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Today at Ms. | January 16, 2023 |
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With Today at Ms.—a daily newsletter from the team here at Ms. magazine—our top stories are delivered straight to your inbox every afternoon, so you’ll be informed and ready to fight back. |
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"There is scarcely anything more tragic in human life than a child who is not wanted. That which should be a blessing becomes a curse for parent and child,” Coretta Scott King read in 1966. (Library of Congress) |
BY MICHELE GOODWIN | Seats are up for grabs in Congress and in state houses that may determine the future of reproductive freedom in the United States. Local candidates have their sights on banning contraception and rolling back LGBTQ protections.
Much is at stake in our state courts, with the election of judges who will determine the fate of state abortion bans. (Click here to read more) |
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Cherelle Griner, wife of Brittney Griner, speaks during a rally at Footprint Center on July 6, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images) |
BY ZOE POLK | Brittney Griner is home, against odds that increasingly seemed too insurmountable. Activists, journalists, athletes and artists, many of them Black women, loudly and persistently called attention to her unjust incarceration. But without a doubt, the lawyer in her family—her wife, Cherelle Griner—is responsible for her homecoming. Her advocacy matches the historical and current reality of the critical importance of Black lawyers to Black liberation. (Click here to read more) |
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BY THE TEAM | The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last summer sent shockwaves around the country. Today, at least 13 states completely ban abortion, and the Guttmacher Institute estimates the number of states with bans is likely to jump up to 24 in the coming months.
At the same time, demand for abortion pills is on the rise, growing more and more urgent: Requests for pills that allow pregnant women to have their abortions at home increased 33 percent in the 30 most restrictive states.
But how do abortion pills work? Are they safe? And how are people getting them? Tune in to a conversation with reproductive health advocates Lauren Dubey of Choix and Melissa Madera of Plan C, moderated by Ms. editor Carrie Baker, to learn. Register now. (Can’t attend the event in person? RSVP anyway and we’ll send you a post-event recording and transcript you can watch or read later!)
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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? We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today! |
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