FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APRIL 15, 2025
Just a few short miles away from the Ms. office in Los Angeles, officials with the city of Beverly Hills responded to a campaign by antiabortion extremists by blocking an all-term clinic from opening its doors. An investigation into how they succeeded—in California, an “abortion sanctuary”—is the cover story for Ms.’s Spring issue, on newsstands April 29. With this accomplished, where will extremists target next?
“Abortion clinics will likely face heightened threats and violence during the foreseeable future, emboldened by Trump administration actions and efforts to further restrict or ban abortion,” said Kathy Spillar, a co-author of the cover story and longtime leader in the Feminist Majority Foundation’s work to reduce antiabortion extremists’ threats and violence and bring violent extremists to justice. (Feminist Majority Foundation is the publisher of Ms. magazine.)
Soon after taking office, President Donald Trump pardoned and released from prison 23 antiabortion extremists who violently attacked abortion clinics in four states and Washington, D.C., and his Justice Department dismissed three pending Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act cases and announced that no new prosecutions could be initiated except in extraordinary circumstances and only with prior authorization.
“Clearly, investigations and prosecutions of antiabortion terrorism will now fall to state attorneys general and more states will need to strengthen their current laws or pass their own FACE laws,” continued Spillar.
Also in the Spring issue:
- Ms. speaks with the founder of Spending Spotlight on how consumers can make just one or two product switches to harness hundreds of billions of dollars in aggregate spending power.
- How state Equal Rights Amendments can be used in the fight for equality and protections to address paid family leave and affordable childcare, domestic violence, poverty, the gender pay gap and more.
- A new clinical trial offers women the promise of a highly effective form of birth control—without the side effects and daily hassle of hormonal contraceptives.
Editors’ Note: Kathy Spillar is available for interviews and can be reached through press@msmagazine.com or at the magazine’s Los Angeles office at 310-556-2515.
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About Ms. Magazine: Co-founded by Gloria Steinem in 1972 and published by the Feminist Majority Foundation since 2001, Ms. magazine has been a trusted, popular source for feminist news and information in print and online for over 50 years. Ms.’s time-honored traditions of an emphasis on in-depth investigative reporting and feminist political analysis have never been more relevant, bringing a new generation of writers and readers together to share news, analysis, research and strategies for fighting back and moving forward, and for shaping a better future.
