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The State Behind Roe's Likely Demise Also Does the Least for New Parents in Need 0 littlemissmartypants May 2022 May 2022 9 1057
Prejudices That Led to Witch- Hunts Still Affect Women Today, Says Historian 4 appalachiablue May 2022 May 2022 12 1521
This Is Not the Culmination of the Right-Wing Legal Movement--It's the Dawn of It. 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 1 759
The feminine world of Native Americans 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 3 706
In a Post-Roe America, Expect More Births in a Country Where Maternal Mortality Continues to Rise 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 595
The U.S. Is Facing a Maternal Health Crisis. Is Climate Change Making It Worse? 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 797
Our Favorite Signs From the Nationwide 'Bans Off' Marches 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 734
Afghan Women Reject Taliban Decree That Women Must Wear Head-to-Toe Coverings 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 659
With Roe in doubt, is tech surveillance of pregnancy next? 2 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 739
White Masculinity and the Buffalo Massacre 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 6 693
The Goddess In Art TV series: Interview with Savina Teubal 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 0 521
The Goddess In Art TV series: Interview with Mayumi Oda 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 0 502
The Goddess In Art TV series: Interview with Vicki Noble (Part 2) 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 0 531
The Goddess In Art TV series: Interview with Vicki Noble (Part 1) 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 0 525
The Goddess In Art TV series: The Triple Goddess 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 0 514
The Goddess in Art TV Series: Interview with Starhawk 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 0 614
Poverty and Hope in India's City of Widows 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 606
US Soccer reaches landmark deals with USWNT, USMNT to pay them equally 0 Jilly_in_VA May 2022 May 2022 1 769
New online campaign reminds us that street harassment isn't a rite of passage. It's a public health 3 Jilly_in_VA May 2022 May 2022 11 1043
Bad Romance Parody: Women's Suffrage 3 niyad May 2022 May 2022 6 844
How Guadalajara lost and found a huge stone bridge built by women 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 5 1029
NEVER FORGET:'Night of terror': The suffragists who were beaten and tortured for seeking the vote 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 613
'Declare it to a doctor, and it's over': Ukrainian women face harsh reality of Poland's abortion law 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 2 874
Killed by abortion laws: five women whose stories we must never forget 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 1 684
Re: Roe: I haven't heard this question discussed here or elsewhere so I'm presenting portions 2 in2herbs May 2022 May 2022 9 1959
'Women need to be ready': the Ukrainian city where mums and daughters are learning to shoot 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 3 795
Teen murder charge shows 'gaps' in Malaysia's treatment of girls 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 1 689
Subjected to Painful Experiments and Forgotten, Enslaved 'Mothers of Gynecology' Are Honored With Ne 1 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 10 999
Ruben Bolling had it right in '05 0 Geechie May 2022 May 2022 2 941
The end of Roe v. Wade is a men's rights issue, too -- literally 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 1 871

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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California lawmaker reveals abortion as more women speak out 1 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 4 835
Female CEO told 'she's not the man for the job' in 'flabbergasting' sexist annual meeting 0 Demovictory9 May 2022 May 2022 6 1289
El Salvador: woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide after miscarriage 0 Eugene May 2022 May 2022 5 854
The Horrifying Implications of Alito's Most Alarming Footnote 2 ShazzieB May 2022 May 2022 14 1298
On the nonexistence of a justification for patriarchy 3 planetc May 2022 May 2022 8 856
Some religions support abortion rights. Their leaders are speaking up. 3 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 5 1050
Anti-abortion violence in the U.S. - some actual statistics: 2 IcyPeas May 2022 May 2022 11 1333
Mothers Want Federally Funded Childcare. Why Are These Koch-Funded Women Opposing It? 4 niyad May 2022 May 2022 3 902
Latin American feminists vow to protect abortion rights at home after shock US ruling 0 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 3 713
Women athletes are being mistreated across the board 0 Jilly_in_VA May 2022 May 2022 6 857
