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Amidst the hearts and flowers, today we also observe V-Day, ending violence against 1 niyad Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 740
Poem for "Little Girls": 1 tblue37 Jan 2022 Feb 2022 7 1102
Millions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US 3 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 971
Insurance Companies Are Giving Ridiculous Reasons For Not Covering New Birth Control Methods 7 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 13 1734
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Today's Google doodle - Toni Stone. First woman to play regularly American pro baseball 3 Diamond_Dog Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 936
That's How It Works When You're a Woman on the Internet 1 Nevilledog Feb 2022 Feb 2022 14 956
Minnie Mouse to wear pantsuit in honor of Women's History Month 6 Demovictory9 Jan 2022 Feb 2022 13 1540
Any type of domestic abuse a 'serious crime' - McEntee 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 935
UK woman cleared by Cyprus court of making up gang rape 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 949
Total abortion ban advances in South Carolina legislature 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1082
Proposed Pa. Constitution amendment to limit abortion access has rights advocates concerned 5 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1212
Ruth Franklin: Shirley Jackson and the Madness of Mid-Century Womanhood 1 Celerity Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1071
"The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade 4 BeckyDem Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 1147
Mexican abortion advocates look to help women in US 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 982
Planned Parenthood drops challenge to Lubbock's abortion ban 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 959
Without money for tampons or pads, some St. Louis students miss school 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1173
A single 6-week visit after having a baby? The U.S. is doing postpartum care all wrong. 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1179
New Metro East call center will help people across the country get abortions 1 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 13 1066
A world without Roe is, for women, a world of social standing cut in half 8 Nevilledog Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1305
Why ending illegal pregnancy discrimination is so hard 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1192
A Planned Parenthood Was Burned Down. This Is Just the Latest in Knoxville's War Over Abortion 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1115
SC lawmaker proposes removing Sims monument from State House grounds. Here's why 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 932
Portraits of fear and loss: Taliban rule through the eyes of four women in Afghanistan 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1187
With more girls pregnant, Zimbabwe pushes a return to school 0 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 921
Florida senator files 15-week abortion ban law at start of legislative session 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 1013
Defend Abortion Access for All 2 BeckyDem Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 936
Fetal remains law challenged again by Ohio groups 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1045
Ex-paramilitaries stand trial for Guatemala civil war rape of 36 indigenous women 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1543

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Abortion rights battle expected during 2022 South Dakota legislative session 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1220
South Dakota makes it harder for women to get abortion meds 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1168
Virginia can't undo Equal Rights Amendment approval, outgoing AG says 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1149
27 Year-old woman died one day after cancer diagnosis, symptoms dismissed as 'hormonal' 6 Celerity Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 1583
Nebraska senator introduces 'heartbeat' abortion ban, teeing up legislative fight 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 881
GOP lawmakers renew effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Missouri Medicaid program 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1049
Online 'Auction' Is Latest Attack on Muslim Women in India 1 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1026
Death of young woman after FGM revives calls for ban in Sierra Leone 4 Eugene Dec 2021 Jan 2022 3 1237
Icelandic women's strike, 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women went on strike (picture) 3 IcyPeas Dec 2021 Jan 2022 12 1866
The Patriarchy Has NEVER Wanted US To Have Solutions. 2 kpete Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1497
Calls for femicide to become separate crime in Greece mount as two more women killed 3 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1347
DeWine signs abortion restriction likely to close SW Ohio clinics 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1112
Afghan women, girls fight back against Taliban rule - ABC News 8 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 16 2066
Coalition pushing for equal pay law to be considered by Mississippi legislature in upcoming session 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 914
Guardian: Saving Roe v Wade is not just a US battle but one for women across the Americas 4 abqtommy Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1205
El Paso Planned Parenthood resumes abortion services after 21 months 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1201
Bell Hooks 2 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 9 1244
FDA will permanently allow abortion pills by mail. But that remains a crime in Texas 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 970
The power of some women, I'm telling ya: 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1052
Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off 2 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 9 1313
Video Of 20-Year-Old Woman Shutting Down A Man Interrupting Her During Zoom Meeting Goes Viral 1 Demovictory9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 59 4024
Nina Bernstein @NinaBernstein1: 6 in 10 women who have abortions are already mothers, 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1027
I shouldn't post this. It's too negative. But I'm FED UP. 7 ancianita Mar 2021 Dec 2021 15 3191
1917 photo 3 IcyPeas Dec 2021 Dec 2021 13 1452
AG Josh Shapiro@: Today, the US Supreme Court had a chance to block an unconstitutional law 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 14 1435
City of Women 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 10 1143
Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight 1 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1273
GQOP Birth Control-Stay Pregnant 3 Praek3 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1394
Bisexual goddess and anti-Nazi fighter Josephine Baker given one of France's highest honours 0 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 7 1223
Poland plans to set up register of pregnancies to report miscarriages 2 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 980

Women's Rights & Issues Continued...

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How Ghislaine Maxwell's Lawyers Are Attempting to Discredit Her Accusers: Very aggressively. 3 BeckyDem Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1889
2021 Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards Ceremony celebrates several extraordinary women trailblazers 0 Budi Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 883
Until women demand that either the impregnating man or the state imposing forced production 15 Tumbulu Dec 2021 Dec 2021 20 2002
If You're a Commuter, You Might Want to Avoid the Supreme Court on December 1 10 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 1897
Honduras' first female president-elect @XiomaraCastroZ 0 BeckyDem Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 908
School rape culture: 'Her death could have been prevented' 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 Nov 2021 12 1549
Clashes as protesters demand end to violence against women 3 Eugene Nov 2021 Nov 2021 20 1761
It's not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement 0 Eugene Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1163
LisaRandall via@NYTimes-70 year old guy decides prison isnt warranted for someone who pleaded guilty 3 BeckyDem Nov 2021 Nov 2021 12 1538
Femicide? Why is that even a word? 3 AndyS Nov 2021 Nov 2021 19 1365
Open Carry Dude Assaults Wife, Kills Two Sons, Keeps Second Amendment Safe 33 niyad Aug 2015 Nov 2021 27 6535
Has anyone seen the pro-life commercials 4 BonnieJW Nov 2021 Nov 2021 7 1296
Man who raped four teenagers gets no jail time, judge says: 'Incarceration isn't appropriate' 8 musette_sf Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 1967
State legislation tracker: Major Developments in Sexual & Reproductive Health 0 BeckyDem Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1062
A Woman Warned Us About Climate Change 165 Years Ago. Naturally, We Ignored Her 5 janterry Nov 2021 Nov 2021 68 2897
The stench of death 5 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 17 1641
On this date, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross (D) was elected Governor of WY. First female 0 niyad Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 928
Magistrate fired over comments to Alexandria Times 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 2032
The next normal: The future of medication abortion is at home 12 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 46 3394
'Wildcat' Review: Go West, Young Lady 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1109
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