A Few Links to Keep You Busy
Welcome back to Chaise Lounge, a newsletter focused on issues important to women. I am out of town this week, so this week’s newsletter will be a little different. I have collected a series of links that I believe my readers will be interested in. So click away and see what you learn!
A study finds that women are undervalued at work
A recent Harvard Business Review article outlines evidence that women are yet again getting the short end of the stick when it comes to pay and especially promotions. They found that exceptionally qualified women are “undervalued and taken for granted at their organizations.”
How the abortion wars affect those with disabilities
In an informative opinion essay, Kendall Ciesemier writes about her experience as a person born with multiple health issues that leave her disabled and her need to have bodily autonomy when it comes to reproductive health options, including abortion.
What my friend didn’t understand was that disabled fetuses grow up to be disabled people with their own reproductive needs. In some cases, these needs include access to abortion. It is key to our health care — just as integral to our well-being as mobility aids, surgeries and medications.
As an organ transplant recipient, Ms. Ciesemier explains that the drugs she must take can be harmful to a fetus and may necessitate an abortion. I encourage you to read the essay to learn more about these complicated issues.
Wondering about privacy laws and women’s health?
For this who are wondering what the privacy laws are regarding reproductive health issues, Wyrick, Robbins, Yates, and Ponton, LLC has issued a document that spells out the issues quite clearly. You can read that guidance here.
Support for anti-choice laws eroding in North Carolina
North Carolina is an important state to watch in the fight over abortion rights. Abortion is still legal in North Carolina in spite of the Republican state legislature’s desire to outlaw it. A recent poll by Carolina Foward indicates that support for stricter abortion laws is waning since the overturn of Roe v. Wade. In May 43% of NCians polled thought that abortion should be illegal in “all or most cases”. That number dropped to 37% in August. The mid-term elections will determine whether the Republicans can get their supermajority back.
That’s all for this week! Enjoy these last few weeks of summer everyone!