The Anti-Abortion Movement Has a Long History of Terrorism. A Roe Repeal Will Make It Worse. 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 4 712
US, Canada commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 3 600
A New York surgeon's lawsuit highlights gender discrimination in medical profession 0 Jilly_in_VA May 2022 May 2022 12 934
Break The Chain---One Billion Rising 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 1 656
SCOTUS Wants Reproductive Rights Left Up to the States--Whose Representatives Are Still Overwhelming 0 niyad May 2022 May 2022 5 629
The Great Stewardess Rebellion review: stirring study of what Roe v Wade helped vanquish 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 3 1248
The stuff of nightmares -- 1 babylonsister May 2022 May 2022 11 1105
Feminists rally for Argentine nuns who denounced archbishop 0 Eugene May 2022 May 2022 1 796
One Hundred Years Women have been fighting for Equal Rights under the Constitution 1 Ninga May 2022 May 2022 5 894
"You're asking people who can become pregnant to accept less bodily autonomy than we grant to.... 2 A HERETIC I AM May 2022 May 2022 9 1425
250 Ads for Self-Managed Abortion Pill Info Launch in NYC Subway System 3 niyad Apr 2022 May 2022 5 886
Yes, They Want You (women, girls) Dead 7 CousinIT Apr 2022 May 2022 35 1998
Mother's Day Week Strike! May 8- 14. EVERYONE can participate in some way! Spread the word! 13 Scrivener7 May 2022 May 2022 6 1713
Prehistoric women were hunters and artists as well as mothers, book reveals 8 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 4 1473
A Women's Bill of Rights 3 planetc May 2022 May 2022 3 785
Why a Focus on Gender Increases National Security 1 Nevilledog May 2022 May 2022 8 959
Art depicting women in the aftermath of illegal abortions by Portuguese artist Paula Rego 6 IcyPeas May 2022 May 2022 16 1604
Golf Lydia Ko has been universally praised for mentioning her period like its normal bodily function 0 Demovictory9 May 2022 May 2022 8 1096
Emergency Contraception Rushed to Ukraine 4 Demovictory9 May 2022 May 2022 18 1384
Cross Post: Art Exhibit Powerfully Answers The Question 'What Were You Wearing?' 3 sheshe2 Apr 2022 May 2022 9 1137

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Guardian: 'It's rife': female MPs tell of climate of misogyny in Westminster... 3 abqtommy Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 1754
Connecticut passes bill expanding abortion related protections. Gov pledges to sign it 1 Demovictory9 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 827
Iceland: 'The world's best place to be a woman' is being sued for misogyny 1 cbabe Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 1099
Oklahoma legislature approves Republican bill banning abortions (x-posted from LBN) 2 BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 1182
Ukrainian Victims of Wartime Rape May Be Forced To Give Birth--All Thanks to This U.S. Policy 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 795
Climate Change Is Forcing American Women From Their Homes 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 763
The Patriarchs' War on Women 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 10 819
International Women's Day: Dramatic deterioration in respect for women's rights and gender equality 2 BeckyDem Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 1354
'Silence guarantees nothing will change': film-makers challenge the anti-abortion movement 4 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 932
abortion clinic escort films the anti choicers outside the clinic 6 Demovictory9 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 9 1495
EARTH DAY: When you choose the Earth, you choose Indigenous women. When you choose Indigenous women 6 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 922
The U.S. Could Learn From Argentina's Groundbreaking Plan to Reduce Maternal and Childhood Mortality 2 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 832
The girls I taught in Kabul were Afghanistan's future. The Taliban has taken that away 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 775
Physicians Have Abortions Too: Maintaining Access to Abortion Supports Women's Careers 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 629
Bangladesh to ban 'immoral character' evidence in rape cases 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 633
Kansas governor approves budget including extension of postpartum coverage 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 751
'Birthing while Black' is a national crisis for the US. Here's what Black lawmakers want to do about 1 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 947
Benin's first female vice-president on women's bodies, Amazon warriors and being called a feminist 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 880
Women (Including Republicans) Say 'Bull Semen Baron' Running For Nebraska Gov Has Groping Problem 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 699
Disney, You're Finally Seeing Moms Too 0 niyad Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 707
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