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Judge Rules Against Montana Law Limiting Abortion Providers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 Mar 2022 10 856
As one of Fortune Magazine's "Most Promising Entrepreneurs" Leila Janah 0 BeckyDem Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1037
On February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 886
International Women's Day webinar: WOMEN IN TECH 0 Celerity Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 795
According to this Florida forced birth* activist, birth control doesn't prevent abortions. 1 ShazzieB Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1055
On Request, a repost from GD: Re the ECONOMICS of Griswold/Roe and Male Resentment... 1 Hekate Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 987
Sexual assault, harassment linked to higher risk of high blood pressure in women, study finds 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 904
Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion 1 Demovictory9 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 813
UK: Ministers to reject making misogyny a hate crime 2 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 984
Three abortion bills pass introductory votes in Wyoming 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 823
All 3 Repubs running for MI AG just stated that they oppose the ruling in Griswold v Connecticut 5 demmiblue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 11 2576
Ecuador legislators approve regulations allowing abortion in cases of rape 1 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 766
Rep. Steve Haugaard's total ban on abortion pills goes to South Dakota House floor 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1699
Marie-Claire Chevalier, minor at center of landmark French abortion case, dies at 66 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 841
Kanye West's Actions Are Stalking Behaviors 13 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 23 2378
Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers' Rights on a Global Scale 2 BeckyDem Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1111
A Pakistani man murdered his social media star sister in an 'honor killing.' Their parents pardoned 8 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 15 1759
How Rung for Women is empowering St. Louis women to land better jobs 1 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 869
Happy Birthday to suffragist Susan B. Anthony. "Failure is impossible". 0 niyad Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 725
Amidst the hearts and flowers, today we also observe V-Day, ending violence against 1 niyad Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 755
Poem for "Little Girls": 1 tblue37 Jan 2022 Feb 2022 7 1120
Millions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US 3 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 997
Insurance Companies Are Giving Ridiculous Reasons For Not Covering New Birth Control Methods 7 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 13 1796
Her boyfriend killed her son but she went to jail 2 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1393
OK: Considers Database To Track Pregnant People, Anti-Abortion Bills GOP Gov. Promised To Sign 9 appalachiablue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1779
Today's Google doodle - Toni Stone. First woman to play regularly American pro baseball 3 Diamond_Dog Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 966
That's How It Works When You're a Woman on the Internet 1 Nevilledog Feb 2022 Feb 2022 14 972
Minnie Mouse to wear pantsuit in honor of Women's History Month 6 Demovictory9 Jan 2022 Feb 2022 13 1580

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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Any type of domestic abuse a 'serious crime' - McEntee 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 947
UK woman cleared by Cyprus court of making up gang rape 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 971
Total abortion ban advances in South Carolina legislature 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1113
Proposed Pa. Constitution amendment to limit abortion access has rights advocates concerned 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1275
Ruth Franklin: Shirley Jackson and the Madness of Mid-Century Womanhood 1 Celerity Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1101
"The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade 4 BeckyDem Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 1229
Mexican abortion advocates look to help women in US 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 1030
Planned Parenthood drops challenge to Lubbock's abortion ban 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 975
Without money for tampons or pads, some St. Louis students miss school 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1193
A single 6-week visit after having a baby? The U.S. is doing postpartum care all wrong. 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1202
New Metro East call center will help people across the country get abortions 1 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 13 1092
A world without Roe is, for women, a world of social standing cut in half 8 Nevilledog Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1368
Why ending illegal pregnancy discrimination is so hard 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1216
A Planned Parenthood Was Burned Down. This Is Just the Latest in Knoxville's War Over Abortion 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1139
SC lawmaker proposes removing Sims monument from State House grounds. Here's why 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 950
Portraits of fear and loss: Taliban rule through the eyes of four women in Afghanistan 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1205
With more girls pregnant, Zimbabwe pushes a return to school 0 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 931
Florida senator files 15-week abortion ban law at start of legislative session 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 1034
Defend Abortion Access for All 2 BeckyDem Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 972
Fetal remains law challenged again by Ohio groups 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1068
Ex-paramilitaries stand trial for Guatemala civil war rape of 36 indigenous women 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1584
Abortion rights battle expected during 2022 South Dakota legislative session 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1239
South Dakota makes it harder for women to get abortion meds 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1191
Virginia can't undo Equal Rights Amendment approval, outgoing AG says 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1166
27 Year-old woman died one day after cancer diagnosis, symptoms dismissed as 'hormonal' 6 Celerity Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 1708
Nebraska senator introduces 'heartbeat' abortion ban, teeing up legislative fight 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 921
GOP lawmakers renew effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Missouri Medicaid program 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1082
Online 'Auction' Is Latest Attack on Muslim Women in India 1 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1049
Death of young woman after FGM revives calls for ban in Sierra Leone 4 Eugene Dec 2021 Jan 2022 3 1275
Icelandic women's strike, 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women went on strike (picture) 3 IcyPeas Dec 2021 Jan 2022 12 1900

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Patriarchy Has NEVER Wanted US To Have Solutions. 2 kpete Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1539
Calls for femicide to become separate crime in Greece mount as two more women killed 3 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1371
DeWine signs abortion restriction likely to close SW Ohio clinics 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1147
Afghan women, girls fight back against Taliban rule - ABC News 8 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 16 2116
Coalition pushing for equal pay law to be considered by Mississippi legislature in upcoming session 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 940
Guardian: Saving Roe v Wade is not just a US battle but one for women across the Americas 4 abqtommy Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1251
El Paso Planned Parenthood resumes abortion services after 21 months 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1241
Bell Hooks 2 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 9 1284
FDA will permanently allow abortion pills by mail. But that remains a crime in Texas 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 991
The power of some women, I'm telling ya: 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1068
Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off 2 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 9 1333
Video Of 20-Year-Old Woman Shutting Down A Man Interrupting Her During Zoom Meeting Goes Viral 1 Demovictory9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 59 4058
Nina Bernstein @NinaBernstein1: 6 in 10 women who have abortions are already mothers, 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1053
I shouldn't post this. It's too negative. But I'm FED UP. 7 ancianita Mar 2021 Dec 2021 15 3287
1917 photo 3 IcyPeas Dec 2021 Dec 2021 13 1485
AG Josh Shapiro@: Today, the US Supreme Court had a chance to block an unconstitutional law 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 14 1453
City of Women 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 10 1161
Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight 1 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1296
GQOP Birth Control-Stay Pregnant 3 Praek3 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1472
Bisexual goddess and anti-Nazi fighter Josephine Baker given one of France's highest honours 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 7 1249
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