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Bolivia: fate of 11-year-old girl raped by family member sparks abortion debate 2 Eugene Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1345
Organizers Plan For Post-Roe Mississippi With Self-Managed Abortion Education 4 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1407
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month 3 AndyS Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1334
Here's What It's Like to Flee Texas and Drive 200 Miles for an Abortion 3 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1792
I was asked to cross post this from the AWPS group 4 icymist Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1665
U.S. women are largely dissatisfied with how they're treated. Most men don't see a problem. 9 Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 2019
Group decries sentencing of Oklahoma woman for miscarriage 4 Eugene Oct 2021 Oct 2021 18 2031
Woman conceived through rape wins award for campaign to convict father 1 janterry Oct 2021 Oct 2021 12 1424
On this date, 1928, Mary Daly was born. Lesbian feminist thealogian, author, 9 niyad Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1699
On this date, 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first family planning clinic in the US. 3 niyad Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1446
On this date, 1869, Girton College, Cambridge, became the first residential 0 niyad Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 806
Tibetan vlogger Lhamo's killer gets death sentence for brutal live-streamed murder 1 Eugene Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1530
Husband a 'suspect' as Kenyan athlete Tirop found dead 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1434
Bolsonaro blocks free tampons and pads for disadvantaged women in Brazil 3 Demovictory9 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1547
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 1 AndyS Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1083
Teens like me just want to feel safe on our CMS campus 1 Celerity Oct 2021 Oct 2021 10 1393
October 11 is UN International Day of the Girl Child, focusing on the challenges 0 niyad Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 930
California will soon require free tampons in public schools 3 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1663
Feminize Your Canon: Alice Dunbar-Nelson 6 BeckyDem Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1727
womens march in austin this morning 6 rdking647 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 27 1930
Washington Spirit CEO resigns amid reckoning in National Women's Soccer League 0 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1179
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month 6 AndyS Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1418
NWSL shows how to deliver actual accountability 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1189
Rally in Indy Saturday one of hundreds across nation spurred by Texas anti-abortion law 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1086
In solidarity with Women's March, NYC activists rail against Texas abortion law 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1064
Rally draws more than 1,000 reproductive rights supporters to Ohio Statehouse 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1007
Every. Single. Woman. 4 Soph0571 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 10 1624
Participants in Tyler march push against new Texas abortion law 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 936
UT Students join Women's March at State Capitol 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1185
Cross posted from GD by request 5 Omaha Steve Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1232

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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The Women's Marches today totaled over 600 cities 3 BigmanPigman Oct 2021 Oct 2021 16 1471
Thousands pour into downtown Dallas to rally for abortion rights and to blast Texas' SB 8 law 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 13 1194
North Carolina's Women's Soccer Team Fires Its Head Coach After He Was Accused Of Sexual Coercion 1 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Oct 2021 4 1537
WOMEN'S MARCH 2021...Oct 2nd...Hundreds of protests Women's March 7 BigmanPigman Sep 2021 Oct 2021 13 1485
RepBarbaraLee: Today, I shared for the first time publicly a very difficult personal story 1 BeckyDem Sep 2021 Oct 2021 11 1542
WOMEN'S MARCH 2021...Oct 2nd...Hundreds of protests 4 BigmanPigman Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1352
Judge dismisses charges tied to Michigan female genital mutilation case 2 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1672
Washington Spirit Coach Richie Burke Was Fired After An Investigation Into Abuse 0 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1020
As Petito case captivates U.S., missing Native women ignored 8 RandySF Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1505
UK far right promoting sexual violence against women, report finds 3 Eugene Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1522
Cisneros Slams Cuellar for Being Only House Democrat to Vote Against Abortion Rights 1 douglas9 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1395
UN experts condemn Texas abortion law as sex discrimination 'at its worst' 2 Eugene Sep 2021 Sep 2021 10 1326
Z Budapest makes page 1 of the LA Times! 6 Hekate Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1766
Ten women and girls killed every day in Mexico, Amnesty report says 1 Eugene Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1152
Women and the Coronavirus Crisis 2 Celerity Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1336
Beijing court rules against woman in China #MeToo case 1 Eugene Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1343
The Other Afghan Women 2 BeckyDem Sep 2021 Sep 2021 5 1768
South Dakota governor orders restrictions on abortion meds 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 11 1616
Alibaba sexual assault case dropped as China police say 'forcible indecency' not a crime 2 Eugene Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1485
Women's March Oct 2, 2021 protests and events announced 2 BigmanPigman Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1768
@NorahODonnell : Military has failed to address domestic violence, survivors say: 1 BeckyDem Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1270
S.1975 - Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 117th Congress (2021-2022) 5 BeckyDem Sep 2021 Sep 2021 16 2210
Oh, yes, it IS a war! 5 MoonRiver Sep 2021 Sep 2021 22 1561
Alexandria to Honor Suffragists Tortured at Occoquan Workhouse 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Sep 2021 12 1622
The dark side of the pill, as revealed by new research 6 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Sep 2021 2 2241
You can get the abortion pill by mail for now, the FDA ruled. But it's still an ongoing legal battle 1 Diamond_Dog Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1277
Abortion providers appeal to U.S. Supreme Court in last-ditch effort to block new Texas law banning 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 1502
Inaugural Five Moons Dance Festival Honors Oklahoma's Native American Ballerinas. 4 elleng Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 1558
Texas Attorney Sues to Block Anti-Abortion 'Heartbeat Bill' 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1300
digby: No, George W. Bush doesn't deserve a pass on Afghanistan 1 babylonsister Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1454

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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I get the outrage. 2 sheshe2 Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 1401
The Hidden History of the First Black Women to Serve in the U.S. Navy (Cross post from Lounge.) 1 marble falls Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1300
View profile Photos of Women Are Being Erased in Kabul 1 demmiblue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1467
Reproductive rights: How gerrymandering impacts abortion access 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 1173
Plymouth shooting: police urged to take misogyny more seriously 2 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1284
(UK) MPs urged to ban 'virginity repair' surgery as well as virginity testing 2 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1112
Latin America forum: Meet the women keeping a 2,000-year-old Indigenous craft alive in Guatemala 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 1616
U.S. Women's Water Polo Wins Olympic Gold, Aided By A Powerhouse Goalie 2 BeckyDem Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1435
Law requiring rape/incest victims to make a police report in order to have an abortion. 7 berniesandersmittens Apr 2021 Aug 2021 10 2535
"I'm not pro-murdering babies." 5 babylonsister May 2021 Aug 2021 16 2573
The New Pro-Abortion Generation 3 babylonsister Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1419
Why South Korean women are reclaiming their short hair 1 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1353
A woman who died after an assault had reported her boyfriend seven times. Her case shows ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1160
Meet The Black Women Who Are Taking Over The Tokyo Olympics 9 BeckyDem Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 2221
Outrage after Zimbabwean girl, 14, dies giving birth at church shrine 3 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1374
UN condemns child marriage in Zimbabwe as girl dies after giving birth 0 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 14 1440
Indonesia army signals end to 'virginity test' for female recruits 3 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1341
Survivors of acid attacks in Mexico unite to push for change 1 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1104
Darkness at Noon: On History, Narrative, and Domestic Violence 2 BeckyDem Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1334
Latest UNH poll shows opposition to state's new abortion ban is growing 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1492
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