Abortion bans proliferate in Florida and across the country + more feminist news for your Friday. Keep score with us:
“Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine, and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. He met the Ukrainian people.
“From President Zelensky to every Ukrainian, their fearlessness, their courage, their determination, literally inspires the world. Groups of citizens blocking tanks with their bodies. Everyone from students to retirees to teachers turned soldiers defending their homeland. In this struggle, as President Zelensky said in his speech to the European Parliament, ‘light will win over darkness.'”with a firm stance against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Anti-choice politicians are using every trick in the book to restrict reproductive freedom, and the Supreme Court’s decision in this case gives them the greenlight to continue their efforts to undermine our fundamental rights. This case is a perfect example of the lengths that anti-choice politicians like Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will go to in order to enforce unconstitutional abortion bans.
“Sometimes we think it’s just all a dream, that we’re stuck inside some kind of a video game. Because you just live in a quiet society, and then you hear bombings and you wake up to the sound of bombings. … A few hours ago I heard bombings and my windows were shaking. … I’m literally scared for my life.This is not a very rainbow-friendly place. … Lives for trans people are very bleak here. If you have a male gender in your passport, they will not let you go abroad. They will not let you through.