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2 weeks ago |
msmagazine.com | Livia Follet
In May, Cassie Ventura finished testifying in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial, exposing the years of physical and sexual abuse Combs subjected her to. Ventura first came forward against Combs in a civil suit, made possible by New York State’s Adult Survivors Act that opened up a lookback window for survivors to seek justice for offenses regardless of when the abuse occurred. With the lookback window now past, survivors are left with few options.
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1 month ago |
msmagazine.com | Livia Follet |Ava Slocum
In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the longstanding precedents of Roe v. Wade, representing the largest blow to women’s constitutional rights in history. A series from Ms., Our Abortion Stories chronicles readers’ experiences of abortion pre- and post-Roe. Abortions are sought by a wide range of people for many different reasons. There is no single story. Telling stories of then and now shows how critical abortion has been and continues to be for women and girls.
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1 month ago |
msmagazine.com | Livia Follet
During the 2024 elections, 10 statewide abortion ballot measures aimed at expanding abortion rights in their respective states were certified for the general election ballot, marking the most in a single year. Seven of them passed: Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York. (Florida fell just 3 percent short of the 60 percent threshold required.) This high success rate solidified what abortion advocates already knew: Abortion is popular.
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2 months ago |
msmagazine.com | Livia Follet
As Darlene Rodriguez was in the early stages of her now 25-year career as an anchor at NBC New York she was pregnant with her first child and was told: “I hope you’re going to get a live-in nanny.”“First of all, my grandmother would kill me,” said Rodriguez. “That’s exactly what I didn’t want.
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Mar 21, 2025 |
msmagazine.com | Livia Follet
Before state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D) held a seat in Michigan’s House of Representatives, she was a microbiologist paying close attention to the lack of evidence-based approach in her state government. In 2017, Pohutsky decided to run for office in Michigan, largely in response to the 2016 election. Today, she’s an advocate for reproductive freedoms in the state.
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