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Texas Abortion Doctor Sued After Op-Ed Publication to Force Court Review of Restrictive New Law
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(Feminism)
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... six weeks.
Senate Bill 8 was passed in May 2021 and took effect on September 1. The law bans abortions after six weeks, or as soon as a heartbeat can be detected, much earlier than most people know ...
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Created on 22 September 2021
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Mutual Aid To The Rescue: Check Out These Seven Pro-Choice Organizations Providing Resources in the Midst of Texas' Near-Total Abortion Ban
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(Feminism)
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... centers. California's Senate Bill 24 was passed in 2019, allowing medication abortion to be available in campus health centers. With an estimated 322 to 519 California public university students seeking ...
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Created on 09 September 2021
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Free Your Mind: New Non-Fiction From B-Movie Queen Elvira, Mistress of Darkness, and Believing, a Cultural Analysis on Gender-Violence from Anita Hill
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(Books)
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... herself—a pop culture icon of the highest order. –eliza c. thompson
Believing: Our Thirty- Year Journey to End Gender Violence
By Anita Hill
(Viking)
After the 1991 Senate confirmation ...
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Created on 09 September 2021
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Washington Post Reporter Felicia Sonmez is Suing the Paper for Gender Discrimination
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(Feminism)
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... of assault or harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo; additionally, Somnez had to remove herself from covering former Missouri Governor Eric Greiten’s Senate campaign due to sexual assault allegations ...
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Created on 03 August 2021
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Not Their Bodies, Not Their Choice: Conservative Republicans Push For an Overturn of Roe v. Wade
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(Feminism)
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... Republican members of Congress (184 from the House and 44 from the Senate) asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and stop their “vise grip on abortion politics”. The request was included as part ...
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Created on 29 July 2021
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The Supreme Court Declined To Hear The Case Of Gavin Grimm, Securing A Major Win For Trans Rights
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(Feminism)
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... Policies, Bans Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Community In Healthcare The New York State Senate Passed A Bill That Will Make It Easier For Trans People To Change Their Gender On Legal Documents Virginia ...
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Created on 30 June 2021
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It’s A Matter Of Life Or Death: Why We Must Teach Students About Dating Violence
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(Feminism)
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... they need to see the warning signs of dating violence and how to handle it.
Abbott attempted to justify his veto by saying: “These are important subjects and I respect the Senate author’s good intentions, ...
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Created on 23 June 2021
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The New York State Senate Passed A Bill That Will Make It Easier For Trans People to Change Their Gender On Legal Documents
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(Feminism)
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New York lawmakers passed a bill that would make it easier for trans people to change their legal gender. This includes changing their name on legal documents, such as a birth certificate and driver's ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Poet Maya Angelou, Astronaut Sally Ride, And Other Iconic Women Will Be Honored On A New U.S. Mint Coin Series
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(Feminism)
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... proposal.
Senator Deb Fischer and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who both introduced the legislation in the Senate to create the program, wrote an opinion piece in USA Today, stating that “as female U.S. ...
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Created on 12 May 2021
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10.
Florida's Anti-Trans Bill Challenges Trans Women and Girls' Place in Competitive Sport
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(Feminism)
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... and club levels. It passed the House 77-40 and is now in debates in the Senate.
The bill states that sports at these levels that are sponsored by “a public, primary, or secondary school, a public postsecondary ...
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Created on 28 April 2021
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In The Wake Of The Vanessa Guillén and Asia Graham Cases, Here's What Is Being Done To Address Sex Crimes in the U.S. Militar
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(Feminism)
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... The Washington Post.
While Gillibrand’s proposal has drawn support from some Republicans in the Senate, opposition from the Pentagon (U.S. military) remains a major hurdle. Pentagon opposition has kept ...
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Created on 14 April 2021
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Roe v. Wade Doesn't Actually Make Abortion Accessible For Everyone. This Short Film Explains Why
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(Movies)
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... have a historic moment—there is a piece of legislation called the Each Woman Act that could overrule Hyde, and having democratic control of the Senate is big.
Can you talk a bit more about the Each Woman ...
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Created on 03 March 2021
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Joe Biden Appoints Dr. Rachel Levine As Assistant Health Secretary, A Historical First For The Transgender Community
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(Feminism)
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... cabinet in general, as the first transgender person to become such an official. Currently, she is “Pennsylvania’s top health official”. When she’s confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she would become the first ...
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Created on 19 January 2021
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14.
Thank you, Stacey Abrams
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(Feminism)
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... to the Senate races.
Abrams took to Twitter earlier to celebrate the latest victory, thanking the many volunteers and members of Fair Fight for the outcome of the races.
With new votes joining ...
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Created on 06 January 2021
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Katie Porter Is Sick of Mitch McConnell's B
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(Feminism)
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... wants the American people to know who to blame. In a tweet, she thoroughly scorched Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: “Everyone at the negotiating table—including Senate Rs—has agreed to a compromise. ...
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Created on 09 December 2020
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The Biden-Harris Administration Makes History By Appointing An All-Female Communications Team
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(Feminism)
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... House Communications Director. Prior to acting as the Communications Director for coalitions for Biden’s campaign, she was a Press Secretary for Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader. Notably, Tobar ...
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Created on 30 November 2020
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How Black And Indigenous Women Got Trump Out Of Office
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(Feminism)
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... these organizers brought out hundreds of thousands of voters, armed with knowledge not only about Biden/Harris, but also about voter suppression and Senate and House elections. And these Black and brown ...
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Created on 09 November 2020
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What You Need To Know Now: Election Day Victories + Vote Counting Updates
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(Feminism)
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Top left to right: Michele Rayner-Goolsby, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sarah McBride, Ilhan Omar. Bottom left to right: Kim Jackson, Sharice Davids, Cori Bush, Mauree Turner.
As was expected, Election ...
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Created on 04 November 2020
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Could The War On Drugs Finally Be Coming To An End?
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(Living)
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... while his vice-presidential candidate, Senator Kamala Harris, was senate sponsor for the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, which would remove cannabis from the Controlled ...
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Created on 04 November 2020
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From Voter Intimidation To Climate Change To Birth Control: 5 Feminist Reasons To Denounce Amy Coney Barrett
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(Feminism)
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After four days of Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearing that culminated in Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein’s highly questionable, maskless hug with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
