Kelly Diels writes for Salon: “What’s changed in the last 40 years, then, is that now some men can heckle and drown out women not just in person but remotely, from the comfort of their own homes. The Heckler’s Veto hasn’t gone away, it’s gone online. Onl…
Tara Culp-Ressler writes for Think Progress: “Heather Smith is grateful she didn’t have her abortion procedure on the weekend. She made two trips to the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, first on a Tuesday and again on a Thursday for a follow-up…
Brentin Mock writes for Colorlines: “They said they would “slow walk” to a photo voter ID bill, but there has been no tar in the heels of North Carolina Republican state legislators in their race to make it law. After less than nine months as governor, R…
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky writes for Vice (TRIGGER WARNING): “For a while, the residents of Manitoba Colony thought demons were raping the town’s women. There was no other explanation. No way of explaining how a woman could wake up with blood and semen stai…
Irin Carmon writes for MSNBC: “Tuesday morning, abortion opponents went before the Wichita City Council seeking to shut down the South Wind Women’s Center, a clinic that provides abortions. Among their complaints: The clinic draws gun violence.”