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Women protest for women’s rights and equal pay at a rally on International Women’s Day outside The United Nations on March 8, 2023, in New York City. Union organizations gathered in support of various female causes around the world and advocated for equal pay, and equal rights amongst other issues. (Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images)

BY MARTHA BURK and CARRIE N. BAKER | Twenty years ago, the wage difference between what U.S. women and men earn overall was 80 cents on the dollar. Now it’s 82 cents. Mighty poor progress.

What is keeping these numbers so low? And what can the government do to close the gap?

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Mifepristone is one of two pills used in a medication abortion. (Phil Walter / Getty Images)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Women living in states restricting or banning abortion are finding creative ways to access abortion pills. Ms. spoke to telehealth abortion clinicians across several states to ask them what they wish their patients knew about mail forwarding.

“We want to help you, but we can’t know that you’re doing mail forwarding,” said one telehealth clinician. Another summed it up concisely: “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”

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A group of teenagers protests the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health on July 2, 2022, on the main street in Driggs, Idaho. On Aug. 25, 2022, Idaho began enforcing its trigger ban, which prohibits abortion at all stages of pregnancy. (Natalie Behring / Getty Images)

BY SHOSHANNA EHRLICH | As if teens seeking to terminate a pregnancy in this bleak post-Roe landscape do not have enough obstacles to contend with, particularly in abortion-hostile states, Republican lawmakers in Idaho recently introduced House Bill 98, which would make it a crime to take a teen out of state for an abortion without the consent of a parent or guardian. On Tuesday, the Idaho House voted 57-12 to advance the measure.

The right of teens to obtain an abortion without the knowledge or involvement of their parents has been constitutionally protected—at least until now.

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