an additional two seats in Congress will be held by women.

But when you look at those numbers more closely, the picture isn’t quite so bright: Women are still nowhere near where we deserve to be. More than 50 percent of the U.S. population is female, so it begs the question: Why are we still so underrepresented in these influential roles? And more importantly, what can we do to ensure that we finally achieve equal representation?

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Pat Shelly, director of The Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington, conducts a breastfeeding class for new mothers, including Corinne Graff. The newly-passed PUMP Act expands workplace protections for employees with a need to express breast milk, (Jeff Hutchens / Getty Images)

BY JACKIE HOERMANN-ELLIOTT | Last week, President Biden signed off on a $1.7 trillion spending package that has everybody buzzing about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Less discussion has surrounded another piece of legislation included in the omnibus, the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act—a long-awaited victory for all breastfeeding, chest-feeding and exclusively pumping parents working outside of the home.

Why is there so much resistance to women pumping in the workplace?

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Before Roe v. Wade, if you were in need of an abortion in Chicago, there was a number you could call, run by young women who called themselves Jane. They’d provide abortions to women who had nowhere else to turn. It was started by Heather Booth when she was 19 years old. In this episode, Booth joins Dr. Goodwin to discuss the history of the Jane Collective and the connections between our pre-Roe past and post-Roe future. Where do we go from here?

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