The Nation: Trump Is Putting Anti-Choice Extremists Back in Power “For decades, support for family planning in America was bipartisan. But under the Trump-Pence administration, we’ve seen attacks on reproductive rights reach a fever pitch—not just on access to abortion care, but…
Elle: The #MeToo Movement Hasn’t Just Inspired Women to Protest. It’s Motivated Them to Vote. “It’s the editorial columnist’s evergreen op-ed: since the 2016 election and the inaugural Women’s March in January 2017, the pundit class has wondered, Women demonstrated, but will they vote? They marched, but will…
Newsweek: JOHN BOLTON ONCE WENT ON A ‘WARPATH’ AGAINST A WOMAN SEEKING MATERNITY LEAVE “During his time as the chief of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, national security adviser John Bolton once retaliated against a woman seeking unpaid leave for health complications resulting from pregnancy.”
Ms.: Trump’s HHS Appointees are Taking Aim at Title X “For nearly 50 years, Title X—the only federal grant program providing family planning services to low-income and uninsured families—has had broad and bipartisan support. Economically, it’s common sense. For millions of women and families, it’s vital. And now…
Newsweek: IVANKA TRUMP SAID THE GOP TAX BILL WOULD HELP WOMEN AND FAMILIES—SHE’S WRONG “In the months leading up to Tuesday’s vote on the GOP tax plan, top White House adviser Ivanka Trump has been touting the legislation as a de facto win for American women and their…
New York Times: Trump Gives Health Workers New Religious Liberty Protections “The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it was expanding religious freedom protections for doctors, nurses and other health care workers who object to performing procedures like abortion and gender reassignment surgery,…
Teen Vogue: These Are the Government Officials Working Against Reproductive Rights “President Trump may be failing on many counts, from legislative victories to simple acts of diplomacy or civility, but he’s been remarkably effective at rebuilding an administration and a judiciary with a…
The Guardian: Trump is assembling the most male-dominated government in decades “A new analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian has found that 80% of nominations for top jobs in the Trump administration have gone to men – putting Donald Trump on track to assemble the…
BuzzFeed: Trump Has Nominated 42 US Attorneys So Far. Only One Is A Woman. “On Friday, the White House announced President Trump’s sixth wave of US attorney nominees. The latest batch brought the total number of nominees for the nation’s top federal prosecutor jobs up to…
POLITICO: DeVos to revamp Obama-era schools sexual assault policy “The Trump administration will replace an Obama-era schools directive on sexual assault in an attempt to balance the rights of victims and the accused, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday.”