NEWS and ISSUES
Good News and Bad News
First, the good news: the Illinois legislature has passed the Youth Health and Safety Act, repealing the horrendous Parental Notice of Abortion (PNA) law that has caused so much harm to so many pregnant teens, and our wonderful pro-choice Governor J.B. Pritzker is sure to sign it. The new law doesn’t take effect until June 2022, so for now the Judicial Bypass Project to assist teens who for whatever reason just can’t tell their parents is still in full swing. Read more about why it was so important to repeal PNA at Human Rights Watch or at the ACLU of Illinois, watch this powerful video by Dr. Alison Cowett and read Dr. Cowett’s Op-Ed in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Emergency Protests: Overturn the Texas Abortion Vigilante law
The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Texas law banning abortions and deputizing vigilantes to enforce it is an unprecedented intrusion into the constitutional rights of women and a stunning attack on the rule of law. This article in The Guardian is one of the best to be published about it. And here’s Justice Sotomayor’s dissent, the Tribune editorial, and Rex Huppke’s Trib column. We’re all coming together in several emergency protests on Saturday October 2nd. Say it loud: Abortion On Demand and Without Apology. See you there … this Friday … bring your masks … and bring signs.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Web Feeds for Women and Issues Affecting Women
- Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
- In the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political scientist explains when and how
- Other states, like Arizona, could resurrect laws on abortion, LGBTQ+ issues and more that have been lying dormant for more than 100 years
- Traditional Japanese diet associated with less brain shrinkage in women compared to western diet, says research
- Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for
Organizations Working in Support of Women
