Between the March for Life and Roe Day, we've got a lot of abortion stories to tell.
Ms. Weekly Digest | January 25, 2020
Letter from an Editor
This was a big week for abortion rights. Advocates celebrated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision legalizing abortion in the U.S., on Wednesday, and activists talked back to the crowds at the March for Life on Friday, setting the record straight on the urgency of reproductive rights and slamming the anti-abortion movement's sexism and racism. Below, I've rounded up some of our
For equality,
Carmen Rios
Managing Digital Editor
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This Week's Must-Reads from Ms.
Feminists Talked Back During Trump’s March for Life Speech
Just two days after the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and in the wake of a record year for extreme anti-abortion legislation, Donald Trump made history as the first president to address the March for Life—bragging about his deadly expansion of the Global Gag Rule, his creation of a Domestic Gag Rule that cuts off reproductive health access for the poorest women and his administration’s shocking decision to water-down the UN’s work for women worldwide. And feminists talked back.
Memo to the March for Life: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric is More Dangerous Than Abortion
At the March for Life today, so-called “pro-life” activists celebrated the strides that have been made by the Trump administration on behalf of their anti-abortion cause. But if the movement is truly driven by the value of respecting the dignity of and preserving human life, they should reconsider celebrating Trump as their champion.
What Roe v. Wade Means to State Legislators
On the 47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and on the heels of a record-breaking year for abortion bans, state legislators on SiX’s Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council spoke out on what the anniversary meant to them.
Roe v. Wade’s Promise Must Reach Immigrant Women
End poverty. End patriarchy. Every anti-abortion law that closes a clinic or makes care harder to pay for—the Hyde Amendment, passed only three years after Roe v. Wade, bans coverage for abortion for anyone insured through the federal government—falls hardest on those the least able to travel far distances, pay out of pocket and ask for financial or other support from their family and friends. This is especially true for pregnant immigrants.
How Did We Became a Country on the Verge of Outlawing Abortion Again?
For months now, we have watched with baited breath as abortion ban after abortion ban was enacted, each seemingly more repressive and oppressive than the last. The aim of these laws is two-fold: to continue to systematically eviscerate access to safe, legal abortion by steadily unraveling U.S. reproductive rights jurisprudence; and to serve a conservative-leaning Court the perfect legal challenge to Roe on a constitutional platter.
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