Upholding Rights for Women, Addressing Teen Girls’ Mental Health Crisis

<p>On this edition of the “Problematic Women” podcast, we break down a new effort to defend the legal rights of women and girls.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A document from the Independent Women’s Network, “<a href="https://www.iwv.org/campaign/womens-bill-of-rights/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Women’s Bill of Rights</a>,” calls for legally defining basic sex-based terms that activists have manipulated in recent years to alter the common public meaning of the nation’s laws against discrimination.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We also share the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/group-claims-fetuses-in-dc-home-proof-of-illegal-abortions/3017603/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">horrific story</a>&nbsp;of five babies who appear to have been aborted illegally in the nation’s capital. And we discuss Suzy Weiss’&nbsp;column headlined “<a href="https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-teen-girls-arent-going-to-forget?r=abaxo&amp;s=r&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=emailp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Teen Girls Aren’t Going to Forget</a>,” which explores&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/31/student-mental-health-decline-cdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the accelerating mental health crisis&nbsp;</a>among teenage girls.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And as always, we crown our Problematic Woman of the Week.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>