Yesterday, the United States House Judiciary Committee considered H.J. Resolution 79, legislation to remove one of the few barriers left to finally add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution: the 1982 deadline for ratification. First proposed almost a century ago and passed by Congress in 1972, the ERA was ratified by only 35 of […]
Remembering Rosie
Rosie Jimenez died of complications from an illegal abortion on October of 1977 in McAllen, Texas a little over a year after the Hyde Amendment was passed. The Hyde Amendment is a dangerous ban on federal funding in the form of Medicaid for abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or if carrying the pregnancy […]
Climate Protests Should Become Our Normal
On Friday, September 20, millions of young people and allies around the world participated in the Global Climate Strikes. The purpose of these strikes was to tell adults across the world to get it together and do something to address climate change. This is no easy task, and will definitely require a massive overhaul of […]
Feminist Movie Night: 6 Movies to Uplift & Inspire
Whether you’re looking for some inspiration in your professional or personal life, these movies have got what you need. Featuring characters that set their mind to a goal or mission and don’t stop–no matter what gets in their way–these movies make for a perfect feminist movie night when you’re in need of some motivation (say, […]
Congressional Roundtable: Maternal Health & Mortality
Last week we went to a congressional hearing for the Committee on Energy and Commerce for HR 1897, HR 1551, HR 2902 and HR 2602, four bills that aim to address the maternal health and mortality crisis in America. During the hearing, expert witnesses testified and representatives from across the country gave their thoughts and […]
Why It’s Not Enough To Be a “Blue” State: Organizing for Abortion Access in Rhode Island
“Did you know that we receive an F rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, designating us as state with restricted access to abortion?” I asked, struggling to raise my voice above the steady hum of other students chatting with eager first-year students at my college’s annual activities fair. Packed into my school’s gymnasium along with roughly […]
Us, “The Children of FGM”
CW: female genital mutilation Us, “the children of FGM.” In grade seven, two Somali diaspora girls were in our class. One day they told us—all the girls in the class—that they were not circumcised and did not know what circumcision was. We all looked at one another as if someone had committed a crime. We […]
My Burnout is Not Your Burnout, But We All Burn Out
I remember sitting in my college apartment bedroom, hanging out with friends and feeling like I was looking in from the outside. We were having a politically-driven, intellectual discussion that on any other day I would’ve loved to take part in. But all I could think about was how nice it would be to lay […]
From Activists to Activism
On my college campus, I have witnessed a large disparity between those who call themselves activists and those who actually partake in activism. Politics is one of the most popular majors among students on campus and countless peers in my classes claim that they are passionate about political issues. At a school comprised mostly of […]
H.R. 40: A Path to Restorative Justice
On June 19th, a few of the other FMF interns and I met at the Rayburn building bright and early to gather for the House congressional hearing on H.R. 40, a bill which establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African-Americans. The bill, introduced at the beginning of 2017, was given the […]
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