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In response to the Black maternal health crisis and other instances of birth injustice, primarily Black mothers, activists and care practitioners birthed a movement in the late 2000s.
Advocates are finding new challenges—and opportunities—post-‘Roe.’
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10/ You can read the entire @BMC study here. Make sure to keep following Rewire News Group for more on protecting your rights.
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9/ 3️⃣ Health-care providers can share resources on pregnancy discrimination and leave produced by government agencies with their patients.
4️⃣ Health-care providers can also screen for mental health conditions during pregnancy.
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8/ 2️⃣ Federal legislation should guarantee government-funded universal paid leave for all employees regardless of employment type, and gaps should be addressed via Family and Medical Leave Act job protections.
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7/ 1️⃣ State and federal programs should provide leave benefits regardless of a company’s size, the pregnant person’s duration of employment, or their job classification.
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6/ Researchers proposed solutions that can be provided by both legislators and health-care professionals to ease pregnancy discrimination against Black parents, including:
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5/ The study shows that anticipating pregnancy bias may deter Black pregnant folks from seeking employment. Despite the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant people may face reduced hours, heavier scrutiny, and termination, leading to increased stress and postpartum depression.
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4/ According to the @BMC study, a higher proportion of Black mothers work, have a higher labor force participation rate, and are more likely to be breadwinners compared to Latinx, white, and Asian mothers. They also face wage discrimination.
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3/ This, in a word, sucks. Black Americans are already three times more likely to die from pregnancy, and they face higher rates of preterm births, low birth weights, and late or no prenatal care, according to .
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2/ Researchers interviewed 24 pregnant people and found that they faced difficulty finding and/or keeping jobs while pregnant, and that pregnancy discrimination led to financial stress and depression, which piled on to the normal stressors of pregnancy.
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1/ 🧵It’s well documented that Black pregnant people face—sometimes fatal—discrimination in health care. But a recent study published by BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth shows that pregnancy bias at work can exacerbate physical and mental health complications for Black pregnant folks.
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To be a feminist is to be entrenched in the work of Black feminists. And so, feminism is not feminism without Black women and gender expansive people. Feminism is not feminism without Black queer people. Feminism is not feminism without us all.
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You can read the piece here:
Gender Equity Is the Center of Our Backsliding Democracy
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@LindsayLangholz speaks w/ @jweisswolf about her recent article in @msmagazine + @RewireNewsGroup , which asks if women's rights are the canary in the coal mine in the backsliding of democracies. @bwln_nyu
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~ and I are coming in HOT to talk about how antis are trying to turn abortion pills into crystal meth... in a manner of speaking.
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We're at the intersection of the
criminalization of pregnancy and the future of abortion access—and that's by design
A new episode of #BoomLawyered with @Hegemommy and @AngryBlackLady is out on video and audio
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We're at the intersection of the
criminalization of pregnancy and the future of abortion access—and that's by design
A new episode of #BoomLawyered with and is out on video and audio
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Latest episode of Boom Lawyered was awesome and I definitely kept humming a tune everytime the title "Post-Roe New World" was said. 😆
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"Abortion bans put birthing people at risk of having unfavorable, traumatic, and potentially fatal birthing experiences. Roe’s reversal also impacts the birth justice movement’s ability to grow." Via Thalia Charles at :
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Tired: The Hyde Amendment.
Wired: The EACH Woman Act, ensuring “that every woman who receives her health care or insurance through the federal government will have coverage for all pregnancy-related services, including abortion."
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and I have been talking about the increased surveillance pregnant folks are under. Remember... as far as conservatives are concerned you're not just carrying a fetus you're carrying A POTENTIAL STATE INTEREST.
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Today in the IA Senate, Republicans holding a subcommittee on SF 88 that requires mandatory drug testing on every newborn baby’s umbilical cord.
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I will never get tired of hearing and say "people who can become pregnant" when they're talking repro rights (follow for what I'm talking about and great podcasts and articles). It's the most inclusive language I'm familiar with.
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LIVE now: We're marking the 50th anniv of #RoeVWade. Abortion is illegal or heavily restricted in 17 states. That # will soon be 24, accdg to .
Join us w/ , + .
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In response to the Black maternal health crisis and other instances of birth injustice, primarily Black mothers, activists and care practitioners birthed a movement in the late 2000s.
Advocates are finding new challenges—and opportunities—post-‘Roe.’
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of 'Roe v. Wade.' Unfortunately, that milestone has been overshadowed by SCOTUS.
put it best: Women of color, people in rural areas and those who can't afford care will be hit the hardest by this backwards decision.
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If the rule of law meant anything at all to the conservatives on the Supreme Court, we’d be commemorating the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade today. But, we’re not.
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Sunday marks fifty years since the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade — and the Supreme Court stripped it away before the 50th anniversary could be celebrated.
Stay tuned this Sunday for a mini-documentary from our team called When ‘Roe’ Fell.
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The U.S.'s failure to curb democratic dysfunctions, like gerrymandering and voter suppression, go hand in hand with its failure to ensure women's equality, writes in and .
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NEW: A group of faith leaders in Missouri filed a lawsuit in state court on Thursday alleging that several abortion bans and restrictions violate the Missouri constitution’s prohibition on the establishment of religion and coercion to support a particular religion.
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If you tune in right now, you can catch our Executive Editor talking about the Post-Roe abortion zeitgeist.
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Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from and .
You can read the complaint here: au.org/wp-content/upl
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The faith leaders also allege that the defendants are imposing upon all Missourians their narrow view of Christian principles and coercing people to comply with one religious belief.
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The faith leaders allege that this language—along with the sponsors’ repeated invocation of God in arguing for the passage of this bill—enshrines religious belief into law in violation of the Missouri constitution.
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The legislation declares that “in recognition that God is the author of life … it is the intention of the general assembly of the state of Missouri” to “regulate abortion.”
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For example, HB 126 bans most abortions after 8 weeks and contains cascading bans such that if one ban is found unconstitutional the next ban—at 14, 18, or 20 weeks—is triggered.
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The plaintiffs are 13 clergy from six faith traditions including multiple denominations of Christianity, Unitarian Universalism, and Judaism. Each alleges that, in some way, the bans/restrictions are at odds with their beliefs and religious practices regarding abortion.
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The challenged provisions include a total abortion ban, gestational age bans (banning abortion at 8, 14, 18, or 20 weeks depending on which gestational limit a court finds passable), reason ban, 72-hour delay, same-physician requirement, and medication abortion restrictions.
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