The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday that it will hear two challenges to Texas’ six-week abortion ban on November 1. In the interim, the law — which has effectively ended access to abortion in Texas — will remain in effect. The Court’s decision comes in… more »
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Did you know? 71% of all human trafficking involves women and girls. This is why we need VAWA (Violence Against Women Act). We need protections in place to end gender-based violence. The National Human Trafficking Hotline (1-888-373-7888) has… more »
A dedicated public health advocate, Antonia Novello made history as the first female and first Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General in 1990. Novello has led several major public health campaigns in her efforts to improve health conditions and access to medical… more »
Feminist.com was founded in 1995, as a few women and I gathered around the kitchen table in my New York City apartment. The web was pretty new back then (at the time only 15% percent of Internet users were women), and we wanted to… more »
Sonia Maria Sotomayor was born June 25, 1954, in the New York City borough of The Bronx. Her father was Juan Sotomayor (c. 1921-1964) from the area of Santura, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and her mother was Celina Báez (1927-2021) an orphan] from the… more »
It is gratifying, and even fun, to take part in breast cancer runs, attend fundraisers, and write your check to help promote breast cancer awareness and education. But how are you personally celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Here are ways you… more »
In 2011 in the Missouri General Assembly pro-choice Representative Genise Montecillo (D -66) stated about this extremely restrictive abortion bill, “This is just as much about control as rape is about control”. She was absolutely right and it’s time we… more »
https://womanup.org/ WomanUp is an activist network of hundreds of thousands of women and allies, stepping up to fight for progressive causes and candidates. Our goal is to leverage the power of women to make progressive change. WomanUp is a partner of… more »
Pura Belpré was a talented author and storyteller who wrote and re-interpreted Puerto Rican folk tales. As the first Puerto Rican librarian in the New York Public Library system she pioneered the library's work with the Puerto Rican community. Belpré… more »
by Glee Violette I graduated high school in 1966. Abortion was outlawed then, of course. But even though birth control pills were starting to become available, only married women could get them, and only with written permission from their husbands. Many… more »