Susan Buttenwieser

Dec 5, 2024 | womensmediacenter.com | Susan Buttenwieser

Two years after the Dobbs decision, a majority of the 800,000 women on parole or probation in the U.S. now live in a state with some form of an abortion ban and have travel restrictions as part of their community supervision, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a research and advocacy organization focused on mass incarceration.

Nov 20, 2024 | womensmediacenter.com | Susan Buttenwieser

WMC News & Features An alarming 73% of LGBTQ centers around the United States experienced harassment and threats of violence during the past two years. A majority of those incidents were a direct result of anti-LGBTQ politics and rhetoric, according to new research from Movement Advancement Project and CenterLink, which supports and connects LGBTQ community centers around the country.

Aug 21, 2024 | womensmediacenter.com | Susan Buttenwieser

WMC News & Features One in four women behind bars has not yet been convicted of a crime or even started their trial. Instead, they are being held in pretrial detention because they can’t afford their bail, with long-term negative consequences to themselves as well as their families.

Jul 22, 2024 | rewirenewsgroup.com | Esther Gim |Susan Buttenwieser

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, people have been reaching out to abortion funds for help in historic numbers. In the first year after the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the National Network of Abortion Funds, a nationwide network of 100 abortion funds, financially supported more than 100,000 people seeking abortion care.

May 30, 2024 | rewirenewsgroup.com | Esther Gim |Susan Buttenwieser

Can states prevent hospitals from providing emergency abortion care to patients experiencing severe pregnancy complications? That is the question before the Supreme Court, which will issue a ruling before the end of the term on whether Idaho’s near-total abortion ban can override the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the federal law requiring Medicare-funded hospitals to provide stabilizing care—including abortion—to all emergency room patients.