Tag: women’s rights

CounterSpin interview with Jill Heaviside and Oriaku Njoku on reproductive rights assaults.

In Trumpistan, legislative attempts to ban abortion are a blatant sign that women are under attack.

“It’s time to listen to women, not punish us for trying to make critical decisions about our own families and our own lives.”

Architects behind the legislation want to use it to challenge Roe v. Wade, which recognizes the constitutional right to an abortion.

"Bans like this have always been blocked by courts. We will be suing Georgia to make sure this law has the same fate."

"Women are disappearing and dying in Indian country. We must act."

"In many ways, women have been doing all this work – whether it's running their PTA, or organizing around reproductive healthcare – but we haven't been doing it together."

According to videos of the incident, the officer ordered the man out of the vehicle before firing at him and shooting his passenger without provocation.

Often, Indigenous communities don’t trust that police will act on reports of violence.

Is getting born any less of a right than the “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” set piece that buttresses our opening national gambit?