Ms. Magazine

If the FDA reports anything contrary to its prior findings, it would be serving up a justification to curb access, which would have a nationwide impact—even in states where abortion is still legal. https://lnkd.in/g-wWDNeA

Voters in four states are weighing in on abortion rights: Idaho, Nevada and Virginia could expand protections, while Missouri could roll back rights approved in 2024. https://lnkd.in/gFxe3W7b

The Food and Drug Administration announced it has pushed the release of its “safety review” of the abortion medication mifepristone to after midterms. The move is intentional, and politically motivated, pointed out Jennifer Weiss-Wolf in Ms. last week.

"Whatever your gender, if you are in the halls of power in these companies, WIRED will cover you with an accountability mindset." Katie Drummond tells Ms. how the WIRED Women Issue came to be: https://lnkd.in/gSETvEgV

Ahead of the midterms, survivors are demanding the full Epstein files, investigations into modeling industry, and laws that would give victims a path to justice. https://lnkd.in/gWK258cm

A new report out of Massachusetts “provides for the first time a public accounting of the unimaginable harms afflicted on children,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell. https://lnkd.in/gWr7_Jw4

Has widespread condemnation of the “Silent 50” prompted more men to speak out? https://lnkd.in/g9NJ5MWM

Ms. Magazine always comes through and this brilliant piece is an example of this. Take time to read it. I’d give you a summary but this one you just need to read. We owe it to our daughters and to our sons.

The Trump administration continues to engage in politically motivated efforts to harass and prosecute opponents but the search of Ilhan Omar's home last week goes even further. It's a warning to immigrants--even naturalized citizens--that the administration will stop at nothing to appease anti-immigrant sentiment. It fits into a broader effort to destroy the refugee program and the unaccompanied children's program and to use the allegation of fraud as a crowbar to re-open cases, upending the sense of permanence and safety that is so vital to a successful immigration system. Read more at the link to Ms. Magazine below.

Outrage continued to flare last week over the Cornell rape case, with women asking: what will it take to create lasting change? The case has prompted renewed outcry over New York’s so-called voluntary intoxication loophole—a provision in the law that states that a person who is too intoxicated to consent only counts as being “mentally incapacitated” if the substance was given to them without their consent.