On #WomensEqualityDay we celebrate the day women won the right to vote in 1920. Three years later, Alice Paul would draft the original Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) seeking to end the legal distinction between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, etc. 🧵 On the fateful night of November 18, 1967, at a NOW (National Organization for Women) meeting in a Washington DC hotel, feminists debated legalizing abortion for hours, following a resolution in support of the ERA. 2/

A stay will shut down the prescribing and distribution of mifepristone, one of two drugs used for abortions. Judge Kacsmaryk said the FDA's approval process was improperly rushed two decades ago and resulted in an unsafe drug regimen getting on the market. 🧵 Both the American Medical Assoc. and the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists said medication abortion is safe and effective. "They’re both on record as supporters of aborting unborn children at any age, for any reason, by any means," said FFL Pres. Serrin Foster. 2/

New first-of-its-kind research on 17 years of comprehensive Medicaid claims data, shows women whose first pregnancy ends in abortion:
• 53% more miscarriages,
• 35% more pregnancies over their lifetime,
• > 4x as many abortions,
• and only half the number of live births. 🧵 The study was conducted by 10 researchers at the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) and is corroborated by separate peer-reviewed research, which has found that women exposed to multiple induced abortions are at increased risk of: 2/

Today marks the first Election Day since 1972 in which states are no longer bound to uphold a Supreme Court-interpreted "right to abortion" in the United States Constitution. But as we have said before… 🧵 …there is still no federal protection for women and children from abortion; the matter has been returned to the states. This year, five of them have placed abortion on the ballot. If you have not voted already and live in one of the states below… 2/

Feminists for Life of America is reacting strongly to the Vice President of the United States meeting with university presidents to promote abortion. Our President Serrin M. Foster said, “FFL has been working for decades to help pregnant and parenting…” 1/insidehighered.com/news/2022/08/0… “…parents and birthmothers achieve their career plans, without having to sacrifice their children. With nearly 2.1 million single mothers also serving as student parents (iwpr.org/iwpr-issues/st…), now is not the time to go backwards.” 2/

Even some in the medical field are saying they can’t care for women suffering a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. Absolutely false. 

No pro-lifer supports that & no state is crafting legislation to make the care of women going thru either form of reproductive loss illegal. 1/ This myth could cost lives and should be stopped immediately.

Indeed, a recent LATimes article claiming that the use of methotrexate (which treats myriad non-pregnancy medical conditions) could be banned by anti-abortion laws sowed further confusion among the general public. 2/

"We want the mother to know that this infant will be taken care of, will be loved, and will have a great life," wrote the Schererville Fire Dept of Schererville, Indiana, following the surrender of a healthy baby girl in their Safe Haven Baby Box. 1/ wrtv.com/news/local-new… "Babies should never be discarded through abortion, infanticide, or abandonment. It will haunt a woman throughout her life," declared FFL President Serrin M. Foster. "Women and teens need to know about safe havens in their areas…” 2/

Q. My girlfriend is pregnant. I have told her that I would support her, but she doesn't feel ready to parent and has scheduled an abortion. I don't want her to have the abortion, but what can I do? 1/ A. I am so glad that you are supportive of your girlfriend and the child you conceived together. She has many viable choices including marital or single parenthood, kinship care, or adoption (open, closed, or semi-open adoption where you could receive pictures and updates). 2/

This Friday, the House will consider H.R. 3755, the so-called "Women's Health Protection Act."

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You might think this would help women with cancer, heart disease, or other illnesses or diseases. Or perhaps it is to protect women from rape or violence. 1/ With such a comprehensive name, you’d hope it would include elder care. Of course, you would assume this bill would include prenatal, labor and delivery, and postnatal care for women.

