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  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor · [email protected]
August 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM

What's Trump been doing this week?

Weekly Digest | August 16, 2025 | This week's Ms. must-reads Weekly DigestWeekly DigestLetter from an Editor | August 16, 2025 Dear John,  He’s sent border and DEA agents and the National Guard to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., and then attempted to take over the city’s police department. H…
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August 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Rising prices and policy cuts are squeezing women and families

From Chaos to Care: Feminist Leadership in FX’s 'The Bear’ | Built on Magic: Black Women’s Spiritual Legacy in American History | How Rising Prices and Policy Cuts Are Squeezing Moms and FamiliesMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | August 15, 2025 With Today at Ms.—a daily newsletter from …
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August 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM

In the Fall issue: Why antiabortion violence is escalating

Sign up today to get our Fall issue in your mailbox.MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT  Her friend was dead, shot by an a man who had killed two people and wounded two more. And Ruth Richardson knew her name was also right there on his list of targets.  What did so many on the list have in common?  Th…
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August 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Pete Hegseth reposts video arguing women shouldn’t be able to vote

From Alligator Alcatraz to National Guard Patrols: What Is the Cost of the Trump Administration’s Cruelty? | Explainer: No, Contraceptives Don't Cause Abortion | A Trump Cabinet Member Endorsed a Pastor Who Wants the 19th Amendment Repealed, and the Danger Is GrowingMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTT…
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August 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM

In the Fall issue: Killed for supporting abortion rights

Sign up today to get our Fall issue in your mailbox.MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT  Her friend was dead, shot by an a man who had killed two people and wounded two more. And Ruth Richardson knew her name was also right there on his list of targets.  What did so many on the list have in common?  Th…
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August 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Women in the South must flee for abortion care

Terrified to Try: The Mental Anguish of Motherhood in South Carolina | ‘Care Is Baked Into a Healthy, Functioning Economy’: Economists Lenore Palladino and Rakeen Mabud on How to Advance Economic Justice | Texas' Abortion Law Forced This Woman to Choose: 'Watch My Baby Die or Flee My Home for Medica…
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August 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Ms. Memo: With democracy at stake, it's no time to bring a knife to a gun fight

This week in women's rights.Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights August 13, 2025From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know …
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August 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Trump’s anti-voter agenda crystallizes

Green Dildos and Fragile Egos: Misogyny’s Latest Play in Women’s Sports | ‘Some Months Are Good, Some Aren’t’: A Mississippi Mom on Security, Self-Reliance and Showing Up for Her Kids | Trump's Anti-Voter Agenda CrystallizesMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | August 12, 2025 With Today at…
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August 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM

What happens when doulas write the law?

Biting, Throwing, Burning and Whipping Children Is Still Legal in Many Parts of the U.S. Why? | ‘If You’re Not Centering the People Who Are Most Impacted, Your Policy Solution Will Fall Apart’: Gaylynn Burroughs Is Fighting for Economic Justice at the Intersections | What Happens When Doulas Write t…
  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor · [email protected]
August 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM

A blatant power grab is underway in Texas

Weekly Digest | August 9, 2025 | This week's Ms. must-reads Weekly DigestWeekly DigestLetter from an Editor | August 9, 2025 Dear John,  Democratic lawmakers in the Texas legislature have made the difficult decision to leave their jobs, homes and families, and flee the state. Why did they do this? B…
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August 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM

The public health crisis facing men and boys

France Must Not Be Complicit in U.S. Effort to Destroy Contraceptives | Tackling Structural Barriers—60 Years of the Voting Rights Act | What About the Men? Analyzing the Public Health Crisis Affecting Men and BoysMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | August 8, 2025 With Today at Ms.—a dail…
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August 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Why is the U.S. ordering the burning of $10 million worth of contraceptives?

With Democracy at Stake, It’s No Time to Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight | Meet Milwaukee’s New Abortion Clinic and Its Determined Medical Director: 'Everybody Needs Abortions’ | U.S.-Funded Contraceptives Meant for Crisis Zones Are Headed for the Furnace—Unless Congress ActsMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOV…
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August 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Be part of the next issue—see your name in Ms.!

