Racial discrimination alive and well in reproductive healthcare
Racial and socioeconomic inequities are driving a maternal health crisis for women of color and immigrant women, many of them poor.
issue: Immigration
Top Immigration Court Hands Huge Win to Battered Women Seeking Asylum. Conservatives Freak Out.
A spokeswoman for the Executive Office for Immigration Review says that there are about 22,500 cases pending before the BIA. As a result, these women’s cases could remain in limbo for many years. But the door is now open for an immigration judge to rule someday in their favor, says Stephanie Taylor, an Austin, Texas, attorney who represents many domestic violence victims seeking asylum.
Meet Carolina, Who Brought Her Daughters 1,500 Miles To The U.S. So They Wouldn’t Be Raped
Jack Jenkins and Esther Yu-Hsi Lee write for Think Progress: “Too often lost among the drama of Washington political battles are the stories of the actual people crossing the border — men, women, and especially young children who have risked everything to make the dangerous trek to the U.S. People like Carolina.”
NFL’s “Beat Her Unconscious” Pink Jersey Sale! $59.95
Marena Groll writes for The Onslow Times: “A woman’s life will never be worth what the NFL could lose to her abuser. Or what the NFL can make off him.”
NOW Renounces House Judiciary Vote Undermining Spirit and Intent of VAWA
The National Organization for Women condemns the vote today in the House Judiciary Committee. In a 17-15 vote, the Republican-controlled committee passed a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that completely undermines the spirit of the landmark bill passed 18 years ago.