On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed without comment an appeal of the Seventh Circuit Court decision to block an Indiana state law that would ban Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding. Why does the state want it defunded? Because Planned Parenthood clinics offer abortion services—along with all sorts of other medical care. Some Republican state lawmakers […]
Author: Natasha Turner
Natasha Turner is a freelance journalist and editor based in London and a former Ms. editorial intern.
10 Historic Challenges That American Women Still Face Today
Our blog post “10 Things That American Women Could Not Do Before the 1970s” has prompted amazing responses from Ms. blog readers. Feminists of the 1960s and 1970s worked tirelessly to secure the rights for women that we enjoy today. However, as many readers noted, we cannot get complacent: We must continue the fight to ensure […]
Rape-splaining: 10 Examples of Victim Blaming
TRIGGER WARNING: discussions of rape, abusive and offensive language. The tragic case in December of 2012 of a 12-year-old girl raped at gunpoint by three teenage boys in Chicago sparked outrage and horror. This month, after Cook County prosecutors announced the boys will face charges as adults, many in the public have spoken out in support of […]
10 Things American Women Could Not Do Before the 1970s
It turns out that before the 1970s, an American woman could not…
NEWSFLASH: Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban
On Tuesday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Arizona’s ban on abortion at 20 weeks, calling it unconstitutional because a woman has a legal right to terminate a pregnancy before fetal viability. The law, signed by Gov. Jan Brewer in April 2012, caused Arizona to be one of the most restrictive states in […]