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BY CAMILLE HAHN | In the Spring 2023 issue of Ms., we ask constitutional law scholars what the Dobbs decision means for women’s rights beyond abortion. They warn that future decisions from the Supreme Court will allow states enact regressive laws around sex and gender. “A Court that doesn’t feel like abiding by 50 years of precedent, doesn’t need to respect precedents … against sex-based discrimination,” said Melissa Murray, an NYU law professor. “That is ominous.”

In such an environment, how do we, as feminists, make lasting advancements on women’s rights? Take a glimpse at what else you’ll find within the pages of the upcoming Spring issue…

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An International Women’s Day march in New York City on March 12, 1977. (Freda Leinwand / Schlesinger Library | Radcliffe Institute | Harvard University)

BY PAT MITCHELL | The first recorded “Woman’s Day” was observed across the United States on Feb. 28, 1909. The following year, according to the International Women’s Day history timeline, “more than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women’s rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination.”

I think we can all agree that it’s more than a little frustrating that more than a century later, women across the world are still demanding equality in many of the same areas. Here in the United States, the Equal Rights Amendment—first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923!—still hasn’t been formally published as the law of the land.

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BY ROXY SZAL | Wyoming police have increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of an arsonist who set fire to a Casper, Wyo., abortion clinic on May 25, 2022. Anyone who provides information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of the arsonist will receive a cash prize of $15,000—up from $5,000 previously. The Casper Police Department has established a specific tip line and email address for individuals to provide information regarding this particular crime: Call 307-920-2862 or email [email protected], and leave as much detailed information as possible. 

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In this episode, we’re thinking about the many ways in which girls and women in the U.S. are denied, passed over, and even cheated of opportunities they have earned. But, women can and do fight back—often by overachieving. How do we move ahead in light of social, political and other forces that hold women, girls, and those of other marginalized backgrounds back?

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