Abortion activists are anxiously awaiting a federal judge’s ruling that could decide the fate of mifepristone, the pill that accounts for more than half of all abortions across the country. The Texas judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk, is expected to have a decision on the case to reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone by February 24th. The […]
Anti-abortion groups target pharmacies following FDA decision
In response to the FDA’s recent ruling expanding access to abortion pills, or mifepristone, anti-abortion groups have launched campaigns targeting CVS and Walgreens locations throughout the country. The pharmacies announced in early January that they plan to complete the necessary certification to offer abortion pills in their retail locations for the first time. A group […]
Biden issues Presidential Memorandum to protect access to abortion
On what should have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, President Biden signed a Presidential Memorandum instructing government agencies to protect access to mifepristone throughout the country. Mifepristone is the FDA approved drug used in medication abortions, which account for the majority of abortions in the country. The president’s memo addresses the Attorney […]
Afghan women continue to face violence and extreme limitations of freedoms
Since the Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghan women have endured increasingly harsh restrictions on their hard-won freedoms as well as physical brutality to force conformity. The most recent policy passed by the fundamentalist Islamist group consists of an order to all NGOs, local and international, to prohibit their female employees from working. Millions of […]
Taliban Rule: Afghan women can no longer attend higher education
In a new order by the Taliban regime, officials issued that public and privatecolleges and universities should no longer allow Afghan women to attend classes. Manystudents returned to school despite the order, but were not allowed to enter. In some schools,female students were told to leave the gate at gunpoint. Since the Taliban takeover of […]
South Carolina’s Supreme Court overturns state 6-week abortion ban
In a striking decision for the historically conservative state, the South Carolina Supreme Court declared the state’s law banning abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy as unconstitutional. The 3-2 decision was based on the explicit right to privacy granted to citizens in the state’s constitution. “We hold that the decision to terminate a pregnancy rests […]
FDA rings in new year with an expansion of abortion access
Abortion advocates had cause for celebration in the first week of 2023 as the FDA loosened its regulations on mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions. The rule change allows for the medication to be prescribed by licensed healthcare providers over telehealth and to be dispensed through a wider range of certified pharmacies, either in […]
Iran’s Attorney General claims the morality police has been abolished
On December 4th, Iran’s Attorney General, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, gave a statement claiming that the country’s notoriously violent morality police has been abolished. Montazeri also said that the mandatory hijab law is under review by Iran’s parliament and judiciary. This news may appear to be a victory for the activists that have been protesting the […]
The Mobilization of Young Voters
The Feminist Majority has long understood the importance of organizing on college campuses and has continuously prioritized encouraging young people to become politically engaged. 94 campus organizers were hired at universities throughout six battleground states: Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and North Carolina. The major victories won by feminist candidates coming out of the […]
Understanding the Ballot Measures
Voters in six states, during the midterms general elections, will be able to weigh in directly on a ballot measure centered around reproductive justice. This is a record-breaking number of ballot measures on abortion, proving once again how important women’s rights are to voters throughout the country. Earlier this year, Kansans voted during their primary […]