Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Women's March [11] [12] [13] [a] was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the first inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which were and are seen as misogynistic and representative as a threat to the rights of women.
A women's march was held on October 2, 2021, in protest of a recent abortion law in the U.S. state of Texas, the Texas Heartbeat Act. [1] The demonstration was announced on September 2. [2]
A new ongoing stream of pro-abortion rights protests was launched in May 2022, in reaction to a leak of a SCOTUS draft majority opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, that would overturn Roe v. Wade. [1] The rallies and marches reached a peak on Saturday, May 14, under the name "Bans Off Our Bodies."
The bill, dubbed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act," passed mostly along party lines, with 218 voting in favor of it and 206 opposed to the ban. Only two Democrats, Reps. Vicente ...
(The Center Square) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's sports with support from a few Democrats.
The 119th U.S. Congress has indicated that taking legislative action to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports will be a top priority this month.. The House rules package for the 119th ...
In Philadelphia on March 8, dozens of abortion rights protesters marched on International Women's Day, advocating for abortion rights in the United States and women's rights in Iran and Afghanistan. [427] In Boston on November 4, an abortion rights "Clown March" protest was held to counterprotest an anti-abortion "Men's March". [428]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. The resolution, which would prohibit members ...