Native activist Sarah Deer will be one of the featured speakers at the National Organization for Women national conference, “Feminist Agenda Rising.” She is author of “Maze of Injustice” and “The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America,” and will be inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame this fall. Minnesota Read more …
Minnesota will be center stage for conversations about women’s rights. Leaders of the feminist movement will gather in the Twin Cities in mid-July for the annual conference of the National Organization for Women.
Women’s rights advocates say the case fits a pattern of Alabama’s holding women criminally liable for their pregnancy outcomes.
Border Patrol was found to have the “lowest percentage of women on their force out of any federal law enforcement agency” in 2017.
“These dangers,” she added, “are especially prevalent for people in vulnerable populations, such as women living in poverty and women of color, who may not have the resources necessary to travel out-of-state to access abortion care.”