Since her ascension to the role of President of the political action committee EMILY’s List, Laphonza Butler has broken down barriers and built empires through her work of elevating pro-choice female political candidates. EMILY’s List is known today as one of the largest national resources for women in politics, now an acclaimed American PAC devoted […]
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America’s Forgotten History of Forced Sterilization
In early September, a nurse working at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Georgia came forward with shocking allegations of medical neglect and abuse, claiming that numerous involuntary hysterectomies (uterus removal surgeries) were performed on detained immigrant women. This allegation understandably evoked fury and outrage among the general public, with numerous people […]