A district court judge has stayed Louisiana’s ongoing attempt to restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone, to allow time for the Food and Drug Administration to finish its own review of the medication—which comes directly at the orders of RFK Jr.
Laws like Louisiana's proposal are directly impacting women across the U.S.—some tragically losing their lives. Public health experts estimate that at least 59 women have died directly because of these bans, and that number is likely an undercount.
As right-wing conservatives work to push our country in increasingly dark directions, here at Ms. we’re turning to the stories of women who resist—a through-line that goes all the way back to before our nation’s founding. I’d encourage you to check out the latest stories in our Feminist 250 series, which reflect on the roles of Indigenous women, feminism’s abolitionist origins and more in our nation’s founding.
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