Become a 2025 Ms. PartnerMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT Dear John, The Trump/MAGA crusade is not a set of policies. It is a war. A war on women. A war on truth. A war on anyone who refuses to kneel. But we do not bow. And neither do you.  We write today to urge—yes, urge—you to become a Ms. Partne…
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August 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Defending Medicaid is so much more than a policy fight

I Did It for Democracy—And I Did It With My Son': The Human Cost Behind Texas Democrats’ Walkout | From Dobbs to Bitcoin: The Economy of Control | How Dare We Not: On the Feminist Future of CareMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | August 6, 2025 With Today at Ms.—a daily newsletter from th…
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August 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Ms. Memo: Poverty is a policy choice—and women deserve more

This week in women's rights.Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights August 6, 2025From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know n…
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August 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Using tragedy to attack abortion access

The Great American Jeans Debate: Racializing Beauty and Democratizing ‘Good Genes’ in Commercial Media | Why Dolores Huerta Is Hopeful About the Fight for a Feminist Future: ‘We're Going to Be Able to Overcome’ | Texas Lawmakers Are Using Tragedy to Attack Abortion AccessMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVE…
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August 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Abortion bans are forcing OB-GYNs out

No-Rehire Clauses Let Employers Retaliate Against Harassment Victims … Legally | Women’s Voices Are the Only Way Forward for Climate Change Solutions: ‘As Women, We Have to Stand Up and Back Up Women’ | I’m a Texas-Born OB-GYN—But Abortion Bans Are Forcing Me OutMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday…
  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor · [email protected]
August 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM

The cruelty extends beyond borders

Weekly Digest | August 2, 2025 | This week's Ms. must-reads Weekly DigestWeekly DigestLetter from an Editor | August 2, 2025 Dear John,  This week a dozen Democrats in Congress sued the Trump administration for limiting their access to ICE detention centers. The lawmakers argue that the DHS, which o…
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August 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Why women’s rest is political

Finding My Fight Again: How Billie Jean King Lit My Fire—Twice | War on Women Report: State Department Mass-Burns Contraceptives, Food Aid; ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Decimates Medicaid; Texas Crisis Pregnancy Center Funds Paid for CEO’s Smoke Shop | Sleep Is a Feminist Issue: Why Women’s Rest Is Politic…
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July 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM

What’s behind the rise of the ‘brocasts’?

‘We Are Continuing Our Work, Despite What Politicians and Antis Say’: Plan C Isn’t Backing Down from the Fight for Abortion Pills | War on Women Report: State Department Mass-Burns Contraceptives, Food Aid; ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Decimates Medicaid; Texas Crisis Pregnancy Center Funds Paid for CEO’s …
  Teresa C. Younger, Ms. Foundation for Women · [email protected]
July 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM

July Newsletter: Ms. Foundation

Grantee Partner Spotlight, Invite: Ms. on Martha’s, Instagram Live Recording, Save the Date: 2026 Women of Vision Awards ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…
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July 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM

A system designed to keep immigrant parents from their children

Fifty Years After War, Southeast Asian Communities Face a New Kind of Violence. Gender and Queer Justice Must Be at the Heart of This Moment. | Keeping Score: States Ramp Up Antiabortion Efforts; Black Women Forced Out of the Workforce; Only a Quarter of Americans Say Trump Has Helped Them | A Syste…
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July 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Ms. Memo: Pregnant and unmarried? In Tennessee, that’s now grounds for denial of care

This week in women's rights.Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights July 30, 2025From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know ne…
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July 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Texas Republicans’ blatant power grab

Does Gen Z Have the Right to Life? Young People Sue Trump Administration Over Climate Catastrophe as State-By-State Battle Continues | Teaching Sex to Empower, Not to Control: Sex Ed in Sweden vs. South Carolina | A Power Grab in Plain Sight: Inside Texas Republicans’ Mid-Decade Redistricting PushMO…
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July 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM

We’re saving space in Ms.—for you

Join a revolution that began 53 years ago MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT Dear John, The Trump/MAGA crusade is not a set of policies. It is a war. A war on women. A war on truth. A war on anyone who refuses to kneel. But we do not bow. And neither do you.  We write today to urge—yes, urge—you to be…
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July 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM

