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By Kylie Cheung • 5 years ago

Ohio isn’t an anomaly—the anti-choice movement is about punishment

Earlier this month, the Ohio state House passed a bill that would ban abortion with virtually zero exceptions when the fetus develops a heartbeat at about six weeks, which is before many women realize they’re pregnant. And as of last week, Ohio’s state House is considering another bill, HB 565, which would confer personhood upon fetuses and criminalize abortion.

Earlier this month, the Ohio state House passed a bill that would ban abortion with virtually zero exceptions when the fetus develops a heartbeat at about six weeks, which is ...

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By Meg Sri • 7 years ago

Sorry Gov. Kasich, No Cookies: Ohio’s 20-Week Abortion Ban Is Still Unconstitutional

Gov John. Kasich on Wednesday signed a bill into law that would ban abortions 20-weeks after conception: a reprehensible and clearly unconstitutional move designed to blatantly flout Supreme Court precedent.

Gov John. Kasich on Wednesday signed a bill into law that would ban abortions 20-weeks after conception: a reprehensible and clearly unconstitutional move designed to blatantly flout Supreme Court precedent.
By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

We need to give Title IX teeth.

And how will the Department of Ed hold colleges accountable?

Coming face to face with racism in our friends, families, and ourselves.

Whitney Lee, a transg woman incarcerated in Ohio, is fighting for medical accsss.

We need to give Title IX teeth.

And how will the Department of Ed hold colleges accountable?

Coming face to face with racism in our friends, families, and ourselves.

Whitney Lee, a transg woman ...
By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

You go, Ellen Page.

The Michael Dunn trial will expose disturbing (and sadly unsurprising) truth about America.

“Valentine’s Day is a holiday based on fears…can technology make long-term monogamy any easier?”

From Emmett Till to Jordan Davis: why is standing out still a death sentence for black kids in America?

What role do pharmacists play in teenagers’ access to emergency contraception?

Do the Olympics half-ass women’s sports?

You go, Ellen Page.

The Michael Dunn trial will expose disturbing (and sadly unsurprising) truth about America.

“Valentine’s Day is a holiday based on fears…can technology make long-term monogamy any easier?”

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By Courtney Baxter • 11 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

 

Disney undermines a heroine in 4 steps.

Edie Windsor, patron saint of modern love.

“By August, all they could talk about was Tinder.”

Malala wants to be Prime Minister.

Ohio’s new abortion restrictions cross the line of legality.

The hidden war against gay teens.

The government shutdown will hurt survivors of domestic violence.

And The Feminist Hulk shares some thoughts about the shutdown, too.

Twitter, get your shit together.

The ACLU is investigating roving border patrols.

Janet Yellen’s steep path to the Fed.

“Ze”: The CW’s new show will center around a trans* character.

The she-covery that wasn’t.

The law that’s creating cultural change in California.

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Disney undermines a heroine in 4 steps.

Edie Windsor, patron saint of modern love.

“By August, all they could talk about was Tinder.”

Malala wants to be Prime Minister.

Ohio’s new ...
By Katie Halper • 11 years ago

Ohio governor legislates your uterus, surrounded by a bunch of dudes

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand reproductive-freedom curtailing words. Here’s the lovely Ohio governor, John Kasich (R), surrounded by a bunch of dudes, of course, signing a budget which contains severe anti-chose provisions.

The new budget, which takes effect on Monday, and was signed Sunday, will defund Planned Parenthood clinics, reallocate family planning resources to “crisis pregnancy centers,” deny funding to rape crisis centers that deign to give out any information about abortion services, shutter abortion clinics by imposing restrictions, and force doctors to tell women who want an abortion about a b.s. study linking abortion to breast cancer and the “fetal heartbeat.”

Kasich waxed poetic: “There is no reason why Ohio cannot reclaim prominence. There is no reason ...

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand reproductive-freedom curtailing words. Here’s the lovely Ohio governor, John Kasich (R), surrounded by a bunch of dudes, of course, signing a budget which contains severe anti-chose provisions.

The new ...

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