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8 TV And Movie Female Presidents To Distract You From Reality
Jamie Lerner, Thoughtcatalog.com
These women killed it as the leaders of the free world.
Aug 25, 2025, 6:00 PM
Abortion Pills That Give You Superpowers? Women’s Healthcare Is Now the Stuff of Fantasy Films
Alison Foreman, IndieWire
IndieWire spoke with three filmmakers about personal storytelling through genre, from a folk monster hungry for breast milk ("Feed") to vaginoplasty administered by a witch ("The Dysphoria") to a vigilante service worker stuck waiting tables mid-abortion ("Th…
Aug 15, 2025, 1:00 PM
Texas DA Who Charged Woman With Murder for Abortion Allegedly Paid for His Mistress’s Abortion
Susan Rinkunas, Jezebel
“Why would it be something you wouldn't consider criminal as to your own personal decision with your partner, but, as to Lizelle, that personal decision is now homicide?” the ACLU's Lauren Johnson told Jezebel.
Aug 14, 2025, 2:05 PM
We Asked Pete Hegseth if Women Should Have the Right to Vote. The Answer Was Unsettling.
Molly Olmstead, Slate Magazine
We really, really didn't expect this.
Aug 12, 2025, 4:41 PM
Colorado Says Yes To Junk Science
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
Aug 5, 2025, 4:56 PM
Tapping The Ancient Wisdom Of Hospitality To Foster Inclusivity
Joe Holt, Contributor, Joe Holt, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephholt/, Forbes
With DEI programs under attack, leaders can practice the virtue of hospitality as a safe and effective tool for promoting inclusivity.
Jul 27, 2025, 4:43 PM
She's trying to open a birth center near a maternity desert. It's not easy
Katia Riddle, NPR
When Katie Chubb was pregnant she wanted to have her baby at a birth center, but there was no local option. Now she's trying to open one herself. She has community support, but not from the hospitals.
Jul 27, 2025, 11:00 AM
UPenn updates swimming records to settle with feds on transgender athletes case
The Associated Press, NPR
The U.S. Education Department and Penn announced the voluntary agreement of the high-profile case that focused on Lia Thomas, who last competed for the Ivy League school in 2022.
Jul 2, 2025, 7:18 AM
US university bars trans athletes, erases records under pressure from Trump
John Power, Al Jazeera English
University of Pennsylvania removes times set by trans swimmer as part of resolution to civil rights investigation.
Jul 2, 2025, 3:03 AM
Charlize Theron Fears ‘Millions of People…Are Going to Die’ Because of Foreign Aid Cuts
Marcmalkin, Variety
Charlize Theron delivered fired up remarks Saturday about immigration, LGBTQ and women’s rights and the devastating cuts to foreign aid. “The world feels like it’s burning because it is,” the Oscar winner said at the fifth annual Charlize Theron Africa Outrea…
Jun 29, 2025, 5:58 AM
Abortion Bans May Be Making Second-Trimester Abortions More Likely
Chantelle Lee, Time
A new study found that the fraction of people who got an abortion in their second trimester doubled in states that enforced near-total bans.
Jun 26, 2025, 8:01 PM
We have to protect the female category - IOC's Coventry
Dan Roan, BBC News
Kirsty Coventry, the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), says its members have shown "overwhelming support" to protecting the female category in sport.
Jun 26, 2025, 4:45 PM
Supreme Court Greenlights Republican Crusade to Defund Planned Parenthood
Tessa Suart, Rolling Stone
The Supreme Court’s conservatives issued their latest attack on reproductive health care in “Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.”
Jun 26, 2025, 3:44 PM
Supreme Court Just Allowed States to 'Defund' Planned Parenthood
Susan Rinkunas, Jezebel
The ruling allows states to kick any healthcare provider out of Medicaid just because they offer abortions, and opens the door to banning clinics for providing birth control and gender affirming care.
Jun 26, 2025, 2:56 PM
3 Years After 'Dobbs,' Abortion Bans Have Not Stopped People From Needing and Getting Abortions
Lauren Tousignant, Jezebel
The Supreme Court, the GOP, and religious anti-abortion fanatics have made the country more dangerous and more deadly for women, yet the number of abortions in the U.S. increased in 2024.
Jun 24, 2025, 11:50 AM
Melinda French Gates has some words for CEOs cozying up to Trump
Bryan Metzger, Business Insider
"Many people who used to say one thing, have absolutely shifted," French Gates said in an interview this week.
Jun 20, 2025, 7:34 PM
Anti-Trump demonstrators rally in cities across Quebec for women's rights
SooToday
MONTREAL — Protesters flooded several blocks in downtown Montreal on Saturday, chanting "shame on you" on the doorstep of the United States Consulate.
Mar 8, 2025, 9:38 PM
Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blocked clinic entrances
The Indian Express
Trump’s pardons have drawn criticism from abortion rights advocates, who argue the move reflects his strong opposition to abortion access.
Jan 23, 2025, 11:41 PM
Canada's top general takes on U.S. senator in defending womens' role in combat units
CP24 Toronto
Canada’s top general firmly rejected the notion of dropping women from combat roles — a position promoted by president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary — at a security forum underway in Halifax on Saturday.
Nov 23, 2024, 11:27 PM
Who are women supporting in the 2024 presidential election?
Newsweek
Commentators have reacted to an ad that suggests women might vote for Kamala Harris and hide it from their Trump-supporting husbands.
Nov 1, 2024, 10:08 PM
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Harris slams Trump after ex-prez pledged to protect women 'whether they like it or not'
Firstpost
US Vice President Kamala Harris said that former US President Donald Trump is 'offensive to everybody' after the Republican presidential nominee said that he would protect women 'whether they like it or not'
Oct 31, 2024, 10:45 PM
Trump Allies Issue Warning That He Could Lose Critical Battleground State
Newsweek
Allies of former President Donald Trump have highlighted that the Republican nominee could lose Pennsylvania due to higher women early voter turnout.
Oct 31, 2024, 10:12 PM
Michelle Obama warns women's lives will be at risk if Donald Trump wins US Election
Irish Mirror
During a Harris rally in Michigan on Saturday, the former first lady described the assault on abortion rights as the harbinger of dangerous limitations on healthcare for women
Oct 27, 2024, 7:49 PM
Michelle Obama hits the trail, warning what a Trump presidency would mean for women's health
NBC News
In her first stop on 2024 campaign trail, former first lady Michelle Obama delivered an urgent message to men, arguing that the election could have life or death consequences for the women they love.
Oct 26, 2024, 11:35 PM