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 […]
Boots on the Ground: How Student Activism Aided the Block of an Abortion Ban in Alabama
Earlier this year, Alabama’s State House passed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation: The Human Life Protection Act. This ban criminalized abortion providers, giving them 10-99 years in a state prison for performing an abortion. Masked under a “pro-life” agenda, the authors of this bill disregarded the impacts it would have […]
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 […]
California: Listen to Students! It’s Time to Pass SB 24
Hello fellow feminists! My name is Emma Warshaw and I am the co-founder and current Vice President of the Students for Reproductive Freedom (SRF) at UC Davis. I’m also a former intern with the Feminist Majority Foundation in Los Angeles, so I’m excited to be writing this post for such an iconic organization. Over the past year […]
Y’all Ain’t Right!
This summer, our Feminist Campus interns created a podcast that challenges biased notions of the South while amplifying the voices of those fighting for abortion access. On this podcast, affectionately titled Y’all Ain’t Right, our intern-activists Micaela Duran, Madison Hollon, Ashley Sheffield, Paige Sentino, and Sabrina Bajwa dive into the abortion bans happening across the […]
Feminist Campus Syllabus: Fall 2019
Welcome back to campus! This semester, we’re mobilizing for our feminist present and future. There are plenty of ways for you to get involved–pick a topic from our fall syllabus and let’s get to work: Ratifying the ERA The Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified in 37 states already, which means we only need ONE […]
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 […]
Wonder Women Wednesday: Kasey Casort
She is wise. She is strong. She is a warrior. Wonder Woman, one of the most iconic and powerful superheroes, serves as a role model across the world. Her character leads by example, fights for justice, and strives for peace. But Wonder Woman doesn’t just appear in films and comic books—she’s in our daily lives, […]
Baby’s First Congressional Hearing
Last Wednesday, June 19th, I went to my first House committee hearing. It’s wild for me to admit that despite living right outside of Washington, D.C. for the past 19 years and being politically active for the past seven, I had never actually been to a congressional hearing before. I was excited and filled with […]
Why It’s Not Enough To Be Just Pro-Choice
Growing up in San Francisco and attending an all girls Catholic high school, I lived in a juxtaposed state between both faithful people and liberal-minded people. At my high school assembly, the spiritual life director of my school – a man – stood up and announced that he hoped to see all of us at […]
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