Weekly News Roundup June 24-29
Here’s our News Roundup this week. We aim to highlight news affecting women, and to keep track of how gender ideology in law, public policies, education, culture, and society, without closer examination and deeper discussions, is leading to negative impact on women and erosion of women’s rights.
Roe v. Wade Overturned
This monumental development is our headline news this week. We’re still reeling from the shock of American women losing their Constitutional right to abortion. You can read the full opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson on the Supreme Court’s website. We’ve also attached a copy below.
Since the ruling in Dobbs came down, an avalanche of articles and opinion pieces had been published on this subject. Many more are likely still to come. This week, we highlight the ones we found that strictly contain actionable information to women for protecting themselves. We will continue to monitor the developments as the dust settle.
6/27/2022 - Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
6/27/2022 -This map shows where abortion is illegal, protected, or under threat across all 50 US states
6/27/2022 - The #1 Period Tracker on the App Store Will Hand Over Data Without a Warrant
6/24/2022 -How period tracking apps and data privacy fit into a post-Roe v. Wade climate
Meanwhile, legacy women’s rights organizations have completely failed to advocate for women. With two month’s advance notice of the SCOTUS decision, there’s been no organized national protests by any such organizations, no organized system set up in place to immediately aid women in impacted states. But they’re working very hard to make sure women are erased from all languages used in the fight against abortion restrictions.
**If you want to donate to help women, you may want to confirm and make sure your money will in fact goes toward helping women. Planned Parenthood may use your donations toward “trans medicine” of providing hormones and other treatments for “gender affirmation”. Other legacy organizations such as NARAL and NOW may use your donations to advocate for trans rights that conflict directly with women’s rights. For now, you may consider donating to Women on Waves.
6/27/2022- Planned Parenthood’s “Don’t Say Women” protest tips.
6/21/2022 - NARAL: With abortion rights on the brink of being lost, NARAL wants you to remember your feminism must include men and boys.
5/21/2022 - For the ACLU, a ban on abortion does not even affect women.
And don’t look to the White House for help. The Biden administration had done nothing for two months. No action was set in place in the event Roe was overturned, even though Biden was able to act swiftly with efficiency to sign an Executive Order for “Equality” in gender recognition" on his first day of office. But they’re clear that they won’t make abortion services available on federal land.
6/29/2022 - Biden unlikely to meet bold Democrat demands after abortion ruling -sources
6/28/2022 - White House rejects push to permit abortions on federal lands
6/27/2022 - Kamala Harris brushes off AOC’s idea for abortions on federal land
Thank heaven for small favors. The US Department of Defense has announced they will ensure women’s access to abortions on Federal properties occupied by the military
Erasing Women and Women’s Safe Spaces
6/29/2022 - UK NHS continues to erase “women” by stealth. Health Secretary promises to reverse.
6/29/22 - Sajid Javid promises to 'REVERSE' gender-neutral language from NHS advice after MailOnline exposed how term 'women' was quietly removed from guidance for menopause and womb cancer
6/28/22 - Now the NHS quietly removes the word 'women' from its MENOPAUSE page
6/28/2022 - Woman suing rape charity over transgender row
A rape victim in the UK is suing Survivors’ Network, for violation of the Equality Act for failure to provide women-only group therapy sessions.
6/27/2022 - A Statement from The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Following the Supreme Court’s decision, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia released a statement without ever referencing women.
Internet and Privacy
6/30/2022 - Deleting Your Period Tracker Won’t Protect You (Post Roe)
Your digital information and footprint may reveal more about you than your period tracker.
6/29/2022 - You scheduled an abortion. Planned Parenthood’s website could tell Facebook
Planned Parenthood left marketing trackers running on its scheduling pages.
6/27/2022 - Anti-Abortion Centers Find Pregnant Teens Online, Then Save Their Data
So-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ are turning to social media, including Snap Maps, to lure young people.
Sex Discrimination
06/27/2022 - He or She: Reporting court cases of trans-identified defendants in the UK
A study by the journalism department of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) reviewed 138 reports of court cases involving 39 transgender defendants and found they were often confused and unclear due to some court reports referring to the offenders as “she” and sometimes changes to the victims’ quotes. The study provided a recommended guidelines for journalists to clearly provide accurate information on the offender’s biological sex. The guidelines also emphasized the importance of disclosing the offenders’ original names for reason of public interest so their past crimes cannot be hidden.
Silencing Girls, Women, and Their Supporters by Threats and Cancellation
The BBC will defy transgender activists by using Sharron Davies in their coverage of next month's Commonwealth Games.
