#women-rights

#women-rights

"This is not about sexuality, it is about oppression," said Katrina Brees, founder of Equalititty and a co-organizer of the protest, in a release. "Whether it is the oppression of the female breast or where Rosa Parks has to sit on a bus, Americans must never stop fighting against oppression. Most importantly, the unconstitutional oppression perpetrated by our government upon its own citizens."

"This [extramarital affair case] is very anti-women. The kind of shame I have to face in the courtroom. Our courtrooms are full of men ... the way everyone looks at me, it's a different horror experience."

Ming's boyfriend had secretly taken sexually exploitative photos of her and other women, using AI to generate pornographic images, revealing a disturbing pattern of abuse.

The legislation has been the subject of in-fighting among Republicans and contempt among Democrats, and ended up passing by a razor-thin margin of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.

The defendant used power, violence and fear to get what he wanted, prosecutor Christy Slavik told jurors in her address.

For decades, many in the audience had grappled with the scars left by their time in Catholic-run institutions; now they were on their feet chanting: Truth, justice and reparations.

Elen Hughes expressed disbelief at police guidelines permitting searches of grieving mothers for abortion drugs, questioning why 19th-century laws continue to control women's bodies today.

The Islamic Sharia Council provides crucial support for women trapped in unrecognized marriages, offering divorce processes that traditional UK law may not address adequately.