How Texas's natural disasters impact domestic violence

Young Men May Not Be as Conservative as You Think | Giving Women a Chance to Choose When the World Didn’t': Massachusetts Doctors Provide Telehealth Abortion in States with Bans | Floods, Fear and Family Crisis: The Impact of Texas’ Natural Disasters on Domestic ViolenceMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEM…
  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor · [email protected]
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM

America turns on Trump

Weekly Digest | July 26, 2025 | This week's Ms. must-reads Weekly DigestWeekly DigestLetter from an Editor | July 26, 2025 Dear John,  It seems like with each week, he just keeps getting more and more unpopular—even among those who are most primed to like him. Trump’s approval rating is currently th…
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July 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Why is the vice president sitting like that?

Pregnant and Unmarried? In Tennessee, That’s Now Grounds for Denial of Care. | How Being Slut-Shamed by The New York Times Brought Out the Feminist in Joan Didion | Why Is The Vice President Sitting Like That? MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 25, 2025 With Today at Ms.—a daily new…
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July 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Women seeking asylum after abuse face new hurdles from DOJ ruling

Women Here Are Going to Have Access to Abortion': How Gov. Maura Healey Made Massachusetts into a Beacon for Reproductive Freedom | Ms. on Men: Rethinking Masculinity in the Wake of the 2025 Election | With New DOJ Ruling, Women Fleeing Gender-Related Persecution Will Have an Even Harder Time Winnin…
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July 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM

America turns on Trump

Trump’s History of Misogyny Was Obvious Long Before the Epstein Files Scandal | Gerrymandering 101: How the System Is Stacked Against Voters | America Turns on Trump: Growing Pushback Against the President’s Unpopular ActionsMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 23, 2025 With Today at …
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July 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Ms. Memo: State bills would require passport or birth certificate to register to vote

This week in women's rights.Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights July 23, 2025From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know ne…
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July 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM

The long history of women athletes leading resistance

You Must Have Your Baby, But Sorry, You Have No Insurance | Marriage Equality Remains a Distant Goal for Disabled Americans | ‘Los Angeles Is for Everyone,’ ‘Pay Us What You Owe Us’: The Long History of Women Athletes Leading the ResistanceMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 22, 2025…
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July 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM

What happens to immigrant women when law enforcement is the threat?

‘The U.S. Built Wealth Off Enslaved Women and Girls’: Michele Goodwin on the History of Reproductive Injustice | Where There’s Fire, There Are Women Carrying Water | What Happens When Law Enforcement Is the Threat? Immigrant Women Are Left With Nowhere to TurnMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at…
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July 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Your name deserves a place in Ms.—here’s how

Join a revolution that began 53 years ago MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT Dear John, The Trump/MAGA crusade is not a set of policies. It is a war. A war on women. A war on truth. A war on anyone who refuses to kneel. But we do not bow. And neither do you.  We write today to urge—yes, urge—you to be…
  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor · [email protected]
July 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Why is the U.S. destroying $9.7 million worth of contraceptives?

Weekly Digest | July 19, 2025 | This week's Ms. must-reads Weekly DigestWeekly DigestLetter from an Editor | July 19, 2025 Dear John,  As a part of the dismantling of USAID, the Trump administration is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptive supplies, and $800,000 worth of high-energy biscuits—enou…
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July 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM

State lawmakers move to restrict voting registration

Menopause Finally Gets a Seat at the Table | ‘A Long Train of Abuses’—And a Long Road Ahead: 177 Years After Seneca Falls i | State Bills Would Require Passport or Birth Certificate to Register to VoteMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 18, 2025 With Today at Ms.—a daily newsletter f…
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July 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM

French survivor of mass rape awarded highest civilian honor

Why Trump's Manhood Is Threatened by a Free Press | Feminist Activism Plays a Long Game': Jennifer M. Piscopo on the Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Mexico | No More Shame!' The Transformative Lesson of Gisèle Pelicot, the French Survivor of Mass RapeMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | Ju…
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July 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM

The Trump Administration is destroying almost $10 million of contraceptives

To Expand Access to IVF, We Need to Expand Access to Abortion | Virginia’s ‘Momnibus’ Is More Than a Set of Laws—It’s a Call to America to Protect Mothers Now | Why Is the Trump Administration Destroying Almost $10 Million of Contraceptives?MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 16, 202…
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July 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Ms. Memo: How do we build a democracy of equality?

