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A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs, Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments

Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

Pregnant Teen Died: Seeks Care in Three Texas Emergency Rooms

Nevaeh Crain cried in pain, too weak to walk, blood staining her thighs. Vomiting and feverish at her baby shower, the teen went to two different emergency rooms, returning home, worse than before. Pregnant women have become untouchables.

“I Have Become a Social Justice Warrior”

I’m Crystal President of Sacramento Homeless Union, on the Board of the California Homeless Union Statewide Council, and an Executive Board member of the...

Abortion Tragedies and a Georgia Victory

Grassroots organizations filed a lawsuit against Georgia's cruel abortion laws, and the county judge took a firm stand on the side of justice, writing in his ruling that “liberty in Georgia" includes "the power of a woman to control her own body . . . and to reject state interference with her healthcare choices.”

Future of Abortion in North Carolina Could Come Down to Hundreds of Votes

Fueled by women voters — Democrats say outrage about abortion restrictions could help them break a Republican supermajority [in North Carolina].

Georgia’s Deadly Abortion Ban: The Tragic Deaths of Two Women

Two Black women's deaths in the anti-abortion state of Georgia are ruled preventable by official committee including 10 doctors.

Statement by Muslim Women For Harris/Walz on Why They are Discontinuing Their Support

Statement issued by Muslim Women For Harris/Walz on why they cannot continue their support.

Homelessness Ruling May Further Endanger Domestic Violence Survivors

57 percent of unhoused women report domestic violence as their immediate cause of homelessness. The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold an Oregon law could further limit their options

It’s a Women’s World

Millions of women have been standing up to fight, but now, all women are needed to engage in the movement. Organize, support women, strike, protect our freedoms, our rights, our mutual vision of health, peace, and love.

Dora Rodriguez: Migrant Survivor Commits Her Life to Aid Migrants

For International Women’s Month we honor Dora Rodriguez, migrant survivor and Director of Salvavision, an organization providing support to asylum seekers and migrants. Dora exemplifies women’s contribution to peace and a better world.

International Women’s Day Spotlight: Jennie Welles aka Red

Jennie is a fighter who has lived a hard life! She spent her whole life in broken systems meant to keep people down! She...

‘Drop Charges Against Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage,’ Say Ohio Doctors

Brittany Watts, 33, was charged with a felony in Ohio after police searched her toilet after she suffered a miscarriage. Doctors are pushing the prosecutor to drop charges.

‘Historic Night’ — Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Rights in State Constitution

By a decisive 56.6% to 43.4% margin, Ohio voters won the constitutional right to "make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions." This victory for reproductive rights was one of several won in November.

Mother Sues Alabama Jail After Being Forced to Give Birth Alone in a Shower

Alabama jailed Ashley Caswell on charges of endangering a fetus, then made her give birth without medical support.

‘We Won’t Be Bullied’ by Legislators Passing Unconstitutional Laws’

Attacks are intensifying around issues of reproduction, healthcare, maternal care, and now gender identity. Women, trans people and children’s lives are at stake. Poor women and youth are particularly hurt, but the laws potentially threaten all pregnant and gender-diverse people.

Texas: Fighting the Loss of Our Rights and the Threat of Dictatorship

Texas’ abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the country. Now new laws criminalizing supporters of the fight for women’s rights are being passed. At the same time, people from all walks of life are joining the fight for women’s rights, and democracy itself.

Discussion Panel Tackles Issues Among Indigenous Communities at MSUM

On National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day speakers at Minnesota State University Moorhead join panel discussion to help raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons and violence against Native women and girls.

It’s More Dangerous than Ever to Get Pregnant in Texas

People are horrified and outraged that our rights are being stripped by dangerous new laws in Texas and other states. Medical professionals and women’s organizations are discussing law, morality and whether to treat women where it may be illegal and there’s a serious threat to life or health. This is about more than abortion rights. A broad movement for freedom and democracy is underway.

Texas Politicians Threaten Women’s Lives, Women Sue State in Fight for Reproductive Rights

In a groundbreaking case, Texas law is now being challenged by five women who claim an abortion ban put them at risk of death.

Woman Arrested in South Carolina for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills in 2021

A woman in South Carolina was arrested and charged this month for allegedly taking abortion pills in 2021. Police didn’t obtain the warrant for her arrest until after “Dobbs.”

