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For opponents of President Donald Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh, the argument is clear: abortion access in this country could become even more difficult to obtain, nearly 50 years after Roe v. Wade made the procedure legal. Granted, the landmark 1973 ruling won’t be reversed overnight, but Kavanaugh’s nomination is galvanizing…
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Presidents come and go, but Supreme Court justices last a lifetime—and their rulings can affect women for generations to come. The privilege of nominating a high court judge now falls to President Donald Trump for the second time with the coming retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump has vowed to put conservative judges on the…
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For many professional women, getting dressed for the office can feel like a job unto itself. Though one might prefer a pair of frayed jeans to a formfitting pencil skirt, the former might not be considered appropriate for most workplaces—and so we find ourselves needing to upkeep two separate wardrobes. (This is despite reports that,…
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If you’re going to do the G7 summit, political protocol implies that you do the thing. Unfortunately Donald Trump walked in late to a breakfast hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was also ultimately the host of the Quebec-based summit. The Saturday morning meeting was reportedly on the topic of women’s empowerment and…
Read more“DONALD TRUMP HARASSED OR ASSAULTED TWENTY WOMEN. CONGRESS: INVESTIGATE TRUMP. #SOTU” That’s the message that women’s group Ultra Violet projected onto the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. tonight ahead of President Trump’s first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. UltraViolet describes itself as “a 1,000,000 strong community that leverages…
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As women all over the world marched in support of women’s equality and intersectional issues on Saturday, famed attorney Gloria Allred spoke in Utah to remind us of something pretty harrowing: that women’s rights and equality aren’t guaranteed under the Constitution. Her speech laid out the fact that the Equal Rights Amendment has yet to…
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