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KAMALA HARRIS BRINGS WOMEN TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE 2024 ELECTION

On July 21, President Joe Biden announced the end of his candidacy and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. This comes after a historically chaotic campaign season, which included an assassination attempt on Republican nominee Former President Donald Trump and calls from Democratic lawmakers for Biden to end his campaign…

THE SUPREME COURT WILL WEIGH ON MAJOR ABORTION CASE. IS ROE v. WADE AT RISK?

On Monday 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court said that it will review a case challenging a state law on abortion rights. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state law is considered a challenge to Roe v. Wade, the…

BIDEN’S STANCE ON ABORTION: WHAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL BRING

Just over four years ago, on Jan. 21, 2017, women around the world took to the streets to protest the inauguration of Former President Donald Trump and statements he had made that were considered offensive to women. In Washington D.C., waves of pink overflowed the streets as hundreds of thousands of people marched against the…

PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE ACTIVISTS ALIKE RECKON WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S EUGENICIST ROOTS

On Tuesday, the New York branch of Planned Parenthood announced that they’re removing birth control activist and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s name from their Manhattan Health Center, citing her eugenicist beliefs. In a statement, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York called the removal “both a necessary and overdue step to reckon with our legacy…

NATIONAL ARCHIVES BLURRED CRITICISM OF TRUMP IN A WOMEN’S MARCH PHOTOGRAPH

A bevy of powerful placards and slogans hovered over streets around the country last weekend at the Women’s March 2020, continuing a tradition that had begun in 2017 as a response to the election of the 45th President of the United States. And while “Trump Is Not My President” remains a perennial theme, the march…

THIS BRILLIANT ART EXHIBIT DECLARES WAR ON ANTI-ABORTION LAWS

Last year, Alabama passed the Human Life Protection Act, which bans abortions and criminalizes doctors who perform the procedure. A few weeks after, Georgia passed a law that prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which usually happens after 6 weeks of pregnancy (most women wouldn’t know they were pregnant yet). Legal abortion is…

VIRGINIA RATIFIES THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 38 YEARS AFTER THE DEADLINE + 2020 WOMEN’S MARCH

After being elected to Virginia’s state government for the first time in a generation, the Democrats are continuing to make history with the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on Wednesday, January 15th . This makes Virginia the 38th state to advocate that the "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or…

BROOKLYN MUSEUM ADDRESSES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS CONTROVERSY WITH FILM FESTIVAL

Reproductive Rights Film Festival November 8th - 9th The Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Museum introduces a film festival devoted to reproductive rights, a highly politicized topic in 2019. It's been more than 4 decades since Roe v. Wade passed, and yet the conversation surrounding a women's right to choose if,…

THE CASE OF MARSHAE JONES: HOW RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS IMPACT REAL WOMEN

Marshae Jones was five months pregnant when she was involved in an altercation at a Dollar General parking lot after work. In the midst of the fight, Jones, 27, was shot by the other party, resulting in the loss of her unborn child. A grand jury in the state of Alabama declined to indict the…

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS UNDER TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY

Women have been protesting in the streets with signs that say, “My body, my choice,” “Women’s rights are human rights,” “I am a woman not a womb” and “Want fewer abortions? Support Planned Parenthood.” More women are growing concerned about their reproductive rights since Donald J. Trump was elected president in November. Planned Parenthood reported…

CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘JUNO’ & SUPPORT PLANNED PARENTHOOD

“I’m calling to procure a hasty abortion.” -Ellen Page in 'Juno' When Juno came out in 2007 it was one of the first films to capture the millennial zeitgeist and to treat the subject of teen pregnancy with a frankness and humor that opened an important discussion for audiences across America. Fast forward ten years and…

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