6/26/2022 - Author Julie Bindel vows to sue Nottingham City Council over 'illegal' library ban
British feminist journalist Julie Bindel’s speaking engagement on June 25 at the Aspley Library was cancelled by the Notthingham Council due to her views on transgender rights. Bindel vows to sue.
Males in Female Sports
6/30/2022 - The Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) held its first conference in Las Vegas
Videos of the conference are posted on ICONS’ Facebook Page.
ICONS, a newly formed network and advocacy group comprised of female athletes and their supporters to protect women’s sports and to defend Title IX to protect women on the basis of sex, held its first conference on June 27-29. Attendants and speakers included young female athletes (Taylor Silvermann, Selena Soule, Riley Gaines) to Olympic medalists and icons ((Benita Fitzgerald Misley - Track & Field; Nancy Hogshead-Maker - Swimming; Martina Navratilova - Tennis); scientists and biologists Ross Tucker, Emma Hilton, Colin Wright, and Carole Hooven); women’s advocacy groups from different political spectrums. Legal counsels from representing organizations that have filed cases challenging male athletes competing in women's sports or male inmates self-identifying into women's prisons also spoke.
6/26/2022 - Boris Johnson reaffirms agreement with FINA new policy
The British Prime Minister reaffirms his belief that men and women are biologically different and saw no reason to dissent with FINA’s new policy on reserving women’s swimming to female athletes after he “studied it in detail”.
6/25/2022 - Trans-Identified Adult Male Takes First Place Against 13-Year-Old Girl in Women’s Skateboarding Event
Top competitive skateboarder Taylor Silverman reported a 29-year-old trans-identifying man, Ricci Tres, won the Board NYC Open skatingboarding competition, depriving Shiloh Catori, the 13-year-old girl who actually won, her title and her $500 first-place award, and other girls and women of their rightful places. This is no longer a controversy. It is a blatant bullying by a grown adult man against a child.
It’s been reported also that Tres is a divorced, ex-Navy father-of-three who was REJECTED from Olympic qualifiers for having too much testosterone. On beating out a thirteen-year-old girl, he said, “I wasn't going to go easy on them just because they're kids.”
Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Pornography
6/29/2022 - R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case
Justice finally served. R&B musician R. Kelly was convicted on all nine counts for sexual assault and trafficking, and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment this week.
News Impacting Society and Children
6/30/2022 - (UK) Gender change data to be scrutinised
Positive news from the UK. All children who have been treated for gender dysphoria in the past decade will have their medical records scrutinised in an effort to find out whether NHS services are harming vulnerable adolescents. Sajid Javid will today begin the process of changing the law to allow independent researchers to study data on about 9,000 people, to find out if they suffered health problems as a result of hormone treatments as children at the Tavistock. Another two steps forward for the country leading the way to take a closer examination into the gender trend.
6/30/2022 - (NZ) New birth certificate reform: People can change genders every 12 months
But over at the down-under, it’s one step back. Should there be a new discussion around the world as to what identification documents are really for?
6/30/2022 - (GER) Self ID is Coming to Germany?
The linked article is in German. A new law has been introduced to allow for self-ID, including self-ID for anyone age 14 and up provided that minors should do so with the consent of their parents or legal guardians.
6/29/2022 - (UK) Now NHS midwives are told that sex is 'ASSIGNED' at birth: Royal college's 'inclusivity' memo sparks fury among medics
Midwives denounced claims they 'assign' the sex of children at birth in the latest row on language in the NHS. The wording came from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in an 'inclusivity' statement.
6/27/2022 - Spanish government approves new bill on transgender rights
Spain’s Cabinet approved on Monday a new draft of a LGBTQ rights bill that if backed by parliament will allow people as young as 16 to change their gender freely, and those as young as 12 to do so with a judge’s authorization.
Mmm...I'm confused that you're confused about this item:
"Thank heaven for small favors. The US Department of Defense has announced they will ensure women’s access to abortions on Federal properties occupied by the military..."
and then showcases a tweet by Defense Secy Lloyd Austin in which he promises
"to ensure we continue to provide seamless access to reproductive healthcare AS PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW."
The problem is that FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS FEDERAL FUNDS BEING USED TO PAY FOR ABORTION as per the Hyde Amendment!
In other words, the military pays for contraceptives and as per a directive issued by Biden, hormonal therapy and gender reassignment surgery for trans identified service members but it does NOT provide or pay for abortions! Please correct this ASAP!