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Today at Ms. | February 21, 2023
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Proposed California Law Would Block Digital Surveillance of People Seeking Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care [[link removed]]
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Abortion rights activists attend the Women’s March at Mariachi Plaza on Oct. 8, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Sarah Morris / Getty Images)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Republicans in multiple states have introduced bills that would allow authorities to criminally prosecute women and pregnant people who have abortions and prosecute parents for obtaining gender-affirming care for their children. Reproductive justice advocates are concerned that police and prosecutors in these states will attempt to find these people using digital dragnet surveillance of their search histories and location data.
On Feb. 14, California Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced Assembly Bill 793 to protect people from unconstitutional searches of their data. “No one should face or fear criminalization for their abortion or gender-affirming care. When we decide to end our pregnancies, we should be able to do so with dignity, and without fear of being arrested, investigated or jailed.”
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No Don, It’s *Patriarchy* That Is ‘Past Its Prime’ [[link removed]]
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Kaitlan Collins, Don Lemon and Poppy Harlow attend the 16th annual CNN Heroes Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Dec. 11, 2022, in New York City. (Mike Coppola / Getty Images for CNN)
BY ALLISON BUTLER | It is time to stop judging women by their age and presuming that their assumed ability to reproduce (or at least be sexually available) is their defining, or most valuable, characteristic. But also, thank you Don Lemon, for giving us a sneak-peak on what to expect for the 2024 election cycle.
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It’s 2023. It’s Time to Do Better for Travelers With Disabilities [[link removed]]
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TSA employees at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)
BY CHRISTINA CIPRIANO | Last year, I watched in horror as an officer for the Transportation Security Administration at JFK tossed aside my son—who has a rare disease and uses a wheelchair—as if he were a piece of discarded luggage. He started crying. As did I. Eventually, an attendant said he was sorry for the inconvenience and suggested we write a letter. “That’s the only way the system will change,” he said. So, here’s my letter.
It’s 2023. It’s time to do better for travelers with disabilities, TSA.
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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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