Health

Moms With Access To Remote Work Were Most Likely To Leave Their Jobs in Pandemic

PUBLISHED 11/10/2021 by

The first major drop off of women from the workforce after the onset of the pandemic came in September 2020, when the new school year started and many kids returned to class online. About 863,000 women dropped out of work then. The next largest drop off happened in September 2021—again at the start of a new school year—when 309,000 women left the workforce.

Neither of those events was coincidental: Moms with children under the age of 12 spent the equivalent of a second full-time job caring for kids while simultaneously working their usual jobs during the pandemic. 

The Justices Have No Robes

PUBLISHED 11/9/2021 by
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The Supreme Court faces a rule-of-law crisis of its own making.

We residents of the United States who are governed but not protected by its laws must now wonder: Which right will be next? And for whom? And if the Court does not exist to respect rights, why does it exist and why should it be respected?

The Government Has a Long History of Controlling Women—One That Never Ended

PUBLISHED 11/9/2021 by
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Abortion is not (just) a health issue. Whether we are willing to let women and people capable of becoming pregnant control their own bodies, for health or any other reason, is an equity issue—a question of who deserves bodily autonomy and freedom to reach their full potential.

Ultimately, abortion bans and restrictions are part of broader legal and societal structures that were unambiguously designed to not recognize women’s inherent equality.

Abortion Funds Enable Access: The Time to Invest in Direct Aid Is Now

PUBLISHED 11/9/2021 by and
Abortion Funds Enable Access: The Time to Invest in Direct Aid Is Now

Expanded investment in abortion funds is urgently needed to keep up with current demand for direct aid, as well as to prepare for an uncertain and surely more challenging future.

Central to the defense of reproductive rights for all must be the provision of and commitment to direct aid to the communities facing those attacks head-on.

A Vocal—and Wealthy—Minority Is Controlling Abortion Access

PUBLISHED 11/9/2021 by and

Conservatives have relentlessly focused on reshaping the Supreme Court for decades. And now, they’ve allowed Texas’s six-week abortion ban to stand for months because a handful of oil and gas tycoons exerted massive influence over Texas politics by funneling millions into statehouse races.

To a large extent, this stunning outcome is a story of democratic failures and the power of big money in American politics. 

The Power of State Courts in Securing Abortion Access: “It’s Time to Give Them Center Stage”

PUBLISHED 11/9/2021 by
The Power of State Courts in Securing Abortion Access: ”It’s Time to Give Them Center Stage”

Progressives are giving new attention to reforming the Supreme Court—but it would be a mistake to stop there. We also need to pay greater attention to state courts and state constitutions as a promising, underappreciated and frequently threatened venue for protecting rights. 

Of course, courts can’t be the only path to achieving reproductive justice—but we won’t have reproductive justice without them.