(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . This Week in the War on Women [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-29 Reproductive Rights: By a single vote, a 6-week abortion ban failed to pass the legislature in Nebraska. South Carolina also failed to pass a near-total abortion ban, after all 3 Republican women in the state senate crossed party lines to vote against it. For now mifepristone remains available in states where abortion is legal. The SCOTUS April 21, 2023 emergency decision included few details, only indicated that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented in the 2-7 ruling, but that ruling bounces it back to the 5th Circuit. More here. A mobile clinic in Mississippi is working to make emergency contraception more available. Ms. Magazine on how Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk embraces the lie that women need to be protected from abortion. This week’s installment of the red state “race to the bottom”: North Dakota's governor signs 6-week abortion ban into law. Oklahoma woman with a cancerous “molar” pregnancy was told to wait in the hospital’s parking lot until she was “crashing.” Via Jessica Valenti: Ohio Republicans continue their efforts to raise the standards on ballot measures in order to keep abortion banned in the state. Gov. Mike Dewine said that he would sign a bill allowing for a special August election on the matter if it was brought to him. GQP Senator Tommy Tuberville blocking 184 military promotions to protest the military providing leave and covering expenses for servicemembers getting abortions. x I am so going to hell and you are coming with me pic.twitter.com/qkOwrmEwjD — Kessabird-👩🏻‍🦽 (@lilithhandmaid) April 26, 2023 Violence and harassment: 32 women and 10 girls are suing the West Virginia State Police over hidden cameras in the locker room, sexual assaults, and more. Via Amanda Marcotte: E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against TFG is in progress, and his defense against rape accusations is the tired old canard that women that women love to run around making up rape charges for funsies. And if you thought TFG’s lawyers couldn’t go any lower, they try to say it's not rape if the victim doesn’t scream. In fact, it’s common for the shock of being attacked to bring on involuntary paralysis. Internet Watch Foundation says the amount of material showing the most extreme form of sexual abuse has doubled since 2020. The most extreme form of child sexual abuse material accounted for a fifth of such content found online last year, according to a report. In Britain, Labour considers plan to educate boys to curb violence against women. Crime analysis of data from cases reported to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System from 2009 to 2018: when found deceased, Native American women are "135% more likely to be unidentified than the bodies of women of other racial or ethnic groups in the US." Washington state just established a missing Indigenous people cold case unit within the state AG Office. KEVN (Black Hills, SD) May 5 marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , a movement to focus attention on violence against Indigenous women, children, and young boys. On that day, the nonprofit Red Ribbon Skirt Society's Red Dress Gala will launch a National Week of Action to amplify stolen sisters memories and educate on the extraordinary challenges Native Americans face. Red dresses like this are a growing symbol of the many native women who go missing and murdered every year. From the UK- After over 6,500 rapes, sexual assaults in hospitals since 2019, nurses to wear body cams. UK government confirms it will not include misogyny as a hate crime category. In Scotland, a man who raped a 13-year-old was sentenced to community service. The sentence is being appealed as too lenient. Health care: Autism studies tend to exclude women and girls. Menopausal symptoms are negatively impacting women’s careers — and the economy. Uncategorizable: Among the battles I never thought we’d have to re-fight, add conservatives’ latest target: no-fault divorce. While it’s always hard to disentangle correlation & causation, no-fault divorce correlates with a 20% reduction in suicide by women, as well as reductions in domestic violence and spousal murder. Montana House votes to censure transgender rep Zooey Zephyr, and segregate her from the rest of the legislature, because she warned them that their anti-trans bills would get trans youth killed. The bill’s sponsor admitted she would rather her child commit suicide than be trans. Media: Tucker Carlson out at Faux News. His fans blame the “Deep State,” AOC, the Jews, etc, etc. Don Lemon out at CNN. Jeff Shell out at NBCUniversal. Maxim put an average-sized woman on the cover of its “Hot 100” issue, with predictable responses. Good News: For the first time, the Catholic Church will allow women to vote at the Bishops’ synod. State of Washington: Inslee appoints Grace Yoo director of the Washington State Women's Commission. ‘We save lives’: (University of South Florida) Department chair speaks on power of women and gender studies. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/29/2165743/-This-Week-in-the-War-on-Women Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/