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This Week in the War on Women: 7/16 – 7/22/2023 [1]

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Date: 2023-07-22

I regret to inform that (once again) there was no “cease-fire” in the war on women, this past week (and there probably won’t be one next week either, but, maybe someday…)

Reproductive Rights

From Jezebel- 19 Republican Attorneys General Want Police to Investigate People for Abortions:

Nearly half of the top law enforcement officers in the country are asking the Biden administration to allow doctors and nurses to report suspected abortions.

From the Guardian- Mike Pence’s 2024 strategy? Become the most anti-abortion candidate out there:

The Republican field is full of anti-abortion ideologues – but Pence has positioned himself as a candidate with unpopular and extremist views.

Trauma from Texas- Women harmed by Texas abortion law give emotional court testimony:

Amanda Zurawski’s water broke at 18 weeks. Her pregnancy was not viable at that point, but doctors told her she couldn’t have an abortion until the fetal heartbeat stopped, she went into labor, or she became acutely ill. She was left to suffer for days, developed sepsis, and nearly died. One of her fallopian tubes was closed by scar tissue that even surgery failed to remove. … Samantha Casiano, another of the plaintiffs, actually threw up in court while testifying about being forced to carry a pregnancy to term despite knowing that the baby could not survive. Her daughter, who had anencephaly, died four hours after birth. Casiano testified that she didn’t feel she could travel out of state for an abortion because “I couldn't do it alone. I was scared and I have children and I thought, 'I can't go to jail. I can't get this fine. How would I pay for that? I could lose my job.' It felt like I had no options.” Another plaintiff, Ashley Brandt, did travel out of state for an abortion when she learned that one of the twins she was carrying had a similar fatal condition. She was in tears as she testified that, if she hadn’t been able to go out of state, “I would have had to give birth to an identical version of my daughter without a skull and without a brain and hold her until she died. Then I would have had to submit a death certificate and plan a funeral and decide if I wanted to bury her or cremate her. It just would have been heartbreaking. But instead I got to just give birth to my healthy daughter.”

And in Nebraska- Teen Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail After Abortion.

On the plus side- Iowa judge temporarily blocks 6-week abortion ban.

And from WaPo- Blue-state doctors launch abortion pill pipeline into states with bans.

Violence

From HuffPo- Missing 13-Year-Old Showed 'Help Me!' Sign To Stranger After Alleged Kidnapping:

A 13-year-old Texas girl who was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by her abductor was rescued after she caught the attention of a stranger using a makeshift “help me” sign.

From the Guardian- Kinks, BDSM and even torture porn are everywhere. Why has vanilla sex disappeared from our screens?

TV should reflect a wide range of preferences – but the rise of extreme sex scenes is offering a worryingly narrow view.

International

Spain’s far-right Vox party is targeting women’s rights. It may end up kingmaker in Sunday’s election.

Iran resumes infamous 'morality police' to enforce mandatory hijab law.

Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates.

Sexism(/Parting Thought…)

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Thanks to Angmar for contributing items, and apologies to ramara, for usurping the diary this week because I didn’t think to check this comment first. 😬 Well, there’s always future weeks that ramara can do diaries on for us (tying back to my opening statement…)

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