Women of Color Leaders Speak Out Against Death Threats

The press conference revealed that Black women and women of color in leadership positions, especially those who challenge existing centers of wealth and power in support of the needs of the impoverished, receive far more threats than other public figures.

Kansas Voters Defeat Abortion Amendment in Unexpected Landslide

Kansas voters in an unexpected landslide defeated a constitutional amendment that would have stripped residents of abortion rights.

‘femme energy is our liberator’

“there is SO MUCH power and brilliance in femme bodies and brains. we are power despite what they try to strip from us . . . our future sees femme energy as our liberator. that there is hope.”

Controlling Bodies and Subverting Democracy

The Supreme Court’s grim decision in the Dobbs case overturning Roe signals the validation of a half-century-old strategy by Christian nationalists to remake the very fabric of this nation. The multi-decade campaign to reverse Roe v. Wade has always been about building a political movement to seize and wield political power.

Time for Bold Action: Jan. 6th Plus Court Rulings = Democracy in Danger

If anyone doubted that American democracy – however partial and imperfect – is in danger, the stunning revelations of the Jan. 6 hearings and the recent series of court rulings are a loud wake-up call.

Roe vs Wade: ‘We won’t go back’

Women, men and huge numbers of youth are in the streets across the country in uncompromising fight for women’s rights and for government to act in the people’s interests. After centuries of oppression and fighting for equal rights, women are letting the powerful know: “We won’t go back.”

Moms4Housing Hosts Oakland Mayoral Forum

Hear from #OakMayor candidates on their plans to address #homelessness and the housing affordability crisis. Sponsored by Moms4Housing

Why Are They Making War on Women?

The assault on women’s rights is part and parcel of the wholesale assault on democracy that has been under way for years and has reached a crescendo in the last two years with the attack on the right to vote.

Help us or leave us alone

These two stories are by women writing about homelessness and our society, reprinted from Facebook posts with the author’s permission.

Melissa Lucio wins stay of execution, new hearing

Melissa Lucio, a mother accused of the murder of Mariah, her two-year-old daughter, will now have a chance for a real and honest defense.

Women Standing for Democracy

In celebration of Women’s History Month, here are the voices of some of the many women leaders standing for a true democracy in America and against the encroachment of a corporate-run dictatorship of billionaires.

Put Up Your Dukes (Duchesses)

Women have been fighting for equality on so many levels. How long has it been since women’s lib first opened doors to Women’s Rights? And now the attack on voting rights! We have to keep up the fight!

We are the Women in a Pandemic

  Women's liberation is humanity'sInternational Women’s Day March 8 We are women always. We take care of humanity. We are called to serve again. We learn...

How a campaign by indigenous women turned into a just transition model

INDIAN BAYOU, LA — It began along the bank of the Mississippi River, among the crawfish ponds of Southwest Louisiana, and in the sweltering...

Women leading the fight for change

New leaders, especially women, are stepping forward to challenge the status quo in this country, using the electoral arena to fight ...

Women’s Suffrage Celebration: 100 Years Later

Celebrations are taking place today because valiant and courageous women secured women’s right to vote via the 19th ...

‘Don’t let us die like animals,’ say women in ICE custody

Women asylum seekers in ICE custody at the for-profit jail in the small rural town of Jena, LA are desperate due to the Coronavirus. “We are afraid because we ...

Missing and murdered indigenous women: not forgotten

Lifting up the names of loved ones lost to violence, Indigenous women are leading a powerful international coalition to stop violence against Indigenous women. ...

100 years after women won the vote – We still want bread and roses. Lessons of Lawrence, 1912

Lessons for today from the Lawrence, Massachusetts textile strike of 1912.

Women janitors and farmworkers unite

Women of all backgrounds and trades have been fighting for equality in the workplace for generations. Much progress has been made, but as we say, the ...

Women’s History Month: Stop the rising tide of violence against women

We need to address the epidemic of violence that is unleashed against women around the world, and the urgent need to take action to...

Discarded as Yesterday’s News

Women and Children in the Age of Welfare ‘Reform’—It’s Time to Redefine Our Values! Grand Rapids, Michigan - Sarah Reames helps two toddlers with lunch...