Can a country that has never truly addressed women’s equality ever be a thriving democracy?

Explore the latest installment in our Women & Democracy series: “Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies,” in collaboration with @bwln_nyu & @RewireNewsGroup: msmagazine.com/backsliding-de… "If [opponents of women’s rights] can control who can vote, who can make medical decisions, who has autonomy over their lives … they will be able to prevail." @irin
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With midterms just weeks away, polls are showing that abortion will be a deciding issue for young women voters—and that Roe's overturn is already affecting their lives. (🧵)
msmagazine.com/2022/10/24/abo… Our latest poll in collaboration with @FeministFDN @Lake_Research found that across battleground states, over half (53%) of young women voters have had their future plans impacted by abortion bans in some way.

NEW: According to polling from Ms. and @Lake_Research, women’s rights and abortion will be major motivating issues for young voters in battleground states including Arizona, Florida, Ohio and more this fall. 🧵 msmagazine.com/2022/10/18/wom… 55% of young women voters ages 18-29 in battleground states indicated abortion/women’s rights as their top issue priority going into this fall’s midterms.

In light of Texas' new abortion ban, we're remembering what abortion was like before #RoeVWade.

"She was found in a pool of blood on her cold white tile bathroom floor. Her mother found her."
msmagazine.com/2016/01/19/8-s… “In 9th grade a good friend became pregnant by our AAU coach. He threatened to kill her if she told ... She borrowed money from everyone & wrote a check on [her] dad’s account to go to [the] local abortionist. She died in [the] girls bathroom a week later"
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Yesterday's guilty verdict was one step towards accountability, but systemic racism in the U.S. stems beyond one ‘bad apple.’ It's essential to recognize the broader culture of racism and anti-Blackness in America, especially in the Midwest. msmagazine.com/2021/04/13/who… The trial of Derek Chauvin is a symptom of a legacy of horrors involving policing, societal hierarchies and racism. The fact is, policing is part of America’s origin story and its history of enslavement, kidnapping and trafficking of Black people.
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Hear from @unfoRETTAble @maebirdwing & #ChristinaHendricks on why the time is now to add the #ERA to the Constitution. Take action at ERAyes2021.org! #NoTimeLimitOnEquality @elliesmeal @FemMajority @ERACoalition @SenatorCardin @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @SenatorDurbin The text of the Equal Rights Amendment states "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." That's all we're asking for. #ERAnow

BREAKING: The U.S. House passed a bi-partisan resolution introduced by @RepSpeier to remove an arbitrary timeline for #ERA ratification. #NoTimeLimitOnEquality
msmagazine.com/2021/03/15/equ… "There is no expiration date on equality... It's about building the America we want and becoming a more perfect union" said @RepSpeier in a press briefing after the vote.