The central tenet of reproductive justice is that every woman has the right to have children, not have children, and to parent the children we have in safe and healthy environments.
Time and again, the president has used his executive power to fight against discrimination and ensure that workers are treated fairly. Now, we want the president to make crystal clear that the U.S. government will not do business with those who discriminate against women.
Miriam Zoila Perez writes for Color Lines: ” In our society, the absence of a mention of race is equivalent to making something all about white people. Whiteness is the default in a racist and white supremacist culture, which is what the U.S. is, if you weren’t aware.”
Nicole Flatow writes for Think Progress: “This gender split could have been incidental, since the three women on the court were appointed by Democratic presidents. But it also signifies a deeper misunderstanding about the experience of women, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told Yahoo News’ Katie Couric in an interview this week.”
Benjamin Mueller writes for the New York Times: A crowd of abortion opponents converged on Zena Khan outside of the Choices Women’s Medical Center in Jamaica, Queens, on a recent Saturday. As a blurred mustard sun broke through the morning haze, Ms. Khan sped past posters depicting dismembered fetuses, flip cameras trained on her face Read more …
Tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE America Act.