Last night in a speech at the University of New Hampshire, Vice President Joe Biden affirmed what feminists have known for decades: “Rape is rape is rape.” Here at Ms., we couldn’t agree more. As a matter of fact, that sentiment is smack dab on the front of our newest cover, which has just rolled […]
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“Forcible Rape” Language Removed From Anti-Abortion Bill
Less than a week after news broke about the introduction of the term ‘forcible rape’ into the Republican-proposed No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions bill, the bill’s authors have backed down and removed the provision. The new definition of rape would have excluded such crimes as date rapes and drug- or alcohol- related rapes from an […]