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New Member Spotlight: Jamie Abrams Shares Personal Story to Spotlight Healthcare in a Post-Roe World

“ In the aftermath of Roe’s being overturned, supporters of the move want to pretend that abortion access can be surgically extracted from women’s...
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New Member Spotlight: Lee Hasselbacher Testifies for Successful Repeal of Parental Notice Law

“Our research and that of others reveals the complicated lives of pregnant young people and suggests that they are the ones best able to identify the...
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New Member Spotlight: Sarah Verbiest Advocates for Medicaid Extension

For this new member spotlight, we’re excited to highlight Dr. Sarah Verbiest and her successful work to help advocate for the extension of Medicaid...
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New Member Spotlight: Sally Kenney Highlights Gender Inequality in Courts

“ Without a judiciary as diverse as the country it judges, litigants cannot help but question the quality of justice as they stand before a bench that...
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SSN Members Engage the Judiciary

Beyond connecting directly with legislators, one crucial way to inform policy is via the judiciary. Over the last few months, two SSN members have...
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Scholar Spotlight: Carolyn Sufrin

There are thousands of pregnant incarcerated women every year - yet until now, there was no systematic report on this population. Carolyn Sufrin's...
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Scholar Spotlight: Nyla Ali Khan

This week's scholar spotlight is Nyla Ali Khan, who was recently appointed as Commissioner on the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women. The...
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Scholar Spotlight: Caitlyn Collins

This week's spotlight shines on Caitlyn Collins, whose new book about working mothers in America has caught the attention of the media. In “Making...
gender in politics

Scholar Spotlight: Malliga Och

This week, we're highlighting Malliga Och, an assistant professor at Idaho State University who studies women in conservative parties and methods to...
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Scholar Spotlight: Jessica Sanders

This week highlights Jessica Sanders, a professor at the University of Utah who has worked extensively with HER Salt Lake Initiative, a nonprofit that...