Women's Movements & the Law

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Read the full 98-page initial draft majority opinion.

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.

Following the leaked SCOTUS opinion, Amazon rolled out coverage for abortion travel.

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Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announces that he will file Cloture on a bill Monday that would codify abortion rights, with a vote to follow Wednesday. "Next week's vote will be one of the most important we ever take because it deals with one of the most personal and difficult decisions a woman ever has to make in her life. This is not an abstract exercise. My fellow Americans, it's as real and as urgent as it gets." Sixty votes will be needed for consideration of the Women’s Health Protection Act.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats’ abortion legislation is “very simple," as it would enshrine into federal law the landmark 1973 Roe v.

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You've no doubt heard that the Supreme Court is considering a case that could overrule Roe v. Wade , 410 U.S. 113 (1973).*  Maybe you've be...

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Crisis and Care reveals what is possible when activists mobilise for the radical changes our society needs. In a time of great uncertainty, fear, and isolation, Queer activists organised for health equity, prison abolition, racial justice, and more. Crisis and Care anthologises not what happened during COVID-19, or why it happened, but rather how Queer activists responded in real time. It considers the necessity to memorialise resiliency as well as loss, hope as well as pain, to remember the strides forward as well as the steps back.

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In the United States, the rights of transgender people vary considerably by jurisdiction. By the end of 2021, at least 130 bills had been introduced in 33 states to restrict the rights of transgender people.[1] In 2022, over 230 anti-transgender bills were introduced in state legislatures in a coordinated national campaign to target transgender rights.[2] Many of these bills became law.

Democratic officials are boycotting drug manufacturers and filing legal complaints.

A bathroom bill is the common name for legislation or a statute that denies access to public toilets by gender or transgender identity. Bathroom bills affect access to sex-segregated public facilities for an individual based on a determination of their sex as defined in some specific way, such as their sex as assigned at birth, their sex as listed on their birth certificate, or the sex that corresponds to their gender identity.[1] A bathroom bill can either be inclusive or exclusive of transgender individuals, depending on the aforementioned definition of their sex. Unisex public toilets are one option to avoid this controversy.

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling allowing a transgender student to use a bathroom corresponding to his gender identity.

In its Oncale decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that same-sex sexual harassment violates Title VII’s sex discrimination prohibition. In that...

This month has been a tough one for anyone who cares about reproductive rights. The pushback has been strong, and immediate.

The U.S. Department of State currently allows people to select a binary gender marker (M or F) for their U.S. passports, “ even if the gender [they] select does not match the gender on [their| supporting documentation such as a birth certificate, previous passport, or state ID. ” In addition, p

Research gateway for Women's Studies

Exhibit at UConn Law Library

This research guide is designed to support WMS classes and those doing gender studies research at CSUDH.

Guide for doing research on topics related to women, gender, and sexuality

A topical introduction to Women's history. A portion of the guide will deal with Women's History Month (March in the USA.)

This guide is is just to give a snapshot celebrating just a few of the many momentous events in the history of women.