This week in women's rights.Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights July 16, 2025From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know ne…
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July 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM

The SAVE act will set women voters back a generation

Women’s Health Needs Are Ever-Changing. It’s Time for Flexible Benefits That Meet Us Where We Are. | Keeping Score: Diddy’s Incomplete Conviction ‘Failed to Protect Survivors’; Inhumane Conditions in Alligator Alcatraz; What’s in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’? | The SAVE Act Will Set Women Voters Back a …
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July 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Don't miss your chance to see your name in Ms.

Join a revolution that began 53 years ago MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT Dear John, The Trump/MAGA crusade is not a set of policies. It is a war. A war on women. A war on truth. A war on anyone who refuses to kneel. But we do not bow. And neither do you.  We write today to urge—yes, urge—you to be…
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July 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM

A pollster on the power of feminist voters

The U.N. Should Condemn the U.S.' Human Rights Record on Abortion | Inside Liberty University’s Secret Maternity Home | ‘The Feminist Agenda Is Wildly Popular’: Celinda Lake on the Political Power of Feminist VotersMORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 14, 2025 With Today at Ms.—a dail…
  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Magazine · [email protected]
July 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Meet the men doing the good work.

Get the Ms. special report on men!MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT  Dear John,  You’re part of the Ms. community at a moment that matters. The fight for women’s rights, freedom, and equality is facing brutal opposition, from the highest government offices to the darkest corners of the internet. But …
  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor · [email protected]
July 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM

What's up with men?

Weekly Digest | July 12, 2025 | This week's Ms. must-reads Weekly DigestWeekly DigestLetter from an Editor | July 12, 2025 Dear John,  Whether we’re talking about the murders and attempted murders of pro-abortion rights lawmakers in Minnesota, the MAGA Republicans in Congress attacking our rights, D…
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July 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Men are impersonating ICE to attack immigrant women

Biotech CEOs to FDA: Don’t Let Politics Override Science on Abortion Pill | The Seven Warning Signs of Testosterone Poisoning (October 1975) | Men Are Impersonating ICE to Attack Immigrant Women. MAGA Emboldened Them.MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 11, 2025 With Today at Ms.—a da…
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July 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM

This Supreme Court decision is worse than you think

The Minnesota Shooting Wasn’t Random—It Was a Predictable Resurgence of Violence | Wisconsin OB-GYN: ‘It’s Such a Relief! Abortion Is Legal in Wisconsin’ | The Supreme Court Decision Undermining Lower Courts Is Worse Than You Think MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENTToday at Ms. | July 10, 2025 With To…
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July 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM

Join a revolution that began 53 years ago

Become a 2025 Ms. Partner MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT Dear John, The Trump/MAGA crusade is not a set of policies. It is a war. A war on women. A war on truth. A war on anyone who refuses to kneel. But we do not bow. And neither do you.  We write today to urge—yes, urge—you to become a Ms. Partn…
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July 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Ms. Memo: Historic cuts to SNAP deepen the war on women

This week in women's rights.Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights July 9, 2025From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know new…
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July 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM

How clinicians are preparing for medication abortion bans

The Audacity of Wanting: Shannon Watts’ Blueprint for Women to Live on Their Own Terms | ‘I’m a Native Woman Before I’m Anything Else’: The Personal Is Political for New Mexico Senator Angel Charley | If Trump Restricts Mifepristone, Clinicians Are Ready to Pivot to Misoprostol-Only AbortionsMORE TH…
  Kathy Spillar, Ms. Magazine · [email protected]
July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Send this to a man who's listening.

If we want a world where women and girls are safe, free, and equal… We’ll need more men in the fight.MORE THAN A MAGAZINE, A MOVEMENT  Dear John,  You’re part of the Ms. community at a moment that matters. The fight for women’s rights, freedom, and equality is facing brutal opposition, from the high…