Unfortunately, you would be wrong. 2/

BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's bill, "Care For Her" (H.R. 5163) has been introduced! We urge you to ask your U.S. representative to co-sponsor Care for Her and tell her or him: Pregnant and parenting women deserve better resources and support! 1/ Care for Her will facilitate support and services to women who find themselves with an unexpected pregnancy, and seeks to meet the emotional, physical, social, financial, and other needs that a woman encounters during pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing. 2/

"We have been talking about this pressure to abort or relinquish children for decades," said FFL President Serrin M. Foster. FFL applauds this bipartisan effort by Sens. Cruz and Gillibrand for standing up for these cadets. 1/ defenseone.com/policy/2021/07… Sens. Cruz (R-TX) and Gillibrand (D-NY) have introduced the Candidates Afforded Dignity, Equality, and Training, or CADET, Act of 2021, which would ensure that students at military universities have the option to continue their education while also maintaining parental rights. 2/

Rep. Chris Smith has introduced a bill to codify the Hyde Amendment. Now, Sen. Joe Manchin has written a letter along with Sen. Roger Wicker in support of Hyde Amendment, writing: 1/

foxnews.com/politics/wicke… "Recent public polls show almost 60 percent of Americans oppose or strongly oppose using taxpayer dollars to support abortion. Both Democrat and Republican Presidents have signed the Hyde Amendment into law.... 2/

While many know the cruelty of the procedure commonly called partial-birth abortion, let’s recognize the devastating damage done to WOMEN through this 3-day procedure that mechanically forces her cervix open, so it is never used in an emergency. 1/foxnews.com/politics/hhs-b… A woman can be left forever unable to retain pregnancies, as then-FFL adviser and former AAPLOG President Dr. Pamela E. Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution. 2/

We highly recommend the following article by Dr. Michael J. New, who responds to abortion advocates' support for loosening oversight of chemical abortions. 1/

nationalreview.com/corner/pro-lif… During his time as a student at Stanford University, the pro-life student group brought in FFL President Serrin M. Foster to present her landmark speech, "The Feminist Case AGAINST Abortion." 2/

"Alongside endless societal ailments created by the COVID-19 pandemic, one less talked about is the fertile grounds it creates for adult predators to target children using the internet and online platforms...” 1/ inquirer.com/opinion/commen… “In March 2020 alone, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children observed online child exploitation rates doubling compared with the previous year." 2/

"In late January, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in D.C. for the March for Life, marking the 47th anniversary of the SCOTUS decision legalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade. The theme for this year was 'Life Empowers: Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman.' nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/… “In conjunction with the event, the March for Life organization produced a series of articles highlighting how the earliest feminists in the U.S. — suffragists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, & Alice Paul — opposed abortion, calling it an exploitation of women.”

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), known as the "Mother of the Women's Movement," began her work for equal rights as an abolitionist. She, Lucretia Mott, and other white women were barred from speaking at... ... the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London due to their sex, and they were only allowed to stay if they moved to the spectators' gallery and watched the proceedings in silence.

Chicana civil rights activist Graciela Olivarez was born this day in 1928. In 1970, she became the first woman and first Latina graduate of Notre Dame Law School, despite never graduating high school. Olivarez was a charter member of the National Organization for Women. Abortion advocacy — conspicuously absent from the group’s charter — wasn’t adopted til 1967, only after heated debate. But Olivarez continued to practice a belief in the indivisibility of all human rights.

This International Women's Day, we honor trailblazers from around the world, such as Sophia Duleep Singh (1876-1948). We profile her in our latest issue of The American Feminist, "Pedaling Toward Freedom." Check out this excerpt of her compelling story below! "Sophia Duleep Singh was a typical British suffragette, blending in with the crowds of protestors; her only stated interest was 'the advancement of women.' But Sophia's life was anything but typical....”

Dr. Ingrid Skop, an OB-GYN who has practiced in San Antonio for >25yrs and American Assoc of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists board member, responded to this op-ed, which argued that access to abortion is necessary to reduce maternal mortality: nbcnews.com/think/opinion/… "The increase is multifactorial, including compromised data collection, delaying childbirth until older ages, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and thrombophilias. The U.S. has a fairly high C-section rate, which greatly increases the risk of death compared to a normal delivery.”

The philosophy of cherishing motherhood flowed throughout the community of feminists of color. During the age of the Harlem Renaissance, Angelina Weld Grimké, born this day in 1880, wrote, "Ah, gift of Motherhood! Ah, precious boon to woman, reaping priceless joy, through...” “...weary pain!" Grimké — whose mother was white and whose father was the son of a white slave owner and an enslaved mixed-race woman of color — never had any children herself but recognized motherhood as a bond between both white women and women of color: